The Little Mermaid at Shanghai Culture Square

Dates: (10/22/2014 - 10/23/2014 )

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Shanghai Culture Square

No. 597 Fuxing Road (M)
Shanghai,Shanghai 200020

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Illinois John Mayer (ballet "The Little Mermaid" director, choreography, lighting, costume design)
? Illinois John Mayer, born in 1942 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. After accepting the initial birthplace enlightenment dance training, he went to Copenhagen and the Royal Ballet School in London studying ballet. John Mayer ? Illinois at Marquette University in Wisconsin received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and theater studies, where he wrote most of his early dance works. In 1963, he joined John Cranko recruit Stuttgart Ballet, where he was promoted to soloist.
In 1969, Ulrich ? ? Illinois Erfurt appointed John Mayer headed to Frankfurt Ballet. Since 1973 to date, John Mayer has served as artistic director of Illinois Hamburg Ballet and general director, since 1996 chief colonel. Hamburg Ballet has become one of Germany's leading ballet dancers, and quickly gained international recognition.
As a choreographer, ballet Illinois Mel has focused on traditional subsistence, but also gives his works a modern dramatic framework. His efforts in this regard is very significant, particularly evident in his adaptation after the "classical story ballet" in. He Gustav Mahler symphony ? revolutionary choreography has won praise from around the world. His latest work is made ??Hamburg Ballet - "Purgatory" and "Liliaomu" premiered in 2011, the latter's music from Michel Legrand's original.
In 1975, Meyer created the Hamburg Ballet Illinois Arts Festival, as the climax of the show and the end of each quarter. In 1978, he founded the Hamburg Ballet dance school. In 1989, the school moved into together with the Ballet ballet center provided by the City of Hamburg. The center's facilities include a nine and a rehearsal hall can accommodate more than 30 students in a boarding school. Now, there are more than 80 percent of the troupe dancers are graduates of this school. 2011, John Mayer founded the Illinois the first German National Youth Ballet. This consists of eight young dancers dance company will be set up in the center of Hamburg Ballet.
John Mayer has served as a visiting Illinois director of many dance companies, including Vienna, Munich and Dresden State Opera, London's Royal Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet (whom he wrote more than a work), the Royal Danish Ballet, the Paris Opera Ballet, tokyo ballet, American ballet Theatre in New York, the Canadian national Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre, Stanislavsky and the Mariinsky ballet and San Francisco ballet. 2012, Illinois Central Ballet will premiere Mel's "The Little Mermaid." This will be the first time the theater troupe repertoire of his work income.
Illinois winner John Mayer is the German Federal Cross of the Order of 2003, French President Jacques Chirac ? granted honorary knighthood in 2006, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award Nijinsky, 2007 Herbert von obtained Karajan Music Prize. He is an honorary citizen of Hamburg, this title is the highest award of the city can be awarded.
Illinois Mel was established in February 2006 John Mayer Illinois Fund, aims to bring together a number of works related to their dance, ballet terms of goods and information. The Fund will maintain and preserve the results of the work of his life.

Lewa Auerbach (ballet "The Little Mermaid" composer)

