Pastoral - Mother Earth

Pastoral by L.V. Beethoven, choreographed by Víctor Ullate, and Tierra Madre, choreographed by Eduardo Lao, are two classic pieces from the Víctor Ullate Ballet repertoire.

A new tour that the Víctor Ullate Ballet begins at the Teatro del Canal in Madrid in August and arrives in Pamplona with two classic pieces from its repertoire.
 

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PASTORAL CARE

Pastoral by L.V. Beethoven is a very special piece for Víctor Ullate, created as a tribute to his dear friend Ángela del Moral, who was his partner in Antonio's Company.

In the words of Víctor Ullate, L.V. Beethoven's Pastoral is "composed of three very differentacts: the first reflects childhood and awakening to life, the second is the years of youth and the experience of love, the third represents the wisdom of age and the passage of time, through the storm the magic of Dance resurrects the elderly in the afterlife. After the storm comes calm and rebirth." Regarding the music, "Beethoven has always inspired me. I like his strength, his energy, his sensitivity. With Pastoral, which symbolizes nature, I wanted to pay tribute to Ángela del Moral, a colleague in Antonio's ballet and a dear friend through whom I discovered love."

Víctor Ullate has been the Spanish dancer with the greatest international projection of all time. A tireless worker and creator, he has dedicated his entire career to performance, creation, and training. He began training dancers in 1983 and launched Spain's first private dance company in 1988. In 2000, he created the Víctor Ullate Dance Foundation to promote classical ballet in all its facets and to train dancers with limited financial resources.

In 1989, Víctor Ullate won the National Dance Award and in 1996, the Gold Medal for Fine Arts. In 2003, he received the Community of Madrid Culture Award in the Dance category, the Autor-Autor Award in 2007, the MAX Award of Honor in 2008, and the 2011 MAX Award for Wonderland, as best dance performance. In 2013, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of May 2 of the Community of Madrid and was named Honorary Member of the University Faculty of Arts and Honorary Professor of the University of Alcalá. In 2014, he was named Honorary Member of the Academy of Performing Arts. In 2016, Víctor Ullate was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in Work.

MOTHER EARTH

A staging that seeks to evoke nature through the set design, costumes, and music, offering a pure, transparent, and authentic atmosphere. In Mother Earth, the dreams and hopes of human beings are directed toward nature, transformed into songs and dance. Like seeds waiting beneath the snow for their awakening, our hearts turn to Mother Earth.

In the words of its creator, Eduardo Lao, "the ballet (...) depicts an imaginary tribe of men and women who fulfill their role of survival under the protection of Mother Earth. The starting point was the music of Mari Boine Persen, a Lapp singer whose transparency, purity, and authenticity inspired the entire creation. I think the final result was quite faithful to the idea I had, where a set of simple ideas made the richness of the ballet possible."

Eduardo Lao, artistic director of the Víctor Ullate Ballet, became the company's principal dancer when it was founded in 1988 and began his career as a choreographer in 1991. His first work, Underground, was followed by Tierra Madre, Concierto para tres, Tsunami, Burka, Gogh, Llanto de luna, Go Up, and Tres (the latter nominated for the Benois 2009). In 2006, he created his own version of Coppélia, a contemporary and innovative take on the great classic that was a huge success with critics and audiences alike.

With 2 you Maestro, he pays tribute to his teacher Ullate, celebrating the company's 20th anniversary with a choreography that earned him the Miradas 2 Award for best dance performance. In El Arte de la Danza(The Art of Dance), he choreographed alongside Víctor Ullate a journey through different choreographic styles. In 2012, he received the El Público Award for the Performing Arts. His latest premiere was in 2012 at the Teatros del Canal in Madrid with the piece Y, a pas de deux symbolizing the intrinsic relationship between destiny and humanity.

ARTISTIC CREDITS

PASTORAL BY L.V. BEETHOVEN

MOTHER EARTH

VÍCTOR ULLATE BALLET

In 1988, Víctor Ullate founded the company that bears his name, of which he is the director and which has had Eduardo Lao as its artistic director since 2001. Throughout these 28 years, rigor and high standards have underpinned the selection and training of dancers, the choice and creation of choreographies, creativity, and the quality of the performances. Since its creation, it has become the first private Spanish company of international standing and an emblem of dance in Spain.

It is the only Spanish company associated with a school, which has served as a breeding ground for dancers, and its ranks include dancers of the highest caliber. Over the course of nearly three decades, great dancers have emerged from the company and occupy a prominent place in the world of dance.

Guest stars have included Marie Claude Pietragalla, Carole Arbó, Joan Boada, and flamenco dancer Antonio Márquez. Francisco Nieva and Vicente Molina Foix have written ballet librettos for Víctor Ullate's creations, and avant-garde Spanish composers such as Luis Delgado, actors such as Francisco Valladares, and singers such as Enrique Morente, Estrella Morente, and Carmen Linares have worked for the company.

Some of the company's shows have become benchmarks for other Spanish companies. This is the case with classics such as Giselle and Don Quixote, updated by Víctor Ullate, which dazzled critics around the world and remain to this day the only Spanish references in classical ballet.

The Ballet has performed iconic pieces from the international repertoire of choreographers such as George Balanchine, Maurice Béjart, Hans Van Manen, Jan Linkens, Nils Christie, William Forsythe, and Micha Van Hoecke.

As a choreographer, Víctor Ullate has achieved a level as high as that of his roles as dancer and teacher. His company is the repository of dance masterpieces such as Jaleos, Arrayán Daraxa, De Triana a Sevilla, El amor brujo, Seguiriya, Volar hacia la luz, Arraigo, Après toi, Pastoral, El Sur, Samsara, Wonderland, and Bolero. Eduardo Lao has also created masterful choreographies such as Coppélia, Go up, Llanto de luna, Tierra Madre, Burka, Tres and Y. Both artists have collaborated on 2 You Maestro and El Arte de la Danza.

The company represented Spain at the closing ceremony of the Seville Universal Exposition in 1992. Its show Divinos was broadcast by RTVE and RAI and seen by 100 million viewers. The Ballet has toured around the world and won numerous awards, such as the Max Award for Best Dance Show, which was awarded in 2011 to the work Wonderland.