Akram Kahn's Giselle audio described with touch tour
Date:
Sun 04 Mar 2018, 03:30 pm
Until:
Sun 04 Mar 2018, 07:20 pm
Venue:
ASB Theatre
Aotea Centre, 50 Mayoral Drive, Auckland, 1010
Auckland
Category:
Arts Culture, Dance, Performing Arts, Visual Arts
Accessibility:
Wheelchair access, Accessible toilets
Cost:
$20 for blind/low vision patrons and $20 for one companion
Links:
Listed By:
English National Ballet & Auckland Arts Festival
Touch tour: 3.30pm
Audio described performance: 5pm
Audio describers: Nicola Owen and Neha Patel
For enquiries/to make a booking phone 09 374 0310 or email access@aaf.co.nz. Alternatively visit our website booking information for further information or to download a booking form. Discounted price of $20 for blind/low vision patrons.
In acclaimed choreographer Akram Khan's vital re-imagining of Giselle, the classical ballet's tale of love, betrayal and redemption is transported to the 21st century. Patrons will experience commentary through a headset by audio describers Nicola Owen and Neha Patel together with Vincenzo Lamagna's haunting score played by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
The pre-show touch tour gives patrons the unique opportunity to go behind the scenes, meet the cast and explore some of the costumes and set.
Giselle has a strong narrative told by English National Ballet's celebrated company of dancers. The peasants of the story are now outcast migrant factory workers, and the essential themes of class and dislocation are given a bracing contemporary relevance. Their feats range from sensational large-scale group dances to intensely intimate performances in the ballet's memorable second act, where Giselle returns from the supernatural underworld with other spirits seeking revenge on their lovers.
Under the vision of Artistic Director Tamara Rojo, this bold commission also boasts an impressive sense of scale. It's a massive production of a kind rarely seen in New Zealand and only possible within the context of Auckland Arts Festival, with nearly 100 artists and crew travelling here.
2hrs 20mins inc. interval.
