Akram Khan's Giselle / English National Ballet ; direction and choreography, Akram Khan ; directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon.

Contributor(s): Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: OA 1284 D | Opus ArtePublisher: London : Opus Arte, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 videodisc (97 min) : so, color ; 12 cm + 1 llibret (15 pàgines : il·lustracions en color)Content type:

imatge en moviment bidimensional

Media type:

vídeo

Carrier type:

videodisc

Other title: GiselleOther title:

Giselle

Uniform titles:

Giselle (Coreografia : Khan)

Related works:

Contenidor de (expressió): Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856. Giselle; arranjaments

Subject(s):

Production credits:

Direction and choreography, Akram Khan ; visual and costume design, Tim Yip ; composition and sound design, Vincenzo Lamagna, after the original score of Adolphe Adam ; orchestration, Gavin Sutherland ; lighting design, Mark Henderson.

Cast: Tamara Rojo, Giselle ; James Streeter, Albrecht ; Jeffrey Cirio, Hilarion ; Stina Quagebeur, Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis ; Begoña Cao, Bathilde ; Fabian Reimair, Landlord ; English National Ballet ; English National Ballet Philharmonic ; Gavin Sutherland, conductor.Summary: "Acclaimed dancer-choreographer Akram Khan reimagines the classic ballet for the 21st century. Giselle has become a former garment worker, while Albrecht is a member of the wealthy factory-owning class. In an abandoned 'ghost factory' haunted by the memory of female migrant workers, many of them victims of industrial accidents, Giselle's desire to break the cycle of violence will lead to her reconciliation with Albrecht and his release from the retributive justice of the Wilis." -- Contenidor

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Vídeo	Biblioteca Barcelona	Biblioteca Barcelona BCN Magatzem Vídeo	VM 10-00407 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		1900089217

Browsing Biblioteca Barcelona shelves, Shelving location: BCN Magatzem Vídeo Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous	No cover image available	No cover image available	No cover image available	No cover image available	No cover image available	No cover image available	No cover image available	Next
Previous	VM 10-00401 Ein Sommernachts Traum : a ballet by John Neumeier = A midsummer night's dream /	VM 10-00403 Notre-Dame de Paris : ballet in two acts /	VM 10-00404 The Snow queen : a glittering winter tale /	VM 10-00407 Akram Khan's Giselle /	VM 11-00001 Torobaka	VM 11-00002 ma	VM10-00400 The Stuttgart Ballet in John Cranko's Onegin /	Next

Títol obtingut de la superfície del disc

"The iconic ballet, reimagined"--Contenidor

Extres: The creative process; The characters of Akram Khan's Giselle; Creating the costumes for Giselle; Interviews with Dramaturg Ruth Little, with Stina Quagebeur and James Streeter, and with composer Vincenzo Lamagna.

Notes del programa i sinopsi en anglès

Direction and choreography, Akram Khan ; visual and costume design, Tim Yip ; composition and sound design, Vincenzo Lamagna, after the original score of Adolphe Adam ; orchestration, Gavin Sutherland ; lighting design, Mark Henderson.

Tamara Rojo, Giselle ; James Streeter, Albrecht ; Jeffrey Cirio, Hilarion ; Stina Quagebeur, Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis ; Begoña Cao, Bathilde ; Fabian Reimair, Landlord ; English National Ballet ; English National Ballet Philharmonic ; Gavin Sutherland, conductor.

Enregistrat el 28 d'octubre de 2017 al Liverpool Empire Theatre.

"Acclaimed dancer-choreographer Akram Khan reimagines the classic ballet for the 21st century. Giselle has become a former garment worker, while Albrecht is a member of the wealthy factory-owning class. In an abandoned 'ghost factory' haunted by the memory of female migrant workers, many of them victims of industrial accidents, Giselle's desire to break the cycle of violence will lead to her reconciliation with Albrecht and his release from the retributive justice of the Wilis." -- Contenidor

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Click on an image to view it in the image viewer