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The Malandain Ballet Biarritz was created in 1998 in
The Malandain Ballet Biarritz was created in 1998 in Biarritz
Biarritz ( , , , ; Basque also ; oc, Bià rritz ) is a city on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the French Basque Country in southwestern France. It is located from the border with Spain. ...
. It is one of 19 National Choreographic Centers ( Centres Chorégraphiques Nationaux) in France. The Malandain Ballet Biarritz is directed by its choreographer Thierry Malandain
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, has 22 dancers, and focuses on contemporary ballet
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and neoclassical ballet. Since its creation, the Malandain Ballet Biarritz has been located in the Gare du Midi of Biarritz
Biarritz ( , , , ; Basque also ; oc, Bià rritz ) is a city on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the French Basque Country in southwestern France. It is located from the border with Spain. ...
, a former railway station that has been transformed into a theater.
Repertoire
Those choreographies are exclusively creations by for the Malandain Ballet Biarritz. * 2017 * 2016 * 2015 ''Beauty and the Beast'' / Tchaikovsky * 2014 ''Estro'' /Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread a ...
* 2014 ''Nocturnes'' / Chopin
* 2013 ''Cinderella'' / Prokofiev
* 2012 ''Silhouette'' / Beethoven
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* 2012 ''Last Song'' / French traditional songs / received on 14 June 2012 the Syndicat de la Critique's main prize
* 2011 ''Lucifer'' / Connesson
* 2010 ''Roméo et Juliette'' / Berlioz
* 2009 ''Magifique'' / Tchaikovsky
* 2008 ''Le Portrait de l'infante'' / Ravel
* 2008 '' L'Amour sorcier'' / De Falla
Manuel de Falla y Matheu (, 23 November 187614 November 1946) was an Andalusian Spanish composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados, he was one of Spain's most important musicians of the first hal ...
* 2006 ''Don Juan'' / Gluck
Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period (music), classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of the ...
* 2005 ''Les petits riens'' / Mozart
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* 2004 ''Sang des étoiles'' / Mahler, Waldteufel, Strauss, Minkus
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* Christian Minkus (1770–1849), German politician;
* Ludwig Minkus, Ludwig (Leon) Minkus (1826-1917), Austrian ballet composer and violinist, best known for his work in Russia;
* Jacques Minkus (1901-1996), philate ...
* 2003 ''Cigale'' / Massenet
Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are ''Manon'' (1884) and ''Werther'' ...
* 2003 ''Les créatures'' / Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...
* 2002 ''La mort du cygne'' / Saint-Saëns
* 2002 ''Le Biches'' / Poulenc
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (; 7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among the best-kno ...
* 2001 ''Fleur de pierre'' / Prokofiev
* 2001 ''Boléro'' / Ravel
* 2001 ''Spectre de la rose'' / von Weber
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (18 or 19 November 17865 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic who was one of the first significant composers of the Romantic era. Best known for his operas, ...
* 2000 ''Chambre d’amour'' / Cabalette
* 1999 ''Le Carillon'' / Massenet
Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are ''Manon'' (1884) and ''Werther'' ...
* 1999 ''Le Cid'' / Massenet
Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are ''Manon'' (1884) and ''Werther'' ...
* 1998 ''Perre de lune'' / Britten
* 1998 ''Ouverture Cubaine'' / Gershwin
See also
References
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* {{authority control Ballet companies in France Biarritz