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:: Epimetheus. Choreography by Russell Ducker ::
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WORLD PREMIERE NOCHES MÁGICAS FESTIVAL - LA GRANJA-SPAIN, AUGUST, 1st, 09

Music: Mike Oldfield, from "The music of the spheres"
Timing: 20 Minutes

Corella Ballet In Epimetheus Photo: Juan Martín. Festival Noches Mágicas de la Granja
 

Neoclassical choreography inspired by one of Saturn's Moons, Epimetheus, and by Mike Oldfield's score. Through the choreography the dancers move with a delicate grace and energy that one could imagine in celestial bodies, an impression of the movement of the planets travelling in their orbits driven by gravity.

Mike Oldfield's music used for this choreography is particularly ground breaking because it is the first score he has produced without any electronic instruments; an orchestral work in its purest form. Yet, the music still encompasses Oldfield's trademark essence as famously heard in "Tubular Bells," which was featured in the classic horror film "The Exorcist".

 
 

Tracy Jones & Yevgen Uzlenkov. Photo Juan Martín. Festival Noches Mágicas de La Granja

 
 

The movement breaks the confines of traditional classical dance and pushes the dancers to discover further approach to movement, twisting axis, addressing direction and bodily surface, so that as individuals, they might convey together this conceptual idea.
Choreographed on Corella Ballet, the dancers have inspired the movement, expanding this creative process. The variety of natural movement and physical diversity is a highlight of the work and adds yet another dimension.

Russell Ducker is a current dancer of the Corella Ballet's corps de ballet. As choreographer he got first place at the MacMillan, De Valois and Ursula Morton Prizes. In 2006, he was granted with the Pamela Self Award and NFL Choreographic Foundation. This is his first choreography for the Corella Ballet.

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