Talbot: Like Water for Chocolate (DVD) – The Royal Ballet
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Talbot: Like Water for Chocolate (DVD) – The Royal Ballet
Composer: Joby Talbot
Artists: Francesca Hayward, Marcelino Sambé, Laura Morera, Mayara Magri, Meaghan Grace Hinkis, Matthew Ball, Christina Arestis, Cesar Corrales, Gary Avis, Isabella Gasparini, The Royal Ballet Company, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Choreographer: Christopher Wheeldon
Video Format: 16:9 Anamorphic
Sound Format: LPCM 2.0 / DTS Digital Surround
Region: All Regions
Language (bonus material only): English
Subtitles (bonus material only): English, French, German, Japanese, Korean
Number of Discs: 1
Studio: Opus Arte
Release Date: June 23, 2023
Run Time: 118 minutes; plus 13 minutes bonus material
A modern Mexican classic provides the basis for a theatrical tale of love, jealousy, repression, and revolution. The Royal Ballet’s 2022 production of Like Water for Chocolate reunited Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon with the stellar creative team who transformed Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Winter’s Tale into dance: composer Joby Talbot and designer Bob Crowley.
Inspired by Laura Esquivel’s novel, the central character’s emotions spill out through cooking to influence everyone around her in startling and dramatic ways. The full Company, led by Francesca Hayward as Tita and Marcelino Sambé as Pedro, reshape this captivating family saga into a richly layered and engrossing new ballet where passion, mystery, and magic combine.
History
Ballet
In classic or contemporary ballet, dancing may tell a story, express a mood, or simply reflect the music in movement. Ballet as part of staged performances originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th and 16th centuries and from there spread to France. The creation of classical ballet as we know it today occurred during the reign of the art-loving French king Louis XIV in the mid-17th century. During the Romantic era, ballet technique evolved to express new ideas, most notably with women dancing en point, or on their toes, allowing them to appear weightless and otherworldly.
Among the choreographers who helped bring ballet into the modern age by exploring new visual and dramatic styles are George Balanchine, Antony Tudor and—bridging the worlds of classical dance and Broadway—Agnes de Mille and Jerome Robbins.
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