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Jeroen Verbruggen choreographes Nutcracker in Geneva



WORLD BALLET PREMIERE ON STAGE AT THE GRAND THÉÂTRE IN NOVEMBER 2014:

JEROEN VERBRUGGEN DREAMS OF A NEW NUTCRACKER FOR THE GENEVA BALLET 

WITH SETS AND COSTUMES BY PARIS COUTURE HOUSE “ON AURA TOUT VU”.


Jeroen Verbruggen, chorégrapher of a new Nutcracker for Geneva Ballet.

GENEVA/SCHWEIZ: This new version of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet classic The Nutcracker for the Geneva Ballet by the young Belgian choreographer Jeroen Verbruggen draws its inspiration from a world of dreams and emotion. Jeroen Verbruggen’s takes as step out of time with his unconventional and playful take on the well-known fairy. Conductor Philippe Béran and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande provide the music for this production. Sets and costumes are by Parisian couture team Livia Stoianova and Yassen Samouilov, also known as ON AURA TOUT VU
. On stage at the Grand Théâtre de Genève from 13 to 21 November 2014.

Jeroen Verbruggen‘s boundlessly festive vision of dance promises an enchanting fairy tale full of exuberant joy and lyric tenderness
. In his extremely personal choreographic style, he offers an original take on Marius Petipa‘s 1892 ballet masterpiece to Tchaikovsky’s celebrated music
.

In a Baroque environment provided by Livia Stoianova and Yassen Samouilov, Jeroen Verbruggen focuses on the figure of Marie, a young girl captivated by the mystery of her incipient womanhood, and Drosselmeyer, a circus ringmaster in whom dwells a Prince that Marie must discover.

Jeroen Verbruggen’s twirling, virtuosic dance takes his audience to Alice’s wonderland, a dreamscape of swirling rainbow hues, carefree to the point of frivolity, running the gamut of sombre, gay and absurd moods; to a world where his characters multiply and begin speaking to our inner child.

 

Jeroen Verbruggen – After graduating from the Royal Ballet School of Antwerp, Jeroen Verbruggen took part in the 2000 edition of the Prix de Lausanne, where he won the Audience Prize, a silver medal and a dance scholarship. A year later, he won second place at the Eurovision Young Dancers Competition in London. He has danced for the Royal Ballet of Flanders in Antwerp, the Ballet d’Europe in Marseille and the Ballets de Monte-Carlo, where was premier danseur. During this period, he worked with several distinguished choreographers: Jan Fabre, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, William Forsythe, Emio Greco and Marco Goecke. His interest in choreography began as early as 2001, designing his first dance piece Kill Bambi in 2012 in association with Parisian couture house ON AURA TOUT VU, on commission from Jean-Christophe Maillot and the Ballets de Monte-Carlo (recorded and broadcast on Arte live web TV)
. In 2013, Jeroen Verbruggen stages his second piece Artithmophobia

(much lessdiscussion with their doctors about these topics. And 40% viagra pill.

. A year later, he retires from his career as a dancer to work exclusively on choreography. His Nutcracker for the Geneva Ballet will be his first piece as a freelance choreographer.

 

THE NUTCRACKER

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Ballet in two acts, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Libretto based on “Histoire d’un casse-noisette” by Alexandre Dumas, inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann‘s story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

Choregraphy: Jeroen Verbruggen

Musical Director: Philippe Béran

Sets and costumes: ON AURA TOUT VU by Livia Stoianova et Yassen Samouilov

Lights : Ben Ormerod

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

The Geneva Ballet

On 13|14|15|17|18|19|20|21 November 2014 at 7:30 PM 

Geneva Ballet

With its 22 dancers, the Geneva Ballet features two original choreographic creations every season. The Grand Théâtre de Genève Ballet Company works with choreographers of international reputation and has itself gained, with the years, considerable praise and appreciation for its productions, both in Switzerland and abroad. Although the Ballet’s premieres are always performed in Geneva, the Company regularly tours outside Switzerland (France, Italy, USA, Australia, Brazil, China, South Africa, etc.). Manager: Philippe Cohen. The Grand Théâtre de Genève is Geneva’s opera house. It is dedicated to excellence in the performance of operas, ballets, recitals and concerts of domestic and international reputation. With Switzerland’s largest theatre stage, the Grand Théâtre is the foremost theatrical production entity in French-speaking Switzerland. General Manager: Tobias Richter.

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