Edward Clug
Stabat mater & Rite of Spring
Choreographer: Edward Clug
Stabat Mater
"The work creates an atmosphere that is rarely seen and experienced. Author celebrates life and addresses all its dimensions, which fit into each other without imposing a particular topic. His outlook is ironic, but always serious and dedicated to life’s vibrant and tiny magical tricks. Thank you, Edward Clug!"
Susanne Ernst, Theatre To Go, 11. 7. 2013
Music Giovanni Batista Pergolesi
Choreographer Edward Clug
Assistants to choreographer Patrik Teschner, Matjaž Marin
Costume designer Jordi Roig
Set designer Jordi Roig
Lighting Tomaž Premzl
Sound design Gregor Mendaš, Gorazd Vever
Stage manager Peter Krajnc
World premiere 6. 7. 2013, Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, München
Premiere in Maribor 7. 11. 2014
Recorded with the Baroque Orchestra of the Music Academy, Ljubljana
Conductor Egon Mihajlović
Soloists Štefica Stipančević, soprano, Nuška Drajšček Rojko, mezzosoprano
Starring
Asami Nakashima, Catarina de Meneses, Jelena Lečić, Branka Popovici, Tetiana Svetlična, Ines Petek, Satomi Netsu, Vanja Vitman, Hristina Stojčeva, Matjaž Marin, Gaj Žmavc, Jan Sitze Luske, Tiberiu Marta, Yuya Omaki, Christian Popovici, Mircea Golescu, Alexandru Pilca, Filp Jurič, Ionut Dinita
Rite of Spring
"Edward Clug, director of the Maribor Ballet, has achieved the near impossible: a new and meaningful interpretation of Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps. Searching for ways to reinvent the work, he made a serendipitous decision to add the element of water. Far from a gimmick, it enhances the work in surprisingly beautiful ways and brings a new dimension to the choreography… The compulsive drive of the exhausted, wet bodies is a spectacle both terrible and compelling.”
Maggie Foyer, Dance Europe, June 2012
Music Igor Stravinski
Choreographer Edward Clug
Assistant to choreographer Matjaž Marin
Costume designer Leo Kulaš
Set designer Marko Japelj
Lighting Tomaž Premzl
Sound design Gregor Mendaš, Gorazd Vever
Stage manager Peter Krajnc
World premiere 13. 4. 2012, SNG Maribor
Starring
Asami Nakashima
Tetiana Svitlična, Catarina de Meneses, Branka Popovici, Vanja Vitman, Ines Petek, Jelena Lečić
Matjaž Marin, Gaj Žmavc, Jan Sitze Luske, Tiberiu Marta, Yuya Omaki, Filp Jurič