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Title: Alexander Ekman & Mikael Karlsson: Play
Condition: New
Format: Blu-ray
Type: Blu-ray
EAN: 3760115305557
Country/Region of Manufacture: USA
Studio: Bel Air Classiques
Language: French, English
Subtitle Language: None
Director: Alexander Ekman, Callie Day, Mikael Karlsson, Muriel Zusperreguy, Stephane Bullion
Actor: Alexander Ekman, Ballet de l'Opera national de Paris
No Of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hour and 46 minutes
Region Code: Blu-ray: A (Americas, Southeast Asia...)
Description: A sparkling personality on the contemporary dance scene, Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman has been invited for the first time to work with the dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet. His language, both visceral and tinged with humor, combining theatricality, and classical and contemporary vocabulary alike, perfectly resonates with the incredible versatility and stage presence of the Ballet: the result is Play, a piece that evokes the world of childhood and it's careless pleasures. But beyond pure entertainment, this performance contemplates the meaning and the importance of play when we become adults. Best known for the spectacular quality of his pieces and their dreamlike imagery, like for instance his Midsummer Night's Dream, the Swedish choreographer fills the stage of the Palais Garnier with an entrancing energy. The metallic structures, dancers suspended in space, and the elevations are but a few of the powerful images that will strike the audience's imagination! For this new creation, Alexander Ekman worked with his acolyte composer Mikael Karlsson, but also with a talented team of instrumentalists not often seen on the stage of the Palais Garnier, among which gospel singer Callie Day, or the incredible percussionist Adelaïde Ferriere. An unexpected performance, carried along by enticing rhythms and communicative energy!

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