A new premiere by Nagyvárad Ensemble

Nagyvárad Ensemble's dance oratorio Stabat Mater, created in collaboration with Central European Dance Theatre (KET), will have its premiere on the 16th of April, on the stage of Szigligeti Theatre. The show, coreographed by Kun Attila to the music by Rossini, features, besides dancers of the local ensemble, three arists from the Budapest company.

Stabat Mater is one of Cristianity's best-known hymns, with the Virgin Mary at its centre, mourning her Son. Rossini's interpretation of the medieval text, attributed to Jacopone da Todi, moves away from the lithurgical tone, reminiscing the romantic Italian opera. Fragments of the opus recall Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, and also, in a sense, can be regarded as antecedent of Verdi's Requiem.

Kun Attila, art director of KET since 2013, is a choreographer and dancer, winner of the Harangozó Gyula and Imre Zoltán awards. Earlier, he worked as titular soloist at the Hungarian State Opera, and solo dancer at famous companies such as Rambert Dance Company of London and Ballet Basel os Switzerland. In the last decade, he coreographed performances for the Hungarian National Ballet, Contemporary Ballet of Szeged, Pécs Ballet and the National Ballet of Gy?r.

 

 

Cast:

Nagyvárad Ensemble:

Brugós Sándor Csaba, Forgács-Popp Jácint, Forgács Zsombor, Györfi Csaba, Iván Enik? Kitty, Kacsó Bálint, Kerekes Dalma, Pál Alíz, Rácz Lajos Levente, Schmith Nándor Gyula, Szabó Enik? Ágnes, Sz?cs Brigitta, Sz?nyi József, Tímár Tímea

Central European Dance Theatre:

Jakab Zsanett, Szabó András, Kovács Péter

Director-choreographer: Kun Attila (Közép-Európa Táncszínház)

Assistant choreographer: Horváth Adrienn (Közép-Európa Táncszínház)

Assistant instructor Mádi László (Közép-Európa Táncszínház)

Music by: Gioachino Rossini

Set and costume design by: Cristina Breteanu

Dramaturgist: L?rincz Ágnes (as guest)

The production is supported by the Ministry of Human Resources and the National Cultural Fund of Hungary.