BALLET FILM:
SCHEHERAZADE Czech National Ballet 2025
Based on the famous Middle Eastern story, the full-length ballet features a mesmerising and diverse dance performance with overwhelming visual dimensions. Scheherazade, a major character in the famous collection of Middle Eastern folk tales The One Thousand and One Nights, has inspired artists worldwide as a great archetype. It primarily focuses on two main protagonists, King Shahryar and Scheherazade, representing the masculine and feminine principles, the conflict and mistrust between them, as well as the foundation and the balance of an honest relationship.
In order to escape the murderous madness of her husband, King Shahryar, Scheherazade tells him a story every night, always leaving him hanging, eager to hear the rest, so that he will spare her life. The subterfuge lasts a thousand and one nights and, thanks to the power of her storytelling, Scheherazade transforms the king, who ends up making her his queen. This is the story of One Thousand and One Nights, which the famous Italian choreographer Mauro Bigonzetti stages in this exceptional production of Scheherazade for the Czech National Ballet, in collaboration with Carlo Cerri and to the music of Rimsky-Korsakov's majestic orchestral suite. The ballet features various dance genres in a sublime blend of contemporary and classical elements.
National Theatre Orchestra
Johannes Witt, conductor
Czech National Ballet
Mauro Bigonzetti, choreographer
Patrizia Dall’Argine, dramaturge
Carlo Cerri, lighting design
Anna Biagiotti, costumes
Czech National Theater, Prague
Saturday, January 9th
1:30pm
Jarvis Conservatory
Tickets are $20
