CRITIQUE – This Christmas, ballet is being danced in Bordeaux, Paris and Strasbourg. Despite its unfinished dramaturgy, it still fills the theaters just as well, particularly during the end-of-year holidays.
It’s a dream. On the stage of the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, the company dances Nutcracker. The orchestra dances the bars of Tchaikovsky, the room is overflowing with families in complete delight, little girls lie face down on the blue carpet of the central aisle to better enjoy the show. Which is a pure marvel. The version which comes from Oslo, and will leave for Leipzig, was designed jointly by the choreographer Kaloyan Boyadjiev and the set designer, set designer and costume designer, Jon Bausor.
With delightful ideas: a video takes a close-up of the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux where the Christmas evening is being held at Clara’s parents’ house. The chimney from the first act expands in the second to become the entrance door for the rats, then the snow plain of the dancing snowflakes, while the Christmas tree grows. And the Bordeaux Ballet works wonders, at least in the soloist roles, of which there are so many on the bill.
But, and this is the misery…
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