Les Ballets C. de la B. - Alain Platel's pitié!
Alain Platel, founder of Les Ballets C. de la B., is renowned for creating challenging, provocative works – from the emotionally charged vsprs in 2006, to Wolf in 2004 (which included 14 dogs on stage). This latest production, pitié!, reunites Platel with vsprs composer Fabrizio Cassol to create an intense study of Bach’s extraordinary composition Matthew Passion.
Platel’s daring reinvention of Bach’s ‘untouchable’ masterpiece explores our ability to sympathise by approaching the central story of the crucifixion from the perspective of the mother. By working extensively with a cast of ten dancers over a period of months, Platel questions the limits of the individual’s ultimate sacrifice: himself.
- "A master of the unconventiona"
- THE EVENING STANDARD
The extremes of emotion are amplified by Cassol’s ambitious score, which draws on the essence of Bach’s music, and is performed live on stage by eight musicians including regular C. de la B. collaborators Aka Moon, plus three singers.
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Sadler's Wells Theatre
5 - 7 Feb 2009
Ticket office:
0844 412 4300
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Sadler's Wells Theatre
Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4TN
Performance times
Thu - Sat at 7.30pm
Tickets
£10 - £25
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School discount performances
Thu & Fri
Vsprs Show and Tell
Film screening
07 Feb 2009 - 07 Feb 2009
Screening of vsprs Show and Tell, an award-winning documentary directed by Sophie Fiennes about Les Ballets C. de la B.'s recent show VSPRS.
Jasmin Vardimon Company
Justitia
30 Apr 2009 - 02 May 2009
Sadler's Wells Associate Artist Jasmin Vardimon returns with her powerful, politically-charged large-scale work, Justitia.