Absolute debut 18-11-1987
BALLET GULBENKIAN
LARGE GULBENKIAN AUDITORIUM
Choreography OLGA RORIZ
Music JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, Excerpts from Suite nº1 and Suite nº2 for solo cello*
Set and costumes JASMIM DE MATOS**
Lights PAULO GRAÇA
Scenario created by HERNANI and RUI MARTINS
* The following movements from Bach Suites No. 1 and 2 are used in this ballet, in the following order: Prélude of Suite No. 1 - Courante of Suite No. 2 - Sarabande of Suite No. 1 - Gigue of Suite No. 2 - Guige Suite nº 1 - Sarabande of Suite nº2 - Prélude of Suite nº 2
** Scenario inspired by the painting L' Enlévement des Sabines by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665).