Ninth Symphony by Maurice Bejart

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The Ninth Symphony by Maurice Bejart

Maurice Béjart’s compelling staging of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony has been enchanting audiences worldwide since its inception and its idea of universal brotherhood remains highly topical. “Alle Menschen werden Brüder” (All men will be brothers) is the powerful message communicated by the unforgettable music and choreography.

From the stage of the NHK Hall in Tokyo 250 dancers and musicians send this message out into the world. “It is a ‘manifestation,’ in the deepest sense of the word.” ~ Maurice Béjart.

Although the ballet was planned purely as an interpretation of Beethoven’s music, Béjart added texts from Nietzsche, Schiller and others to the program notes. These texts underline the major theme of universal brotherhood, a union of races and peoples culminating with the 4th movement’s ‘Ode to Joy’ and that “All men become brothers.”

Conductor ~ Zubin Mehta

Director ~ Gil Roman

Choreographer ~ Maurice Béjart
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Genre
Culture Vulture, Dance, Music, Ballet
Runtime
88
Language
French, German
Director
Gil Roman
Cast
Béjart Ballet Lausanne, The Tokyo Ballet, Kristin Lewis, Mihoko Fujimura, Kei Fukui, Alexander Vinogradov, Gil Roman, Jean-Bruno Meier, Thierry Hochstätter
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