Ravenna Festival
Carlos Acosta & Guests
Carlos Acosta principal guest artist, London Royal Ballet
Begoña Cao principal dancer, English National Ballet
Anais Chalendard first soloist, English National Ballet
Adela Ramirez first soloist, English National Ballet
Erina Takahashi principal dancer, English National Ballet
Miguel Altunaga Rambert Dance Company
Junor De Oliveira Souza artist, English National Ballet
James Forbat soloist, English National Ballet
Arionel Vargas principal dancer, English National Ballet
I danzatori dell’ENB appaiono per gentile concessione dell’English National Ballet. Miguel Altunaga appare per gentile concessione della Rambert Dance Company.
Apollo
coreografia George Balanchine
musica Igor’Stravinskij, “Apollon Musagète”
interpreti Apollo Carlos Acosta
Le Muse Begoña Cao, Erina Takahashi, Anais Chalendard
End of time
coreografia Ben Stevenson
musica Sergej Rachmaninov, “Sonata per violoncello in sol minore” (iii movimento)
interpreti Arionel Vargas, Begoña Cao
Je ne regrette rien
coreografia Ben Van Cauwenbergh
musica Edith Piaf
interprete Erina Takahashi
Les Bourgeois
coreografia Ben Van Cauwenberg
musica Jacques Brel
interprete Carlos Acosta
Memoria
coreografia Miguel Altunaga
musica Murcof
interprete Miguel Altunaga
Majismo
coreografia Georges Garcia
musica Jules Massenet, da “Le Cid”
interpreti Carlos Acosta, Arionel Vargas, Junor De Oliveira Souza, James Forbat, Begoña Cao, Erina Takahashi, Anais Chalendard, Adela Ramirez
He started dancing on his father’s advice, and has never stopped since. Cuban Carlos Acosta has been performing all over the world as a guest dancer since he was 16. He started his own project, “Carlos Acosta & Guests”, in 2005, with a repertoire including existing and original creations, and starring étoiles and soloists from English National Ballet and Ballet Nacional de Cuba. In 2010 he proposes a new repertoire including “Apollo”, where the pas de deux of Apollo and Terpsichore is an outstanding example of the lucidity and modernity Balanchine brought into the world of dance in the xix century, and a woman’s solo on Piaf’s famous song, “Je ne regrette rien”.
