Moulin Rouge - The Ballet
APRIL 2011 Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier - 8 P.M. / 2 P.M.Pre-show talks: one hour before each performance Presented by
Photo: Bruce Monk
Pre-show talks: one hour before each performance Presented by
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Evening
2009 - 2010 SEASON
INVITED COMPANYRoyal Winnipeg Ballet
CHOREOGRAPHYJorden Morris
MUSICVarious Composers
SETSAndrew Beck
COSTUMESAnne Armit and Shannon Lovelace
Moulin Rouge - The Ballet
by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet
This mega-production involving 26 company dancers was created by Jorden Morris, the choreographer behind Peter Pan, the biggest success in the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's history. His new work brilliantly recreates the sparkle of Paris during the Belle Époque. The most celebrated cabaret of all time and the birthplace of the can-can and the quadrille, the Moulin Rouge has been the subject of numerous books, paintings, movies and musicals.
It's Paris at the turn of the 20th century. In a city where passion and excess reign, the painter Mathieu finds tender romance with a young laundress, Nathalie. The two burn with love and ambition. Nathalie is offered a job at the Moulin Rouge, whose owner, the diabolical Zidler, looks maliciously at her romance with Mathieu. Intent on making names for themselves at the famous cabaret, the couple encounters Montmartre's denizens in all their splendid array and rubs shoulders with famous people like Toulouse-Lautrec, the can-can queen La Goulue and Môme Fromage. All of Paris is captivated by the seductive dancers appearing nightly at this crossroads of loose living, the Moulin Rouge. But Nathalie's love for Mathieu is soon threatened by Zidler's obsessive jealousy.
After its premiere in Winnipeg on October 17, 2009, Moulin Rouge has had great success on tour in several of Canada's major cities.
In the spirit of the Moulin Rouge of Paris, Moulin Rouge® is a registered trademark of Moulin Rouge S.A.
"A triumph ... Morris's choreography, the well-chosen musical selections, the fabulous costumes and talented dancers - all reach their height when the can-can begins. The can-can danced in toe-shoes - now that's worth looking into!" - Daily Courier, Kelowna, B.C.
