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Blanche Neige
2012/07/23

Blanche Neige

Snow White is a great romantic contemporary ballet, based on the Grimm brothers’ version of the fairytale.

Angelin Preljocaj was working with all 26 dancers of the company on the most beautiful scores of Gustav Mahler’s symphonies. The costumes are designed by Jean Paul Gaultier, and the set by Thierry Leproust.

"I was very keen to tell a story, offer something magical and enchanted. No doubt it was to avoid getting into a rut. And also because, like everyone, I love stories. I have followed the version by the Grimm brothers, with just a few personal variations based on my own analysis of the symbols in the tale. Bettelheim describes Snow White as an Oedipus in reverse. The wicked stepmother is without doubt the central character in the tale. She is the one who I examine through her narcissistic determination not to give up on seduction and her role as a woman, even if it means sacrificing her stepdaughter. The understanding of symbols belongs to adults as well as children; it’s for everyone, and that’s why I like fairy tales.
Snow White is a narrative ballet with its own dramatic content. The places are represented by Thierry Leproust’s set. The 26 dancers of the company play their parts in costumes by Jean Paul Gaultier."
Angelin Preljocaj

The piece was first performed on the 25 of September 2008 at the Biennale de la danse de Lyon, France.

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