 03/19/07 Serpentine Gallery
A ballet conceived and choreographed by Karen Kilimnik after Marius Petipa, August Bourneville and others, in collaboration with choreographer Tom Sapsford and musician Kaffe Matthews. Kilimnik says I have wanted to do my own ballets for the last 15 years at least! I want to be like Marius Petipa -- the choreographer for the Russian ballet in St.Petersburg in the mid 1800's until 1904 or so.... he did over a 100 ballets! The Serpentine Gallery has invited Karen Kilimnik to create and design a ballet, which will take place for one night only: sleeping beauty friends. Evolving from a love of ballet the performance will be a collage of set pieces from famous classical ballets such as Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. Six classical ballet dancers will perform against a classical backdrop of fantastical effects and musical arrangements. The Serpentine Gallery is very grateful for the support of Swarovski who have lent extra sparkle to the specially designed costumes and stage set. The New Players Theatre The Arches Villiers Street, WC2N 6NG 7.30pm Doors close at 7.25pm Tickets available to purchase from the Lobby and TicketWeb 08700 600 100 TicketWeb Serpentine Gallery Exhibition Karen Kilimnik With kind assistance from Embassy of United States of America Karen Kilimnik Exhibition Patrons Burger Collection Switzerland/Hong Kong And Exhibition Patrons who wish to remain anonymous Artists Galleries Consortium 303 Gallery, New York/Lisa Spellman Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zrich/Eva Presenhuber Galerie Sprüth Magers, Cologne, Munich/Monika Sprüth & Philomene Magers Media Partner Kultureflash Supported by  |
