Ballet for 22 dancers
Duration 40 minutes
Music
Camille Saint-Saëns, Les Mélodies
Choreography
Thierry Malandain
Set and costumes
Jorge Gallardo
Lighting
François Menou
Costume production
Véronique Murat, Charlotte Margnoux
Costume’s dye
Léa Murat
Revived
16 May 2025 • Teatro Victoria Eugenia de Donostia San Sebastian
Coproduction
Victoria Eugenia Antzokia Donostia / San Sebastián – Ballet T, Centre Chorégraphique National / Malandain Ballet Biarritz
Note of intent
In Danse Macabre (Dance of Death), a classical music ‘hit’ in which you can ‘hear the dancers’ bones rattling’, from The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods and The Aviary, both taken from The Carnival of the Animals and melodies by Camille Saint-Saëns, Minuit et Demi borrows from the daydreams and poetic cadences of Pierre Aguétant, Armand Renaud et Victor Hugo. The mysterious heart is more difficult to translate, because if dancing is casting our obstinate hope into the future, the present day dies too young, and we can never say everything we would like to rhythmically express ‘in the wave of life’.
Thierry Malandain
A very aesthetic, refined dance, very well performed.
Le Figaro Magazine, may 2025
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
