Strawinsky in Paris

In the organizer's words:

TWO-PART BALLET EVENING

An American in Paris
Ballet by Jeroen Verbruggen
Music by George Gershwin and Aaron Copland ("Billy the Kid Suite")

Le Sacre du Printemps
Ballet by Marco Goecke
Music by Igor Stravinsky

Paris has already seen several world exhibitions. In addition to the one in 1889, where Debussy received his groundbreaking inspiration from gamelan music, the 1900 exhibition literally set the new century on a new course: the Métro was opened. Life now moved at a new pace to the clattering rhythm of subways, engines and machines. Igor Stravinsky presented his ballet music "Le Sacre du Printemps" to this Paris in 1913, but overwhelmed and outraged the premiere audience with the archaic and percussive power of his composition. While the "Jazz Age" was in full swing in the USA, George Gershwin experienced its French counterpart around fifteen years later - a bustling, golden Paris in his "Années folles", the impression of which he set to music in "An American in Paris". Gershwin's playful, "symphonic jazz" and Stravinsky's energizing beacon meet as electrifying poles in the two choreographies by Jeroen Verbruggen and Marco Goecke.

Price information:

79 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 33 € | Young Audience 15 €