"LES QUATRE SAISONS"

INTERPRETED BY ALL THE COMPANY.
DURATION OF SHOW : 1h15 without interval.

New choreographic version by Gigi CACIULEANU
inspired by Antonio Vivaldi's music.
Texts : Marivaux
Production, lighting and scene changes by Dan Mastacan

Gigi CACIULEANU first created this work 9th January 1981 for the Opera Ballet of Lyon with Dan Mastacan's lighting, and Jacques Rapp's scenery.

The Lyon production was so successful after tours, and three successive repeats over three working seasons that Gigi CACIULEANU decided to present a second version at Rennes with his company. This well known music has never lost its popularity, and finds here a sensitive and novel visual setting - perhaps its best choreographic version - reinforced by Marivaux's subtle writing.

Other theatres throughout the world have asked Gigi CACIULEANU for this adaptation to include it in their repertory. The press has unanimously greeted this production as the finest and most finished chreographic version of Vivaldi's (an 18th Century Venitian Composer) "Four Seasons" associated with Marivaux's (18th Century French writer) intelligent word of expression. This is a major work, a remarkable composition, a land-mark in Gigi CACIULEANU's artistic career. Dan Mastacan's stage direction brings the 18th Century Venetian and Frenchman together in the delicate marriage of Dance and Theatre.

Caciuleanu is a choreographer of every-day life, and puts his dreams onto the stage, dancing his very self. It would seem that the day of the ballet concert is now at an end. There are as many seasons as there are dancers, and they successively appear direspectful, anguished, derisory, ambitious, sensual, tender or simply funny. Perhaps there is a dancer in all of us ?...that we can discover !

technical info

If your theatre cannot supply all these technical options, get in contact with us! Some alterations are possible.

contact us:
Tel 01 49 70 06 01. Fax 01 49 70 08 25.

STAGE :
Dimensions where possible:
Width 10 m, Depth 9 m, Heigth under grid 4 m
1 white backdrop (cyclorama or white plastic sheet)
1 set of black curtains (above stage curtains, lateral, curtain, taps)
1 vinyl dance mat (may be provided by the company)

LIGHTING :
70 x 1KW PC projectors
12 horizons de 1KW
10 projector stands (1,60 de haut)
10 projector stands for rasans
1 hand operated setl (3 options) or 3KW 48 circuit memory minimum
filters : 151, 106, 119, 134. (LEE FILTER)

SOUND :
1 two-track tape recorder, 1/4 inch, 19 cm/s. (B 77 REVOX)
2 powerful sound-back systems for the stage (2X100 W)
1 sound broadcast system for the theatre

VARIOUS :
Headphone communication between : Light production, Sound production, Stage.
Dressing rooms for 14 dancers with hot water showers.
A plan of the stage must be returned without fail, together with a road access plan with the technical specification form, and request for technical information.

PERSONNEL :
Loading and unloading :
2 helpers (time 0h30)

Preparation :
3 electricians (time 8h)
4 machinists (time 4h)

Presentation :
2 electricians (time 1h30)
1 sound operator
1 machinist

Dismantlement :
2 machinists (time 0h30)