January 26-31, 2010
Tue-Wed 7:30pm;Thu-Sat 8pm; Sat 2pm; Sun 2pm & 7:30pm
Joyce Theater,
175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street, NYC, Manhattan
The Joyce
Theater, Inc., in association with Győr National Ballet from
Hungary
presents
GYŐRI BALETT - A STRAVINSKY EVENING
PETRUSHKA and RITE OF SPRING
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Iron Curtain in Europe
Producer and Director: János Kiss
Choreography: Attila Kun, Dmitrij Simkin, James Sutherland
Dancers:
Kristóf Csősz, Szabina Cserepák, Alexey Dolbiolov, Benedict Gromann, Diána
Gyurmánczi,
Beatrix Hardi, Krisztián Horváth, Lilla M. Horváth, Zoltán Jekli,
Benedek László Kovács-Nagy, Eszter Németh, Hassan Gonzalez Otero, Balázs
Pátkai,
Stephanie Pechtl, Bálint Sebestyén, Renáta Simon, Virág Sóthy, Judit Szalai,
András Kátai Tóth, Ágnes Varga
These performances are presented as part of
Performing
Revolution in Central and Eastern Europe,
a festival coordinated by The New York Public Library for the Performing
Arts.
Photos were taken at rehearsals by Gabriella Győrffy
The weeklong engagement of the Győr National Ballet at the JOYCE Theater in New York City is a very prestigious recognition of the Ballet Company from this Western Hungarian city, Győr. The JOYCE Theater is one of the most important venues in the world for contemporary dance. This is the second time the Győr Ballet is presenting within a few years. Their performance is also part of a five months long festival organized by the New York City Public Library to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of Communism in Eastern and Central Europe, as well as the falling of the Berlin Wall. The choreographies they perform focus on terror, personal human sacrifice and oppression of individual freedom. The music of both ballets was composed by Igor Stravinsky. PETRUSHKA
THE RITE OF SPRING This popular Ballet explores the relationships of individuals within society. We realize that sacrifices will always need to be made for the community to survive and flourish. However, sacrifice is not in vain, because each sacrifice generates new meaning, new energy and new thoughts. |
Experience
the daring and fresh choreography of Hungary’s foremost contemporary
ballet company when it returns to The Joyce with two splendid US
premieres set to Igor Stravinsky’s 
Petrushka is a young,
innocent person, who happens to be born in a totalitarian society, which
dictates that ideology is more important than freedom and individuality.
Our hero is not able to fit the “mold” and does not give up his
individual expressions, as it is required from everyone around him. He
is not willing to give up freedom in order to join in the game of
oppression of the mind and spirit. He has to pay a severe price for his
non-conformance. The death of Petrushka is a symbol of Communist
ideology gone wrong and against the humanity’s moral values. It was an
abstract idea, which required the sacrifice of human lives and decency
for it to try to succeed. PETRUSHKA
