Der Gelbe Klang & World Premières: Bavarian State Ballet

About the Event

Attend the first performances of new works by Aszure Barton and Russell Maliphant.

The Yellow Sound was created by Russian born but Munich resident painter Wassily Kandinsky. At the base of the 1906 work is a synaesthetic concept, uniting color, sound and movement to complement one another. Five yellow giants are the original protagonists of the piece, amongst a big yellow flower, a child dressed in white and a large man. Michael Simon uses these elements to develop a choreographic theater of images with the dancers, set to musical compositions by Frank Zappa.

Canadian Aszure Barton studied in Edmonton, Alberta, at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and the John Cranko School in Stuttgart. She started choreographing early on and soon received a commission by the Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC), New York. Since then, she has created work for the Nederlands Dans Theater and the Martha Graham Dance Company, was artists in residence at BAC New York and founded her own ensemble. This will be her first time working in Munich for the Bavarian State Ballet.

Russell Maliphant hails from England but has long made a name for himself in continental Europe. His pieces Broken Fall and AfterLight have received standing ovations from audiences in Munich. This time, he is back by popular demand to create a world premiere specially for the ensemble.

Der gelbe Klang

Musikalische Leitung: Myron Romanul
Musik: Frank Zappa
Choreographie/Inszenierung: Michael Simon

Uraufführung I

Musikalische Leitung: Myron Romanul
Choreographie, Bühne: Russell Maliphant
Musik: Mukul

Uraufführung II

Musikalische Leitung: Myron Romanul
Choreographie: Aszure Barton
Musik: Mason Bates