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

Angelin Preljocaj is 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 œdipus 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 will be created on the 25 of September 2008 at the Biennale de la danse de Lyon, France.

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Piece for 26 dancers

Choreography

Angelin Preljocaj

Music

Gustav Mahler

Additionnal music

79 D

Costumes

Jean Paul Gaultier

Set design

Thierry Leproust

Lighting

Patrick Riou

Associate Artistic Director

Youri Van Den Bosch

Rehearsal assistant

Claudia De Smet

Choreologist

Dany Lévêque

Danseurs at creation

Isabelle Arnaud, Neal Beasley, Virginie Caussin, Gaëlle Chappaz, Hervé Chaussard, Damien Chevron, Baptiste Coissieu, Craig Dawson, Davide Di Pretoro, Sergio Diaz, Sébastien Durand, Caroline Finn, Céline Galli, Alexandre Galopin, Yan Giraldou, Natacha Grimaud, Emma Gustafsson, Ayo Jackson, Jean-Charles Jousni, Emilie Lalande, Céline Marié, Lorena O’Neill, Bruno Péré, Zaratiana Randrianantenaina, Nagisa Shirai, Julien Thibault

Scenery construction

Atelier Atento

Costumes maker

Les Ateliers du Costume

Duration of the performance

1h50

Special thanks

Jean Paul Gaultier

Created during a residency at

Grand Théâtre de Provence (Aix-en-Provence, France)

Coproduction

Biennale de la danse de Lyon / Conseil Général du Rhône (France), Théâtre National de Chaillot (France), Grand Théâtre de Provence (France), Staatsballet Berlin (Germany)