Silhouette

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Ballet for 1 dancer
Duration 12 minutes

Music
Ludwig van Beethoven (sonate third movement n°30, Op.109)

Choreography, set and costumes
Thierry Malandain

Lighting design
Jean-Claude Asquié

Created
le 28 septembre 2012 • Biarritz – Hôtel de Silhouette

Note of intent

Etienne de Silhouette, a financial inspector under Louis XV, gave his name to the portraits of the face’s silhouette, probably because his reforms tended only to leave taxpayers the silhouette of their fortune. This solo is a miniature through which the silhouette of the dancer Vaslav Nijinski passes. A silhouette portrait cut in the Spirit of the Rose, Petrouchka, Narcisse and the Afternoon of a faun.

Thierry Malandain

Contacts

Malandain Ballet Biarritz
Yves Kordian – directeur délégué – y.kordian@malandainballet.com
Lise Philippon – chargée de diffusion +33 (0)5 59 24 96 98 – l.philippon@malandainballet.com