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VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
Prize for Ballet
Winner 2019
Invisible Cities - FEDORA 10 Years - Winner of the FEDORA - VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Prize for Ballet 2019 © i
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Presentation
World Premiere:
Manchester International Festival
Tue 2 - Sun 14 Jul 2019
Leo Warner, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Lolita Chakrabarti, 59 Productions and Rambert bring to life a series of fantastical places in this world-premiere production set to premiere at Manchester International Festival in July 2019.
Centred on the edgy relationship between Kublai Khan, the volatile head of a vast empire, and explorer Marco Polo, this spellbinding mix of theatre, choreography, music, architectural design and projection mapping imagines a succession of alternative worlds – and reimagines what is possible in live performance.
Video Presentation
Artistic Team
Director: Leo Warner
Co-Director & Choreographer: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Adaptor: Lolita Chakrabarti
Concept & Design: 59 Productions
Composers: Dustin O’Halloran & Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie of A Winged Victory for the Sullen
Set Designer: Jenny Melville
Costume Designer: Laura Hopkins
Lighting Designer: Fabiana Piccioli
Sound Designer: Gareth Fry
Video Designer: Nicol Scott
Casting Director: Sam Jones CDG
Creative Advisor: Benoit Swan Pouffer
Leo Warner
Stage Director
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Choreographer
Lolita Chakrabarti
Writer
Dustin O'Halloran and Adam Wiltzie
Composer
Co-producing Partners
Manchester International Festival
United Kingdom
59 Productions
United Kingdom
Brisbane Festival
Australia
Sadler's Wells
United Kingdom
