CARMEN

This passionate and feisty Carmen, reinvented by Johan Inger has received standing ovations throughout the world and earned the Swedish choreographer a “Benois de la Danse” in 2016. To meet the challenge of taking on a legend so rooted in Spanish culture, Johan Inger chose to reveal his heroine through the eyes of a child, enveloping the obscure swirls of seduction and violence in mystery.

“That child could be any of us, experiencing violence which, however brief, would have a permanent negative influence on our lives and on our capacity to bond with others.” Johan Inger

With the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, direction Manuel COVES

CARMEN | Johan INGER
Choreography: Johan Inger | Assistant: Urtzi Aranburu | Dramaturgy: Gregor Acuña Pohl | Music: Rodion Shchedrin, Georges Bizet | Re-orchestration Bizet: Alvaro Dominguez | Original composition: Marc Alvarez | Lighting: Tom Visser | Sets: Curt Allen Wilmer, Leticia Gañan (aapee) with estudiodeDos| Costumes: David Delfin | Re-stage for Les Ballets Monte Carlo by: Toby Mallitt, Javier Rodriguez Cobos | Premiere held on April 9th 2015, Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid, Espagne, by the Compaňia Nacional de Danza Madrid