Béjart Ballet Lausanne Japan Tour 2006
Maurice Béjart“Ballet For Life”
June 16, 2006 (Friday)7:00 pm U-Port Kan-i Hoken Hall, Tokyo
“Ballet For Life,” back in Japan for the third time. The ballet pays tribute to two legends,Freddie Mercuryof the rock bandQUEEN, andJorge Donn, Béjart’s greatest muse.
Choreography: Maurice Béjart Music:
Costumes: Gianni Versace
Running time: approx. 1 hr. 45 min. (no intermission)
QUEEN songs featured: “It’s a Beautiful Day”(Compagnie) “Time”(Compagnie) “Let Me Live”(Compagnie) “Brighton Rock”(Karline Marion ) “Heaven for Everyone”(Stéphane Bourhis ) “I was Born to Love You”(Catherine Zuasnabar ) “A Kind of Magic”
“Seaside Rendez-vous”(Kateyrina Shalkina) “You Take My Breath Away”(Ruth Miro) “Radio Gaga”(William Pedro) “A Winter’s Tale”(Victor Jimenez) “Millionaire Waltz”(Pasquale Alberico)
“Bohemian Rhapsody”(Martin Vedel) “I Want to Break Free”(Jorge Donn in film) “Show Must Go On” (Compagnie)
Mozart works featured: “Thamos, King of Egypt”(Baptiste Gahon) “Cosi Fan Tutte” “Piano Concerto No. 21” (Vito Luciani / Elisabet Ros ) “Masonic Funeral Music” (Baptiste Gahon)