The Ninth Symphony
| Choreography Maurice Béjart |
| Texts Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich von Schiller |
| Music Ludwig van Beethoven Citypercussion - Thierry Hochstätter and jB Meier |
| Original set, light and costume Joëlle Roustand and Roger Bernard |
| Costume design Henri Davila |
| Lighting Dominique Roman |
This choreographic interpretation of Beethoven's masterpiece has no concept, goal or theme other than the music it encompasses, the music that nourishes it, and is in fact its unique "raison d'être".
The dancers simply follow the languid wanderings of the composer, meandering from dread to joy, from shadow to light.
In its refusal to stick closely to the score, this is not a ballet in the general sense of the term but a profound human participation in a masterpiece that belongs to the whole mankind, and is not only played and sung here, but is danced, as were the Greek tragedies of Antiquity and primitive religious rites.
Prologue
First Movement, Allegro ma non troppo
Second Movement, Molto Vivace
Third Movement, Adagio molto e cantabile
Fourth Movement, Finale, Introduction and Ode to Joy
