La Dame aux Camélias
Montreal, Canada, 2023
Discover the ballet that brings to life the timeless story of Love, Sacrifice, Abyss, and Death.
The Resonances of a Romantic Heroine
Les Grands Ballets and their Artistic Director, Ivan Cavallari, welcomed back choreographer, Peter Quanz, to revisit a must-have in French literature, a sentimental novel par excellence, La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils. In this realistic novel, Alexandre Dumas fils paints the portrait of a heroine with exemplary greatness of soul. Based on a real story of passion, this work has been adapted for theatre, opera, and cinema since its publication in 1848. Peter Quanz takes the essentials of the novel and designs a ballet in two acts whose story unfolds through four tableaux: Love | Sacrifice | Abyss | Death. He thus offers magnificent dramatic and realistic roles to the dancers of the company.
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Artistic team
Peter Quanz
Choreography
Michael Gianfrancesco
Set Designer
Anne Armit
Costume Designer
Marc Parent
Lighting designer
Normand Blais
Props
Jonathan Michaud
Narration
Music
Performed by:
Orchestre des Grands Ballets
Music
Grażyna Bacewicz
(Concerto For String Orchestra, Movement 2, Andante)
Lili Boulanger
(D’un soir triste / D’un matin de printemps)
Louise Farrenc
(Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Opus 32 / II Adagio cantabile)
Fanny Mendelssohn
(Notturno in G minor)
Kaija Saariaho
(Ciel d’hiver)
Clara Schumann
(Romance in A minor)
Carl Maria von Weber
(Aufforderung zum Tanz / Rondo brilliant, Opus 65 /
6 Favouritwaltzer: No. 1-6, J. 143 / Polonaise brillante, opus 72 / Die drie Pintos – Entre’acte)
Dina Gilbert
Conductor
Florian Ziemen
Music Selection and Arrangement
Rosalie Asselin
Solo Pianist
Cast
Hervé Courtain
Marina Villanueva
Ballet master
Cast
Célestin Boutin, Hamilton Nieh, Alexandra Eccles, Rose Trahan, Kiara Flavin, Tuesday Rain Leduc, Calista Shepheard, Sarah Branch, Maude Fleury, Sofía González, Carrigan MacDonald, Bernard Dubois II, Oscar Lambert, Théodore Poubeau, François Gagné, Étienne Delorme, Christian Pforr, Thomas Leprohon, Bernardo Betancor, Rachele Buriassi, Esnel Ramos, Aurora De Mori, Marcel Gutiérrez, Anya Nesvitaylo, Roddy Doble, Yui Sugawara, Graeme Fuhrman, Maude Sabourin, Raphaël Bouchard, Emma Garrau Cima, Vanesa Garcia-Ribala Montoya, Tetyana Martyanova, Anna Ishii, Kiara DeNae Felder, André Santos, Angel Vizcaíno, James Lyttle, Felixovich Morante, Graeme Fuhrman, James Lyttle, Sarah Branch, Catherine Toupin, Calista Shepheard, Tatiana Lerebours, Oscar Lambert, Antoine Benjamin Bertran, Mai Kono, Sahra Maira
Sponsored by
Thank you to our evening sponsors La Presse, Édéenne Paris, and Mirabaud.
The creation of this production was made possible by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Conseil des arts de Montréal, Conseil des arts du Canada, and Place des Arts.