Chopiniana / Moving Rooms / Bolero (Brno)

Ballet programme in three parts

Guest performance at Dance Brno 100 
held as part of celebrations marking 100 years 
of Czechoslovak independence 
26 May 2018

'Fokine’s Chopiniana offers the quintessence of romantic ballet: variations and two pas de deux. Its finale is an explosion of motion that brings to mind fast river current. It is a dancing cascade of events unfolding in limelight. Chopiniana is doubtless one of the most poetic ballets of the 20th century, perhaps of all time.' (Cyril W. Beaumont)

'[When staging Moving Rooms in Poland for the first time] I decided to keep the original, English title I gave the ballet when I created it in 2008 for the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam. By Moving Rooms I meant shifting spaces. The piece is a play of moods and emotions presented against the backdrop of dynamic lightning.' (Krzysztof Pastor)

'Ravel’s Bolero holds a special place in the history of music and dance. It has an emotional, passionate, erotic character. What’s most important for me here is the interaction between men and women – at first seemingly cool, it becomes more and more intense, to culminate in an emotional finale.' (Krzysztof Pastor)

Polish National Ballet