Discover the fiery, turbulent and tragic side of ballet music masterpieces in this daringly unique and illuminating concert, looking into some heart-rending depictions of mortality, and the transcendent beauty of rebirth!
For more details:
https://hksl.org/concert/know-your-ballet-music-2/
Conductor Vivian Ip
Choreographer/Presenter: Yuri Ng (HKS Artist Associate 2011-2013)
Text: Leon Ko (HKS Artist Associate 2018-2019)
Dance Artist: Lai Pui-ki Peggy *
Dance Artist: Leung Saulong *
Dance Artist: Kelvin Mak
Programme
Offenbach
Orpheus in the Underworld Overture
Stravinsky
Petrushka: Russian Dance
Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty: Act I Finale
Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker Suite No 1: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
Adam
Giselle: Act II Entrée d’Albrecht
Saint-Saëns
The Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring: Sacrificial Dance
Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet:
The Death of Tybalt
The Death of Mercutio
The Death of Juliet
Stravinsky
The Firebird (excerpts)