ミハイル・フォーキンが１幕ものバレエとして、ウェーバーのワルツ「舞踏への招待」に振り付け、1911年にバレエ・リュスがモンテカルロ歌劇場にて初演した「薔薇の精」を、マルコ・ゲッケが新たな切り口で作り上げた作品。
出演者に６つのスピリットを加え、音楽もウェーバーの「幽霊の支配者」を新たに追加し、オリジナルとは異なる『精』を表現した作品としてモナコ公国モンテカルロ・バレエ団にて2009年に初演、バレエ界に衝撃を与えた。世界中のバレエ団で作品が上演されるマルコの代表作を、日本を代表するダンサーによりお届けします。
Marco Goecke reinvents the legendary Mikhail Fokines Le Spectre de la rose set to Carl Webers famous “Invitation to the dance” as a one act ballet, originally premiered by the Ballet Russe at the Royal Opera House of Monte Carlo in 1911.
It is the story of a young girl who has just come back from a ball. Falling asleep with a rose in her hands, she dreams of the spirit of the rose, who appears by jumping through her window, dances with her and disappears before she wakes up.
In 2009, Marco Goecke was commissioned to create his own version of Le Spectre de la Rose and was premiered in 2009 by the Le Ballet du Monte Carlo. The work was made with an additional 6 spirits, and Weber's 2nd musical piece “The Master of the Spirits,” as a work that expressed “a seriousness” different from the original. His choreography often emphasizes power and intensity, so avoiding any impression of naturalism.
