The Cuenca Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Meissner, Principal Conductor with the participation of the teachers of the ballet academies, Ballettidered by Andrea Bustos and Classique conducted by Gabriela Pagliaricci presents Ballet Gala with works by Gabriel Fauré and Ígor Stravinski with the Choreographic Direction by Gabriela Pagliaricci on Thursday 10 and Friday 11 December at 7 PM and Saturday 12, at 6 PM at the Pumapungo theater. For the safety of artists and the public, we will follow all current biosecurity protocols and the authorized capacity of 30%. The entrance is free. It is appreciated to arrive early and respect the distance.
Apollon Musagète. The characters are Apollo and three muses: Calliope, the muse of poetry; Polyhymnia, the muse of rhetoric; and Terpsichore, the muse of dance. The theme is: Apollon instructs the Muses in their arts and leads them to Parnassus. The ballet is divided into two pictures. First painting: The birth of Apollo, Second painting: Variation of Apollo, Pas d’action (Apollo and the three muses) Variation of Calliope (the Alexandrian), Variation of Polyhymnia, Variation of Terpsichore, Second variation of Apollo, Pas de deux , Coda and Apotheosis.
Pelléas et Mélisande and Shylock. Jewels (Jewels) Fragment: Emeralds. The idea for this ballet came after a visit by Balanchine to the home of jeweler Claude Arpels, in New York, where he had the opportunity to see the magnificent pieces in the collection. From there he develops three choreographies without a specific argument, but united by the same theme, precious stones, in which he reflects the style of the three countries in which he developed his career: France, the United States and Russia.
Of the three parts of Jewels, the first is presented: Esmeraldas. The “Esmeraldas”, with music by Gabriel Fauré, is an evocation of romantic France, with movements typical of 19th century ballets, such as Giselle, which compose symmetrical figures, regular and elegant rhythms, and ethereal arms that want to be “the art of motionless movement ”. Shylock. In 1889, the Odeon Theater in Paris undertook a new production of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, but instead of the original play, it requested a free adaptation by French playwright Edmond Haraucourt, who turned Shakespeare’s original into a French character comedy.
Gabriela Pagliaricci (choreographer). He studied classical and Spanish dance teachers at the Escuela Superior de Danzas in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Later she took improvement classes with teachers from the Teatro Colón, such as Wasil Tupin, Mirta Furioso, Ricardo Rivas among others. He also taught ballet classes at the Escuela Superior de Danzas and at the Artistic Institute of Buenos Aires. In 1991 he founded the Estudio de Ballet Classique in Cuenca and later he also formed his own ballet company, the Balletto, with which he has performed in Cuenca and other cities in the country. As of today, his academy is about to complete 30 years of teaching different dance genres in the city of Cuenca.
Andrea Bustos (choreography assistant and general coordinator). Lawyer, professional dancer, dance teacher and choreographer, specialized in the National Ballet of Cuba. She has taken dance courses in Argentina and the US. She is currently the General Director of the BALLETTI Dance School. She has served as a teacher of classical technique at the School of Performing Arts of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Cuenca; She was an essayist and dancer for the Dance Company of the University of Cuenca; She was part of the classical dance cast of the National Ballet of Ecuador.
Paúl García (choreography assistant). Cuenca dancer, choreographer and teacher with fourteen years of experience, graduated from the Classical Ballet and Contemporary Dance career, at the Danzarte training center (Quito, 2009). He has participated in various workshops and workshops with nationally and internationally recognized choreographers and teachers, as well as in festivals, residencies and dance meetings in Ecuador and outside the country in: Portugal, Spain, Venezuela, Chile, France, China and Mexico. He was a member of the National Dance Company of Ecuador as a principal interpreter dancer from 2007 to 2016.He participated as a choreographer and dancer in the main role in El Nutcracker and Lago de los Cisnes in the productions made by the Cuenca Symphony Orchestra in the years 2017-2018-2019.
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