Maurice Béjart’s compelling staging of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony has been enchanting audiences worldwide since its inception and its idea of universal brotherhood remains highly topical.
“Alle Menschen werden Brüder” (All men will be brothers) is the powerful message communicated by the unforgettable music and choreography.
From the stage of the NHK Hall in Tokyo.
250 dancers and musicians send this message out into the world. “It is a ‘manifestation’, in the deepest sense of the word.” Maurice Béjart.
The Béjart Ballet Lausanne constantly tours the world, surprises, moves and attracts the most diverse audiences since 1987.
For twenty-five years, the Béjart Ballet Lausanne has brought Maurice Béjart’s choreography to the attention of a worldwide audience.
Thirty-nine dancers from 15 countries, strongly dedicated to the Maestro’s style, and who, due to hundreds of performances, are experiencing the appreciation from an ever changing audience, receiving applause each year, from country to country, from one theatre to another. La Fenice, the Royal Albert Hall, Bolchoï or Colôn… with a repertoire of about twenty choreographies every season. Piazza San Marco in Venice, Boboli Gardens in Florence, Baths of Caracalla in Rome, Herod Aticus Amphitheatre…
Picture format DVD: 16:9 - NTSC
Sound format DVD: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Region code: 0 (worldwide) Running time: 88 mins
Booklet notes: English, German, French
Language: French (Spoken Word), German (Ode)
Subtitles: English, German, Korean, Japanese
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