Marie Antoinette | Malandain Ballet Biarritz (Coreografia Thierry Malandain)

Without the French Revolution and the belief that the blood spilled contributed to progress, Marie-Antoinette would have continued her frivolous existence and would not have died on the guillotine. How did this woman who embodied the charms of royalty help to precipitate its fall? Thierry Malandain, director of the Ballet Biarritz, has chosen to discuss that far-reaching historical question within the narrow time span from one evening to the next. The events that paved the unfortunate Queen’s way to disaster are danced to such period music as Haydn’s “Times of Day” symphonies and Gluck’s opera Orphée et Eurydice. Costumes by Jorge Gallardo, while stylizing the models of the era, are outright modern.

First Italian premiere
generously supported by Palazzo Garzoni

in collaboration with

The performance lasts about 1 hour and 30 minutes without interval

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