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Educational Repertory BOLERO (Elementary - High School)Bolero is a bold and unexpected interpretation of Maurice Ravel's famous musical score. Its perpetual motion and ever-changing patterns build to its ingenious and inescapable climax. The unrelenting crescendo of energy creates a riveting tour de force that speaks to the essence of the music. More info "Like a cubist painter, Mr. Rioult analyzes and synthesizes the building blocks of a work of art to reinvent his basic material."  CITY (Elementary and High School)City was inspired by the way millions of people live in a big city, how they interact with each other and how the buildings that surround them take on life and character. The scenic design, background images of the city and its buildings change, get distorted, and deconstruct as the dancers move happily and frantically, together and alone, unfolding their human story. The dance, choreographed to a J.S. Bach Sonata for Violin and Piano is about the human spirit, and how the city's energy pushes through the concrete, the buildings, but mostly through its people. More info & Video  FABLES (Elementary Grades 1-5)Fables is based on the marvelous tales of Jean de La Fontaine. This 17th century bestiary is adapted into contemporary situations and becomes, once again, the pretext for a look at human nature, its tragedy and its comedy. The dances are by turns dramatic, humorous, abstract and spiritual, each with a moral that we can still learn from today. The students will create original works based on the source material for RIOULT's Fables (1997). Source Material: The Hare and the Tortoise, The Crow and the Fox, The Ant and the Grasshopper, The Oak and the Reed, The Lion and the Mouse; classic French fables by La Fontaine; and Aesop's Fables.  FIREBIRD (Elementary - High School)Of Firebird Mr. Rioult reflects that, "In Russian folktale as in Navajo legend the gift of the feather from the Golden bird brings power to man to overcome evil and be reborn. This universal Phoenix theme is the basis of the piece." From an underworld of lost souls appears a child whose innocence and sense of magic sparks the consciousness of all, rekindling human feelings of love and life. More info & Video  HOME FRONT (Middle and High School)A beautifully evocative piece depicting the feelings and memories of women who are on the home front, while their loved ones are at war. Their hopes, fears, fantasies of distant battles and happy homecomings are danced to Maurice Ravel's beautiful and renowned work, "Le Tombeau de Couperin." In an eerie coincidence, Pascal discovered, after choreographing the dance, that Ravel had dedicated this score to his fallen comrades in World War I. More info  LA VIE EN ROSE (Middle and High School)The enchanting and evocative cabaret songs of Edith Piaf set the mood for La Vie en Rose, a suite of expressive vignettes offering a glimpse into the every day lives and relationships of the characters onstage. In each brief and personal tableau, the dance evokes feelings of love, ambition, lost love and vulnerability. More info  VIEWS OF THE FLEETING WORLD (Elementary - High School)Views Views, set to J.S.Bach's The Art of Fugue was inspired by the ancient woodblock prints of the Japanese master Hiroshige and the ingenious structure of Bach's Fugue (fugere: to flee). Each of the 9 short sections captures a moment of time as a series of "dreams" or "meditations". The scenic design, slowly moving animated projections of Hiroshige's prints, set the tone and color palette for this reflection of life and nature. More info & Video |