BOLERO – Tribute to MAURICE RAVEL
Boléro – Hommage à Maurice Ravel is a show whose choreography, staging, libretto and sets have been entirely devised by FRANCECONCERT’s artistic teams, and which is performed by dancers from the world’s leading companies. On its first tour in 2016, this original creation was a great success.
In 1928, Maurice Ravel, an internationally renowned composer, and Ida Rubinstein, a patron of the arts and an emblematic dancer of the early 20th century, collaborated on the landmark work Boléro, giving birth to one of the most famous ballets in the history of dance, the story of which inspires this show.
As he was finishing his Sonata for Violin and Piano and preparing for a four-month concert tour of the United States and Canada, his friend Ida asked him for an original ballet with a ‘Spanish character’. Ravel, always inspired by dance and an eternal lover of Spain, chose the rhythm of the bolero, a traditional Andalusian dance.
The ballet was an instant hit. The repetitive, hypnotic character of Ravel’s music, coupled with Rubinstein’s choreography, captivated the audience. Its progressive structure and haunting rhythm perfectly illustrate Ravel’s innovative approach.
A landmark piece in the history of music and dance, and still a musical phenomenon today, Ravel’s Boléro is one of the most recognised French works in the world, and has been interpreted in numerous ways, the most emblematic of which was by Maurice Béjart and Duska Sifinios in 1961.
In the original 1928 version, choreographed by Nijinska, the action takes place in an Andalusian inn, where we find the famous table on which a gypsy woman dances, encouraged by a group of hypnotised men, intensifying her movements as the music speeds up.
This year, FRANCECONCERT brings you a new interpretation of this work, through the life of Ida Rubinstein and the works of composers who crossed her path, including Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint-Saëns and Jules Massenet.
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