La Stravaganza
2015 restage / 1997 Creation for the New York City Ballet
Piece for 12 dancers
Choreography Angelin Preljocaj
Music Antonio Vivaldi (Concerto n°8, RV249, extraits de Dixit Dominus, Laudate Pueri Dominum), Evelyn Ficarra (Source of Uncertainty), Robert Normandeau (Éclats de voix), Åke Parmerud (Les objets obscurs)
Scenography Maya Schweizer
Costumes Hervé Pierre
Lighting Marc Stanley
Restaged by Noémie Perlov
Ballet Preljocaj dancers Clara Freschel, Natacha Grimaud, Céline Marié, Nuriya Nagimova, Yurié Tsugawa, Marius Delcourt, Jean-Charles Jousni, Victor Martinez Caliz, Simon Ripert, Fran Sanchez, Aaron Smeding
New York City Ballet dancers Alexander Ritter, Benjamen Bowman, Benjamin Millepied, Christopher Wheeldon, Emily Coates, Katerline Tracey, Melissa Walter, Rachel Rutherford, Samanta Alle, Sebastien Marcovici, Stacey Calvert, Tom Gold
Duration 30 min
Premiered with Ballet Preljocaj on 01 July 2015, Pavillon Noir in Aix-en-Provence (France)
Premiered with New York City Ballet on 22 may 1997, The Diamond Project III, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater (United Sates)
The music of La Stravaganza alternates Vivaldi and contemporary musical pieces, hurling the bodies into the modern age. The couples, drawn from all periods of American immigration, come together and unmake group logics to lead them elsewhere.
Around the creation
Video recording
La Stravaganza, Spectral Evidence (2017)
Direction – Denis Caïozzi
Choreography – Angelin Preljocaj