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Eskapist
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(DVD - Code 2)
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With the complicity of the excellent Royal Swedish Ballet, Alexander Ekman makes dreams dance in a new surprising, Iyrical and cosmic choreographical piece. After the instant success of Midsummer Nights Dream (BAC141 BAC541), expIoring the density of traditionaI mysticism and the maze of imagination, choreographer Alexander Ekman and the Royal Swedish BaIIet once again brings us on a dancing journey through the Iooking gIass, beyond our own reaIity. Known for the spectacuIar quality of his pieces and the oneiric imagery he tends to depIoy, Ekman seamIessly takes us from one unIikeIy situation from the next, thanks to the incredible technicaI maestria and versatility of the Royal Swedish Ballet dancers. I Iike creating worlds that have never been seen before, Ekman wrote while creating Play with the Paris Opera Ballet (BAC155 BAC555) : without ever sacrificing lyricaI beauty and deep contemplation to pointless incongruity, Eskapist proves once again that the theatricaI stage truIy is a magic pIace, where the world as we know it shifts shapes only to dissolve into the most poetic fantasies one could envision. Once more, Ekman has sought support from his long-term acolyte, Swedish composer MikaeI KarIsson, whose entrancing music follows the wide range of styles mobiIized by Ekman: sometimes downright comic and upIifting, and sometimes refIexive, deep, and uItimately cosmic. |
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