Renowned pianist, composer Lewa Auerbach is one of the creation of today's hottest forte. Her musical works imaginative, thought-provoking, has been the most outstanding musician, conductor, choreographer and Opera support. Ms. Auerbach works on a standard keyboard instrument unique personality interpretation makes it one of the world audience favorite performer. She regularly as a soloist in the concert halls of the world end. His published works include more than 90 operas, ballets, symphonies and chamber music works.
His works 2012 to 2013 show season performances in the theater, including "Prelude resume," according to John Mayer Illinois Lewa Auerbach work "24 Preludes for Cello and Piano" and "Violin and Piano 24 Prelude ", to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the creation of the Hamburg Ballet the opera ballet. There are also two new ballets will be the world premiere - Nuremberg State Theater of "Faust" by ?? Montero choreographer (Lewa Auerbach as piano soloist on stage), and the State Theater in Munich "heroes" by the choreographer Terence Kohler. Auerbach groundbreaking style of church music opera "blind" will be staged in Moscow Stanislavski Theatre and New York's Lincoln Center Festival.
As of today's most notable composers lay their work status, which the opera ballet "The Little Mermaid" recently won the 2012 "Echo Classical Music Award" and has performed all over the world more than 150 games. The show season, this work will be John Mayer in Beijing's central Illinois Ballet, Hamburg Ballet and the Moscow Stanislavsky theater rehearsal. Auerbach recent collaboration with the Netherlands Dance Theatre resident choreographer Sol Leon and Paul Wright Ford, created the ballet "light", in cooperation with the National Ballet of Canada, Aspen Zul · Barton wrote, "looked at her "cooperation with the Nuremberg State Theatre ?? Montero wrote" Don Juan ", in cooperation with the Karlsruhe State Theatre Tim Pulai Qi created the" Momo ", in cooperation with the Terence Kohler China central ballet created the "do not worry, take your time" for the creation of the national Ballet of Flanders, "11:11", also in the last season of the show created the Finnish National ballet of the opera ballet "Cinderella. . "
Lewa · ????? music was in the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kanazawa Orchestra, the Dresden State Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic, NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Hannover , Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Lewa Auerbach was born in the Siberian city of Chelyabinsk. After 12 years on the creation of its first opera, she was invited to the United States for a concert tour in 1991, after which she decided to stay in the United States and studied piano and composition at the Juilliard School in New York. Auerbach won the prestigious Hindemith Prize, and the German Radio Music Awards at the International Music Festival in Germany. She is the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship winner, and has recently been selected for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, global youth leaders.

Ballet "The Little Mermaid" Synopsis

The Little Mermaid Story (Illinois, John Mayer)

Prelude
Voyage, the poet remembered with ??? Edward's wedding, the wedding because he was separated and dear friend. A tear fell down a memory of the poet's cheek mystery of the sea.

The first field
In the depths of the sea, the poet Edward Little Mermaid formed thoughts. A ship passing through, a Prince Edward resembles the deck is playing golf swing, a shot out of bounds, he flung himself on the sea picking. Suddenly, the siren appeared, he brought a terrible storm. Prince threatens to sink into the sea, the Little Mermaid poet hope to save him. The Little Mermaid save the prince, and fell in love with him.
Looks like a princess looks with ??? found unconscious on the beach in the prince. When the prince opened his eyes, he thought it was a princess to save him.
The Little Mermaid determined to become human. Her sweet voice to lose the cost, so the siren will become her fishtail human legs, every step hurts like a knife.
The Little Mermaid Prince danced a beautiful dance. Prince deeper love for Princess, Little Mermaid into human pain.

The second field
Prince and princess wedding being prepared. The Little Mermaid is about to become a princess maid of honor, her love for the prince has been hopeless. Siren came, he would give a dagger Little Mermaid, let her kill the prince, then she can return to the depths of the sea to restore the original appearance. The Little Mermaid Prince did not hurt.

End
The Little Mermaid left alone. Alluding to the pain of her suffering poet. Poet and The Little Mermaid is one of the poet's love gives little beauty eternal soul, and let the poet immortalized the Little Mermaid. They look forward to a new world.

Authors

Cast and Creative team for The Little Mermaid at Shanghai Culture Square

Choreographer, stage design, lighting design, costume design: John Mayer Illinois
Composer: Lewa Auerbach
Total rehearsal by: Kevin Hagen
Lighting Director: Ralph Merkel
Rehearsal by: Lloyd Reagan Adams, Niuer Ka Morey multi-
World Premiere: The Royal Danish Ballet, Copenhagen Opera House, April 15, 2005
Hamburg premiere: Hamburg Ballet, July 1, 2007
Chinese premiere: Central Ballet Theatre flyover, September 24, 2012
Chinese premiere producer, Producer: Feng Ying
China's total rehearsal Author: Xu Gang
Performances: Central Ballet
Play play: National Ballet Orchestra
Artistic Director: Feng Ying
Conductor: Zhang Yi, Liu Ju

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