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10 July 2012
Pinocchio - WORLD PREMIERE! - a stunning new carving at His Majesty's Theatre in September.
MEDIA RELEASE Pinocchio - WORLD PREMIERE! - a stunning new carving at His Majesty's Theatre in September. Since it was first published in 1883, Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio has captivated and influenced generations of young people with its moral tale about a little wooden puppet who is naughty, mischievous and daring, and faces many challenges along the road towards becoming human. Pinocchio is fashioned in the workshop of the craftsman Gepetto. He sets out on a journey and has many great adventures: he is suckered by a scheming fox and cat, led to a seductive toy land where boys are turned into donkeys, befriended by the blue fairy and swallowed by an enormous shark. Whenever he tells a lie, his nose grows. In the end it takes an act of great courage and selflessness for Pinocchio finally to become a real boy. There is a strong tradition of artists giving Collodi's heartwarming story new life, most famously by Walt Disney in 1940. Now in a bold interpretation for West Australian Ballet, choreographer and artistic director Ivan Cavallari takes his inspiration from the original Collodi narrative. Cavallari has assembled an outstanding international team to bring his ballet to life: lead designer Edoardo Sanchi (resident at La Scala Milan and the Arena di Verona and co-creator of Cavallari's acclaimed 2008 production of The Nutcracker) with costumes by acclaimed Milanese designer Maria Porro. A magnificent original score has been created by feature film composer Enrico Melozzi and will be performed by West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Cavallari's Pinocchio is being created on a truly international scale: a specially designed truss constructed in Amsterdam, animation in San Francisco, set cloths painted in Milan, 132,000 beads manufactured in China, and additional painting and construction in Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth. Don't miss West Australian Ballet's Pinocchio, a family favourite which, with its universal themes and colourful characters, is certain to captivate a new generation of youngsters - and the not so young! Booking details Pinocchio,
His Majesty's Theatre with WASO 15 > 29 September 2012.
Tickets $25 - $106.
Bookings through BOCS Ticketing on (08) 9484 1133 or visit www.waballet.com.au. For further information please contact: Rosita Stangl, Publicist
West Australian Ballet
Ph: 9367 8884 or
Email: rositapr@iinet.net.au
www.waballet.com.au About Ivan Cavallari Ivan Cavallari was born in Bolzano, Italy. He was trained at the Teatro alla Scala Ballet School in Milan and the Bolshoi Ballet School in Moscow. From 1984 to 1985 he danced with the Teatro alla Scala Ballet. In 1986 he joined the Stuttgart Ballet and became a soloist in 1991, advancing to a principal dancer in 1994. Ivan has restaged many of John Cranko's ballets for companies such as the Royal Ballet, Hungarian National Ballet, La Scala and Royal Swedish Ballet, and has been commissioned to choreograph works for a number of prestigious ballet companies worldwide. Ivan joined West Australian Ballet as Artistic Director in February 2007 and has since choreographed several works for the company, including his celebrated The Nutcracker in 2008. About Edoardo Sanchi Edoardo Sanchi was born in Italy and graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan. Recent projects include sets for Ascanio in Alba directed by Franco Ripa di Meana for La Scala, and in 2007 a new production of Tannhäuser directed by Guy Montavon for Theater Erfurt in Germany. In 2008, he designed the set of The Nutcracker for West Australian Ballet. The production was presented in a new dramatic score, re-written by the designer and the choreographer Ivan Cavallari.
In 2009 he created sets for Tosca at Terme di Caracalla in Rome and the trilogy of La Travita, Rigoletto and Il Trovatore at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence. For the National Centre for Performing Arts in Beijing in 2010 he created the set design for Elisir D'amore. For the 2010/2011 season he collaborated with director Francesco Micheli to
design the sets for La Boheme at Teatro La Fenice and Romeo et Juliette at the Arena di Verona. In 2007 Edoardo was invited to be Professor in residence at the VCA (University of Melbourne, Australia) to lead a master in set design. He has held appointments as professor of set design at Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera Milan, Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice and Accademia di Belle Arti of Carrara. Check www.canvasmanagement.com for more details About Enrico Melozzi After graduating with top grades in cello, Melozzi turned to composition, first in Germany where he became assistant to the well-known composer and virtuoso clarinettist Michael Riessler, and then in Rome, where he now lives, studying composition under Luis Bacalov at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and working on soundtracks both for film and television. Melozzi has received a number of commissions both from television networks and theatres and he has also collaborated on a number of projects with leading exponents of new Italian jazz both as instrumentalist and arranger and composer.
About Maria Porro Maria Porro was born in Como in 1983. She graduated with honours in Set Design from the Academy of Fine Arts in Brera and now works in Milan as set designer and costume designer.
A finalist at the Premio Nazionale delle Arti (national arts award) in 2008 with the "Sotterraneo" project, she worked on the subjects of "theatre outside the theatre" and of how to make the most of city spaces. Porro's "Material house" project, in 2007, in association with the Lissoni studio, applied the material techniques of scenography to designing. She has always been interested in stylistic contamination and is experimenting with the use of video in set design for the theatre. In 2008, as part of this project she participated in the production of the ballet "The Nutcracker" at His Majesty's Theatre in Perth, under the guidance of the set designer Edoardo Sanchi. She is working as set designer and costume designer with the "Container Teatro" company.
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