Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal

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Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. Photo courtesy from Gran Teatre del Liceu.

This stimulating double bill choreographed by Edward Clug and late Uwe Scholz is a journey from darkness to light: from the mournful lament of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater to Beethoven's Seventh Symphony, which Wagner described as "the apotheosis of dance".

Romanian-born Clug interprets Pergolesi's music by confronting male and female and underlining the eros-thanatos dyad with contrasting colors. Scholz, on the other hand, created a choreography with eminently classical roots to visualize Beethoven's symphony.

A festive celebration of the bodies of male and female dancers that is one of the Canadian company's flagship programs.

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