Name: The Dante Project
Start: 2023-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Opera House

Organization

Conductor

Jonathan Lo

Choreographer

Wayne McGregor

Choreography by

Set designer

Tacita Dean

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Lucy Carter

Simon Bennison

Dramaturge

Uzma Hameed

Opéra National de Paris

Royal Opera House

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Others

The Royal Ballet

Thomas Adès

The Dante Project

London

United Kingdom

Main Stage

The Dante Project (McGregor)

Public

Private

Dante

Approved

The Dante Project: Dante Adès

Presented as part of the 700th anniversary celebrations of the poet’s death, Dante’s epic journey through the afterlife, The Divine Comedy, is realised in a major artistic collaboration between trailblazing forces of the contemporary arts scene.

In an inaugural co-production with Paris Opera Ballet and music co-commission with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Wayne McGregor’s groundbreaking choreography comes together with a virtuoso new score by one of the most influential musicians of the 21st Century, composer-conductor Thomas Adès, and designs by the acclaimed artist Tacita Dean, celebrated for her pioneering and poetic work across film and other mediums. With esteemed lighting designer Lucy Carter and dramaturg Uzma Hameed, the creative team unite in this three-part work for the full Company to illuminate the extraordinary vision of Dante.

The Dante Project - PURGATORIO: LOVE Clip (Edward Watson; The Royal Ballet)

Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor, composer Thomas Adès, artist Tacita Dean, lighting designer Lucy Carter and dramaturg Uzma Hameed present a monumental reinvention of Dante's vision, by turns terrifying, lyrical and dazzling, in this compelling award-winning ballet for the full Company.

‘This man is one who, from the deepest void in all the universe, has seen thus far’.

Trailblazing forces of the contemporary dance, music and art scene combined in 2021 to breathe new life into Dante Aligheri’s Divine Comedy. Imaginative, poetic and introspective, The Dante Project follows the poet’s journey as he traverses through the shifting spheres of the afterlife.

English

The Dante Project by Adès, Wed 22 Nov 2023, From (2023/2023), Conductor Jonathan Lo, Thomas Adès, Royal Opera House, London, United Kingdom

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