Jin Yao, Kyoko and Margarita suffered injuries at the start of the season and the dancers were unable to fulfill major roles until now. In Symphony of Movements, due to open at the Grand Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre on 20 November, Margarita will be in the lead role of La Bayadère, Kyoko will dance in The Way Alone, with Yao is featured in Symphony in Three Movements. |
An eclectic mix of classical and contemporary styles, Symphony of Movements is a triptych of passion, fear and loathing─ conjuring visions of mythical India, the horrors of the Second World War and the uncertainties in life’s journeys.
Symphony of Movements explores emotions dealing with loss, loneliness and shock, bringing ideas of myth, grandeur, war and doubt. The triple bill features Act II of La Bayadèreby Marius Petipa, Stephen Baynes’ The Way Alone, which was a special commission for The Hong Kong Ballet, and Nils Christe’s Symphony in Three Movements. Christe’s piece will be making its debut on stage in Hong Kong.
Through a series of motifs, war is conjured in Christe’s Symphony in Three Movements. The feelings of those caught in the maelstrom of conflict ──fear, anger,
hiding, running, saying farewells── are only some of the emotive elements that people face in times of turmoil.
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Stephen Baynes
Adelaide-born Stephen Baynes was trained and graduated from The Australian Ballet School in 1975. He joined The Australian Ballet in the following year, and left to join the Stuttgart Ballet in 1981. There he had the opportunity to work with leading choreographers such as Kenneth MacMillan, John Neumeier, William Forsythe and Hans van Manen. He returned to The Australian Ballet in 1985 and was promoted to Soloist in 1992.
His talent as a choreographer was first displayed in 1986 with Strauss Songs. In 1988, he received the Qantas Youth Award for professional development, enabling him to travel overseas and view the work of Europe major choreographers. Stephen’s first commissioned work for The Australian Ballet, Catalyst, was performed nationally and in the United States and London, where it received a nomination for Best New Dance Production at the Laurence Olivier Awards.
Stephen was appointed Resident Choreographer with The Australian Ballet in 1995, and in the same year he was awarded the Kelvin Coe Memorial Scholarship. Since then, he has created numerous works for The Australian Ballet including At the Edge of Night (1997) for the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts.
Stephen has also created works for The Queensland Ballet, West Australian Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle and New York City Ballet.
Nils Christe
Born in Rotterdam in 1949, Nils Christe has worked as a choreographer since 1974 when he created his first ballet for Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT). He left the company in 1982, having created 12 works. Among them, Quartet 1 for NDT2 won him the first prize at the Choreographic Competition in Cologne in 1979.
As an independent choreographer, he worked with 64 ballet-and dance companies in Holland and abroad. They include Dutch National Ballet, Introdans, Paris Opera ballet, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Wiener Staatsoper, Zuercher Ballett, English National ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, the National Ballet of Finland, and many others in Europe, North and-South America and Canada.
From 1986 to 1993, he was the artistic director of the company now known as Scapino Ballet Rotterdam. Over that time, he created seven new works including his first and very successful story-ballet Pulcinella, which was also performed by the Thueringer Ballett.
Nils Christe has created 77 ballets and worked with over 64 different companies in 24 countries around the world.
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Symphony of Movements
20, 21 November 2009 (7:30pm)
21, 22 November (2:30pm)
$1000 (VIP tickets), $600, $400, $220, $120
Grand Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
*Children aged 6 years old or under cannot be admitted into the theatre
Tickets available at all URBTIX outlets now
Reservation: 2734 9009
Credit card booking: 2111 5999
Internet booking: www.urbtix.hk
Enquiries: 2105 9724 / marketing@hkballet.com
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About The Hong Kong Ballet
Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2009, The Hong Kong Ballet is one of the premier classical ballet companies in Asia. It is also becoming internationally recognized as a world-class institution with an identity that fully reflects the unique vitality of Hong Kong.
The Company’s artistic team originates from 12 countries and regions, performing a repertoire that combines 19th and 20th century classical masterpieces, acclaimed contemporary works and new commissions. Since 1997, The Hong Kong Ballet has raised its international profile and has concluded over 20 tours. Another integral part of the Company’s activities are its extensive educational and community outreach programmes, which bring the art of ballet to students as well as the wider community of Hong Kong.
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For further information on The Hong Kong Ballet, please contact:
| Hiram To Marketing and Communications Manager The Hong Kong Ballet Tel. 2105 9716 hiram_to@hkballet.com |
Irene So Assistant Marketing Manager The Hong Kong Ballet Tel: 2105 9757 irene_so@hkballet.com |
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