Carmen - TIP TOE Soho International Dance Festival

Contemporary dance version of Carmen, choreographed by Jiří Pokorný to music by Rodion Shchedrin, performed by Bern Ballet as part of the TIP TOE festival at the Teatro del Soho CaixaBank.

This production brings the story of Carmen to dance, a tale of love and jealousy in which José does not accept the independence of the woman he loves. Carmen follows her own moral judgement and sees freedom as the chief value, including within the couple: she defends the right to choose whom she wants and to separate when she decides. Carmen's figure retains remarkable relevance because of that uncompromising independence.

The choreography is by Jiří Pokorný, who signs it to the music of Rodion Shchedrin. Shchedrin took Bizet's operatic score as the starting point to create a large-scale dance work. The choreographer also commissioned new music from the composer Davidson Jaconello, which gives the production a contemporary musical dimension.

The company is Bern Ballet, a multicultural contemporary dance company regarded as one of the most outstanding in Switzerland, which presents this show for the first time in Spain. Its dancers combine virtuosity and interpretive freshness. The Teatro del Soho CaixaBank, whose programming focuses mainly on theatre, hosts the production within the Soho International Dance Festival TIP TOE, promoted by Antonio Banderas and directed by Lucía Lacarra.