Malandain Ballet Biarritz

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Image courtesy of Teatre-Auditori Emma Vilarasau

Les Saisons fuses Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons with those of his almost forgotten contemporary Giovanni Antonio Guido. Under the influence of the number four—symbol of balance, creation and harmony—Guido evokes belle danse, a seventeenth-century art that sought to dominate body and mind with elegance. Malandain says: “The four also represents the Earth and the wheel of life, which does not always turn round, especially in times of ugliness and inhumanity.” Vivaldi, on the other hand, invites us to a more instinctive, more human dance.

On a stage of black petals, winged beings mourn the loss of the spirit. Why? Because Les Saisons is nothing more than a ballet, and there is nothing more serious than the improbable.

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