Frenetic Dance

Program and cast

Johan Inger / Maurice Ravel – Arvo Pärt

WALKING MAD
A wall, 3 female and 6 male dancers, and Ravel's Bolero. This is the base of Swedish choreographer Johan Inger's one-act ballet, which he originally created for the Netherlands Dans Theatre in 2001.
The minimalist space takes newer and newer shapes for the ever intensifying music, and newer and newer characters appear in it, in more and more mad situations and states. 

"The famous Bolero from Ravel with its sexual, almost kitschy history was the trigger point to make my own version. I quickly decided that it was going to be about relationships in different forms and circumstances. I came up with the idea of a wall that could transform the space during this minimalistic music and create small pockets of space and situations. Walking Mad is a journey in which we encounter our fears, our longings and the lightness of being.
»Our biggest blessings come to us by way of madness« - said Socrates."
Johan Inger

General cast
1st girl
Ágnes Kelemen
2nd girl
Rita Hangya
3rd girl
Jessica Carulla Leon
1st boy
Carlos Taravillo Mahillo
2nd boy
Kristóf Morvai
3rd boy
Ricardo Vila M.
4th boy
Boris Myasnikov
5th boy
Iurii Kekalo
6th boy
Balázs Majoros
William Forsythe / Franz Schubert

THE VERTIGINOUS THRILL OF EXACTITUDE
Although the works of American ballet dancer and choreographer William Forsythe use classical technique as their starting point, he is capable of thinking them through further, often taking them to the extreme. An example of this is his 11-minute piece The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, created for three female and two male dancers. In it, solos, pas de deux, pas de trois and ensembles alternate, with no plot, to the virtuosic and sublime final movement of Schubert's (“Great”) Ninth Symphony. 
The work, which today is already considered one of the most challenging short ballets to perform, pays tribute to classical technique. Joining In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, it is the second of Forsythe's pieces to make it into the Hungarian National Ballet's repertoire.

"Agile, ethereal and precise." (Krisztina Horeczky, Tánckritika.hu)

General cast
Girls
Lea Földi
Diana Kosyreva
Olha Skrypchenko
Boys
Ryosuke Morimoto
Yago Guerra