iceydeville Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 So, my high school staged "Blood Wedding" by Frederico Garcia Lorca for competition last week. I saw the play and was mesmerized. I thought to myself, "When I become a big famous choreographer, I'm gonna use the play as a libretto for a ballet." Lo and behold, I'm too late. My question is: Has anyone actually seen it? Whether it be the Sadler Well's version (I think they were the ones who originally did it) or ABT or whomever. I was wondering if it maybe lived up to the play itself. That and if there's maybe a copy of the ballet on VHS or something...? Link to comment
sandik Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 You can rent the Antonio Gades/Carlos Saura film (the the fabulous Christina Hoyos) on video -- it's obviously been restaged to work as a film (including setting the dance as a rehearsal) but it's a gorgeous piece of work. Link to comment
carbro Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Just because it's already been done, Iceydeville (cute name!), doesn't mean you can't do it, too. After all, how many different Romeo & Juliets (for example) are floating around out there? Link to comment
cargill Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 The Cubans did the Gades version when they were here in New York a few months ago, and I thought it was one of the most thrilling and moving pieces I have seen--right up there in mood with Nijinska's Les Noces. If you ever get a chance to see them dance it, I would grab it! It was so perfectly translated into movement, without any of the "words into dance" feeling that some dances from litererary sources have. Link to comment
Petra Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Wasn't there a MacMillan ballet based on Blood Wedding - called "Three sisters", maybe????????? If there is such a ballet and I'm not making it up, then that might be what Iceydeville was referring to. Link to comment
Jane Simpson Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 GWTW, I'd guess you're thinking of MacMillan's Las Hermanas (The Sisters), which is based on The House of Bernarda Alba. The Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet's Blood Wedding was by Alfred Rodrigues - I saw it several times, years ago, and I seem to remember David Howard being in it, as the Moon. Link to comment
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