For its National Tour in November 2008, Cork City Ballet presents a suite
from The Sleeping Beauty, along with a series of sparkling
Divertissements in Act 1, which include Alan Foley’s ballet Gira Con Me
with music by Josh Groban, and La Vivandiere from the repertoire of the
Kirov Ballet.
The company will also present the Pas d’Esclaf from the seafaring
ballet Le Corsaire, and in keeping with the ethos of promoting contemporary and
modern dance, this production will feature Willing & Able - a
new jazz-ballet to music by Prince, created by three different choreographers
including Patricia Crosbie, Alan Foley and the Australian choreographer Cher
Roberts.
Produced and directed by Alan Foley in association with Cork Opera House,
this eclectic production will feature a host of international ballet
stars including Ekaterina Bortyakova – the prima ballerina of Ballet Russe,
and Akzhol Mussakhanov – a principal dancer with the same company. Irish
ballerina Monica Loughman and Japanese ballerina Chika Temma will also feature
in this show, along with soloists and a full corps de ballet.
The Russian ballet star Yuri Demakov, who trained at the Bolshoi
Ballet School, will reproduce the suite of dances from The Sleeping Beauty for
the company, which promises to enthral audiences with the symphonic beauty of
Marius Petipa’s original classical choreography.
Speaking at the recent launch
of The Sleeping Beauty Suite & Divertissements, Artistic Director
Alan Foley said "Cork City Ballet’s new production is sure to please
every cultural palate, with its fresh and innovative modern choreography in the Divertissements
in Act 1, combined with the great classical traditions of The Sleeping Beauty
Suite in Act 2”.
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