The Monaco Dance Forum is still going strong ..... We're still in "Act Three", and this time it's "2 pièces + 2".
Mimoza Koike is both a choreographer and a soloist, and her performance is a homage to Diaghilev.
In Monaco Info on the Government website, they are showing a range of excerpts from the "Ballets Russes" cycle.
I'm watching this at 11am (12 noon in Europe)
A stage curtain by Valerio Adami will mark the opening of the program of three creations by Greco, Inger and Maillot.
April 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 April 2011.
.........Jean-Christophe Maillot, director of the Ballets de Monte-Carlo:
"... there will be three dates: 8th, 9th and 10th July. I've dreamt about this project for a long time."
It consists of "Bartabas" with 32 horses from the Académie de Versailles, and of the 16 dancers from the compagnie Carolyn Carlson.
The spectacle will only be performed three times per month.
(Caroline and JCM created the Monaco Dance Forum in 1998)
Monaco's interest in him: He was a designer for the Ballets Russes under Serge Diaghilev - and Monaco has had many months (or years?) of this type of dance, rejuvenated through the work of the Monaco Dance Forum and the Ballets de Monte Carlo
The Academy has had a new director, Nicolas Masala, for two years.
Now it's show time !
The image of lots of parents and grandparents waiting anxiously is gone.
Now there is a school of excellence for young prodigies.
When they leave, they will be applying for the most prestigious ballet companies, including the Ballets de Monte-Carlo.
The Dream / Le Songe, performed at the Salle Garnier by the Ballets de Monte-Carlo.... and it's the end of the season again.
Performances in Catania (Sicily) .... seventeen performances in Monaco, and 54 abroad ..... total of 75000 spectators.... and cultural ambassadors for the Principality....... 50 dancers from 28 nationalities.....
Jean-Christophe Maillot has been there since 1993.
The Monaco Dance Forum 2011 has ended last Saturday, December 17, with an interpretation
of "Swan Lake" performed by members of the Bolshoi Ballet and of the Ballet of Monte-Carlo.
Prince Albert and Princess Caroline attended, but no pictures yet.