Sonata
on the Andante from the Sonata for cello and piano in G minor op. 19
Trio
on the Andantino, from Suite n. 2 for 2 pianos op.17
Choreographer
Uwe Scholz
Dancers
Rachele Buriassi
(Les Grands Ballets Canadiens)
Esnel Ramos
(Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Cuba National Ballet)
Oleksii Potiomkin
(Kiev Opera Theatre)
Alla fine del mondo
on Symphonic Dances op. 45
world premiere
Choreography
Simone Repele
and Sasha Riva
Costume designer
Anna Biagiotti
Stage design
Michele della Cioppa
Lighting designer
Alessandro Caso
Dancers
Yumi Aizawa
Riccardo Ciarpella
Francesco Curatolo
Luca Curelli
Chiara Dal Borgo
Giulia Pizzuto
Chiara Ranca
Simone Repele
Sasha Riva
Parvaneh Scharafali
Curated by
Daniele Cipriani
Piano
Beatrice Rana and Massimo Spada
Cello
Ludovica Rana
Acting voice
Ettore Volontieri
Music by
Sergej Rachmaninoff
Musical consultant
Gastón Fournier-Facio
Choreographer
Uwe Scholz, Simone Repele and Sasha Riva
World premiere of Danze Sinfoniche op. 45
Words by
Sergej Rachmaninov
After the 50th anniversary of Igor Stravinskij’s death, the homage to Sergej Rachmaninoff for the 150 anniversary of his birth renews the magic thread interweaving music and ballet. Beatrice Rana – whose first “duets” with ballet began in Ravenna – and Massimo Spada are back performing on their piano, alternating Preludes and Sonatas and creating a dialogue with the dancers onstage. Their performance will be sided by cellist Ludovica Rana and the interpretation of Rachmaninoff’s letters by Ettore Volontieri, General director of Fondazione Rachmaninoff at Villa SENAR on the Lake of Lucerne. Rachmaninov was Russian and he moved to America just as Stravinskij, though he didn’t focus on ballet as much as his colleague. It is true that the soft and melancholic nature of his compositions, the seamless flowing of notes, his melodies light as a butterfly wings has always made choreographers draw on his music. Some remarkable pieces celebrating him in such an occasion are Trio sull’Andantino, from the Suite n.2 for 2 pianos, op.17 and Sonata sull’Andante of Sonata in G minor op. 19, ballets conceived by Uwe Scholz and performed by the primi ballerini of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, the Italian Rachele Buriassi and the Cuban Esnel Ramos. Furthermore, the world premiere of “Alla fine del mondo”, conceived by the choreographer Sasha Riva and Simone Repele on Danze Sinfoniche, op. 45 for ten dancers, among which: Yumi Aizawa (Grand Théâtre de Genève), Parvaneh Scharafali (Nederlands Dans Theater), Damiano Ottavio Bigi (Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Dimitris Papaioannou).
