“Journey to Eternity” by the GNO Ballet

“Journey to Eternity”, the GNO Ballet production, set to music Elenis Karaindrou and choreography Renato Tzanella which was first presented in 2013, is being repeated at the Municipal Theater of Piraeus for only 4 performances.

Karaindrou's poetic music, which adorned the famous films of Thodoros Angelopoulos, gives rise to a dreamy choreographic journey signed by Renato Tzanella.

With the costumes and sets of Katerina Angelopoulos as allies, the movement of the dancers of the National Opera brings to mind the images and symbolism of Angelopoulos's universal cinema.

Under the musical direction of Anastasios Symeonidis, with the Orchestra, the A' Dancers, the Soloists, the Top Dancers and the Corps de Ballet of the GNO

Note from Eleni Karaindrou: "My first collaboration with Thodoros Angelopoulos wasTrip to Kythira, the journey to the impossible. In Eternity and a day, the sixth of our eight collaborations, Theodore won the Palme d'Or at Cannes and delivered a film, a poetic meditation on human existence and its limits, leaving behind the great question, what is tomorrow, how long does tomorrow last... An eternity and a day. He borrows the answer from Shakespeare, yet giving it the extension of his own meditation.
When I met Renato Tzanella, following an invitation from Myron Michaelides, I was certain that the music I wrote, inspired by Angelopoulos' poetic vision, would take on new dimensions in the hands of the charismatic choreographer and come to life through body language. We worked together with Renato to build a unified work dramaturgically, a musical journey with many stations, with many images, with twists and turns, with alternating colors….”

info: Municipal Theatre of Piraeus, Iroon Polytechneiou 32, Piraeus, tel. 210 414 33 10 | Opening time: 20.00 | Tickets: 20€, 15€, 10€, reduced 10€. | Performance dates: 7, 8, 11, 13 October 2015

Source: dancepress.gr