Voyage en Europe

Ballet in four scenes

Music
André Campra, André Cardinal Destouches, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Henry Purcell, Johann Rosenmüller, Antonio Vivaldi

Conception and choreography
Marie-Geneviève Massé

Musical direction
Patrick Cohën-Akenine

Set design
Marie-Geneviève Massé and Jean-Marie Abplanalp

Costume design
Olivier Bériot

Light design
Carlos Perez

Parting from France, the choreographic culture has unfurled in the whole of Europe.
In France the ball ritual rules every move, each look depending on its closed hierachy.
In England the incomparable theatricality of Purcell’s compositions lead to a drama.
In Germany a nostalgic dream is floating on Rosenmüller’s arresting sonata.
We finish this journey joyfully with Vivaldi, in Italy, in the city of Venice “where no one goes anywhere without a mask”, one ignores who is who, or at least pretents to…

Dancers
Marc Barret, Bruno Benne, Anne-Sophie Berring, Bérengère Bodénan,
Émilie Bregougnon, Olivier Collin, Adeline Lerme

Instrumentalists of Les Folies Françoises
Patrick Cohën-Akenine violin 1, Benjamin Chénier violin 2, Laurent Bruni viola, François Poly violoncello, Thomas de Pierrefeu contrabass, Massimo Moscardo theorbo, Béatrice Martin harpsichord

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