From the delicate to the dynamic - Banderilllero drives, pounds
and beats at the heart. Javier De Frutos' hotly anticipated new
work takes its name from the banderillero (pro: ban-dair-ee-air-oh)
bullfighter that teases the bull in the arena - all the time
preparing it for the matador's kill.
In a frenzied ritual, half sport half spectacle, the
banderillero poses and pirouettes reaching over the bull's horns to
stab coloured darts into its flanks. Banderillero lashes out -
plummeting the senses into a swirling intensity of self and
purpose. Taking its form from a triptych - a picture or carving on
three panels - two groups of dancers combine drama and daring in a
special space created on the stage.
Credits
Seasons: 2006, 2011
Choreography: Javier De Frutos
Design: Javier De Frutos
Lighting Design: Paul Jackson
Music:
Poem of Chinese Drum, composed by Li Zhen-Gui and Tan Dun.
Deep Night, performed by the Beijing Opera and arranged by Li
Min-Xiong.
Triumphal Return of Fishing Boats - Gong and Drum Music of
Zhoushan Islands, performed by Zhejiang Song and Dance Troupe and
arranged by Liu Wen-Jin.
Recording features on the album Yim Hok-man - Poems of Thunder:
The Master Chinese Percussionist. Recording courtesy of NAXOS WORLD
(76002-2). © 1998 HNH International. © 200 HNH International
Limited.
Percussionist:: Yim Hok-man