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A BALLET STORY

Based on “Zephertyne” by David Chesky

Victor Hugo Pontes

João Peixoto

Susana Neves

Paulo Pimenta

A Ballet Story is inspired in the ballet Zephyrtine, by David Chesky. It is not however the performative representation or illustration of the original narrative – the exercise was rather an abstractive one, and as a starting point we had in mind the movement of bodies in space, articulated with music.

There’s no fairy tale, no elements of wonder, no fantastic. The morals is different, the outcome, of a different nature. In A Ballet Story I don’t know if the story adjusts itself to the music or if the dance adjusts itself to the story. The narrative will be composed by each spectator (or not). It’s not about a linear articulation between music, narrative and dance. It is about a process of mutual influence and elective affinities that put together a piece which is manoeuvrable in various ways and, as far as it can be, appears as a whole.

Credits

Artistic Direction Victor Hugo Pontes. Music David Chesky. Musical Version Fundação Orquestra Estúdio, under the direction of Maestro Rui Massena. Set Design F. Ribeiro. Technical Direction and Light Design Wilma Moutinho. Performers André Mendes, João Dias, Joana Castro, Liliana Garcia, Ricardo Pereira, Valter Fernandes and Vítor Kpez Costumes Victor Hugo Pontes. Videographic Record Eva Ângelo. Photographic Record Susana Neves. Executive Producer Joana Ventura. Coproduction Nome Próprio, Guimarães 2012 Capital Europeia da Cultura. Support Ao Cabo Teatro, Ginasiano Escola de Dança and Lugar Instável. Support to the internationalization DGARTES. Acknowledgements Madalena Alfaia and Vera Santos.