The Joffrey Ballet
Direction Ashley Wheater
TranscenDanses
Alexander Ekman’s striking ballet Midsummer Night’s Dream performed by the Joffrey Ballet.
Dates
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Created by the Royal Swedish Ballet in 2015 and the Joffrey Ballet in 2018
French premiere
Alexander Ekman | choreography and sets
Mikael Karlsson | music
Anna von Hausswolff | vocals
Nicolas Brommare | percussions
Jorge Ivars | piano
Bregje Van Balen | costumes
Linus Fellbom | lighting
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Approx. running time : 2h10 with intermission
About
After his staggeringly successful A Swan Lake, Alexander Ekman offers his vision of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This ballet, which is full of powerful images and emotions and features a score by Mikael Karlson, explores the energy and mysteries of the summer solstice in the Scandinavian tradition, The Joffrey Ballet was founded in Chicago in the 1950s by its namesake Robert Joffrey. He built a reputation around numerous premieres by American choreographers (Alvin Ailey, William Forsythe, Mark Morris, Twyla Sharp, etc.), a trend which has continued to develop with successive generations including Alexander Ekman, who is one of the most inventive exponents today.
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