The Still Point - Pas de deux from Giselle/Pas de trois from Swan Lake - Medea - Sleeping Beauty (Suite)
The Still Point - Pas de deux from Giselle/Pas de trois from Swan Lake - Medea - Sleeping Beauty (Suite) (1962) was a ballet production by The Norwegian National Opera. The production was performed by The Norwegian National Opera in Folketeateret, and comprised four ballets:
The Still Point, choreographed by Todd Bolender, music by Claude Debussy.
Pas de deux from Giselle, choreography by Jean Coralli, Marius Petipa and Leonid Lavrovsky, music by Adolphe Adam. After the first performance, this was replaced with Pas de trois from Swan lake, choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, music by Peter Tchaikovsky. (This was again replaced for one evening with Pas de deux from Swan Lake and another evening by The Dying Swan (also from Swan Lake) in order to accommodate international guests.)
Medea, choreographed by Birgit Cullberg, is based on a tragedy of the same title by Euripides, to music by Béla Bartók.
Edith Roger danced the title role in Medea.
The Sleeping Beauty (Suite) was based on a ballet choreographed by Marius Petipa to music by Peter Tchaikovsky.
Medea was performed at the Bergen International Festival in 1963.
Information
(Objekt ID 68551)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | January 18, 1962 |
| Produced by | The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet |
| Based on | The Sleeping Beauty by Peter Tsjaikovskij; Sleeping Beauty by Brødrene Grimm; Medea by Birgit Cullberg, Béla Bartók; Medea by Evripides; Giselle by Marius Petipa, Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Leonid Lavrovskij, Adolphe Adam, Théophile Gautier; Swan Lake by Peter Tsjaikovskij, Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov |
| Audience | Adults |
| Keywords | Ballet |
| Running period | January 18, 1962 |
SOURCES:
Anne-Margrethe Skari’s private archive. Donated by Anne-Margrethe Skari, 17.11.2021
Repertoire archive, The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, 18.05.2018.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Todd Bolender | – Choreography (The Still Point) |
| Jean Coralli | – Choreography (Giselle) |
| Birgit Cullberg | – Choreography (Medea) |
| Lev Ivanov | – Choreography (Svanesjøen) |
| Leonid Lavrovskij | – Choreography (Giselle) |
| Marius Petipa | – Choreography (Giselle / Svanesjøen) |
| Marius Petipa | – Choreography (Tornerose Suite) |
| Istvàn Pajor | – Musical direction |
| Adolphe Adam | – Music (Giselle) |
| Béla Bartók | – Music (Medea) |
| Claude Debussy | – Music (The Still Point) |
| Peter Tsjaikovskij | – Music (Tornerose Suite / Svanesjøen) |
| John Olsson | – Stage design (Tornerose Suite) |
| Alvar Granström | – Costume design (Medea) |
| Ivar Ferdinand Karlsen | – Costume design (Tornerose Suite) |
| Brian Ashbridge | – Dancer (Pas de deux fra Svanesjøen / Tornerose Suite) |
| Donald Barclay | – Dancer (i Tornerose Suite / i The Still Point ) |
| Sissel Berbom | – Dancer (i Gruppen i Medea) |
| Kari Blakstad | – Dancer (i Gruppen i Medea) |
| Anne Borg | – Dancer (Pas de deux fra Giselle / Kreusa, Jasons nye kone i Medea / i Tornerose Suite / i The Still Point ) |
| Grete Brunvoll | – Dancer (i Gruppen i Medea / i Tornerose Suite / i The Still Point ) |
| Rolf Daleng | – Dancer (i The Still Point / Pas de deux fra Giselle / Jason i Medea) |
| Palle Damm | – Dancer (i Gruppen i Medea / i Tornerose Suite / Pas de trois fra Svanesjøen) |
| Kjersti Døvigen | – Dancer (i Tornerose Suite) |
| Britt Friberg | – Dancer (i Gruppen i Medea / i Tornerose Suite) |
| Beryl Grey | – Dancer (Pas de deux fra Svanesjøen / Tornerose Suite) |
| Anna-Lisa Holmboe | – Dancer (i The Still Point / i Gruppen i Medea / i Tornerose Suite / Pas de trois fra Svanesjøen) |
| Indris Lipkovski | – Dancer (Kongen i Medea / i Tornerose Suite) |
| Henny Mürer | – Dancer (i Tornerose Suite / i The Still Point ) |
| Alice Mürer | – Dancer (i Tornerose Suite) |
| Bjørg Pahle | – Dancer (i Gruppen i Medea / i Tornerose Suite) |
| Guri Pahle Glad | – Dancer (i Tornerose Suite) |
| Francis Raes | – Dancer (i The Still Point / i Gruppen i Medea / i Tornerose Suite) |
| Edith Roger | – Dancer (i The Still Point / Medea i Medea) |
| Hanne Skram | – Dancer (i The Still Point / i Gruppen i Medea / i Tornerose Suite / Pas de trois fra Svanesjøen) |
| Fred Wisden | – Dancer (i Gruppen i Medea / i Tornerose Suite) |
| Egil Åsman | – Dancer (i The Still Point / i Gruppen i Medea / i Tornerose Suite) |
| Elsa-Marianne von Rosen | – Dancer (Svanens død / Tornerose Suite) |
| June 8, 1963 – Konsertpaleet, Bergen (Bergen International Festival) | visiting performance |
| January 18, 1962 – Hovedscenen i Folketeaterbygningen | Opening night |
| Bergen International Festival | June 8, 1963 |