Conductor: Øyvind Bjorå
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Act II (1875–76)
Choreography: Natalia Makarova after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Set design: Peter Farmer
Costume design: Realized under the guidance of Natalia Makarova
Lighting design: Paul Vidar Sævarang
Maurice Ravel: Boléro (1928)
Choreography and set design: Samantha Lynch
Costume design: Bregje van Balen
Lighting design: Paul Vidar Sævarang
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Diamonds from Jewels (1967)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 in D major, Op. 29 The Polish ( 1875)
Choreography: George Balanchine
Set design: Jean-Marc Puissant
Costume design: Karinska
Lighting design: Jennifer Tipton
This evening, the National Ballet takes the stage at Kilden the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
and conductor Øyvind Bjorå, who is also concertmaster of the Opera Orchestra.
We will experience three major ballet works.
The program opens with Diamonds from Balanchine’s Jewels, set to excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 3.
This is followed by A Boléro, where Ravel’s iconic music meets Samantha Lynch’s new choreography.
The evening concludes with the atmospheric second act of Swan Lake, in Natalia Makarova’s classic version after Petipa and Ivanov.
The production is a collaboration between the Norwegian National Ballet, the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, and Kilden .
