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The performance is part of the George Enescu International Festival program and is presented in partnership with the Bucharest National Theater. Details here   

Malandain Ballet Biarritz
The Royal Opera Orchestra of Versailles
Andrés Gabetta - conductor, concertmaster
Thierry Malandain - choreographer 

Anotimpurile / The Seasons
Music: Antonio Vivaldi, Giovanni Antonio Guido
Set design and costumes: Jorge Gallardo
Lights: François Menou
Costume production: Véronique Murat, Charlotte Margnoux
Costume production assistant: Anaïs Abel
Scenery: Frédéric Vadé
Accessories production: Annie Onchalo
Set and prop assistants: Nicolas Rochais, Gorka Arpajou, Félix Vermandé, Raphaël Jeanneret, Christof T'Siolle, Txomin Laborde-Peyre, Maruschka Miramon, Karine Prins, Sandrine Mestas Gleizes, Fanny Sudres et Fantine Goulot
Ballet masters: Richard Coudray, Giuseppe Chiavaro, Frederik Deberdt

A project by the Royal Opera of Versailles
Main co-producer: Château de Versailles Spectacles – Royal Opera of Versailles, Royal Opera Orchestra of Versailles
Co-producers: Cannes Dance Festival, Teatro Victoria Eugenia – Ballet T San Sebastián, Saint-Etienne Opera, Theater Bonn, Teatro la Fenice, CCN Malandain Ballet Biarritz
Partners: Opéra de Reims, Espace Jéliote Oloron Sainte-Marie, Théâtre Olympia Arcachon
Sponsors: Fonds de dotation Malandain pour la Danse Suez, Association Amis du Malandain Ballet Biarritz, Carré des Mécènes du Malandain Ballet Biarritz 

Concept

Based on an idea by Laurent Brunner, director of Château de Versailles Spectacles, and Stefan Plewniak, violinist and chief conductor of the Royal Opera of Versailles, this ballet intertwines Antonio Vivaldi's famous Four Seasons with excerpts from Le Quattro Stagioni dell'anno (The Four Seasons of the Year), a little-known work by Giovanni Antonio Guido, a contemporary and compatriot of the "red priest."

In terms of its creation, starting from arithmetic, under the influence of the number four, closely linked to creation, balance, and harmony, we can say first of all that Guido's Seasons evoke memories of the "belle danse" (Baroque dance), which emerged in the 17th century with the ideal of governing the body and mind in tandem and performing movements with grace, precision, and ease. The number four is also associated with the Earth and the wheel of life, which does not always turn smoothly, if not completely upside down, given the ugliness, stupidity, and inhumanity that proliferate. With Vivaldi's Seasons, we are moved by a more natural, more human form of dance.

Ultimately, we transform things into a poetic fantasy, and with these two words, you have the basics. Against a backdrop of black petals scattered across the horizon, winged beings mourn the loss of spirit and clarity. Why? Because the Seasons are just a ballet, and there is nothing more serious than the unbelievable. (Thierry Malandain)

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Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu