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Les Ballets Bubeníček at the Prague National Theatre

LE SOUFFLE DE L’ESPRIT, TOCCATA, FAUN, THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

Medium: DVD - Format: 16:9 - Region: ALL
Total length: 104 min.

The phenomenal dancers twins Jiří and Otto Bubeníček, legendary figures of world ballet, combined different artistic trends to create their own programme – the unforgettable gala performance Les Ballets Bubeníček, presented on the stage of the Prague National Theatre in 2014. It included four choreographies – Le Souffle de l‘Esprit, Toccata, Faun and The Picture of Dorian Gray by Jiří Bubeníček, first soloist of Semperoper Ballet in Dresden. The music, scene and costumes were designed by his brother Otto, first soloist of Hamburg Ballet. The famous twins danced in the first and the last parts of the performance. They shared the stage with dancers of leading European ensembles – the Dresden, Berlin and Swedish Ballets

Ballets choreographed by Jiří Bubeníček, Otto Bubeníček 
Music by Otto Bubeníček, Johann Sebastian Bach, Roman Hoffstetter, Johann Pachelbel, Francis Poulenc, Claude Debussy, Keith Jarrett, Bruno Moretti
Costume design by Otto Bubeníček, Denisa Nova
Stage design by Otto Bubeníček 
Light design byJiri Bubenicek, Fabio Antoci

Film director Gustav Skála, Director of photography Martin Kubala, Sound Ivan Hajek, Editor Jaroslav Rasocha, Producer Czech Television. For ČT produced and distributed Czech Muzika spol. s r. o., Křenovice 106, 373 84 Dubné

Danced by Jiří Bubeníček, Otto Bubeníček.
Iana Salenko, Elena Vostrotina, Raquél Martínez, Anna Merkulova, Duosi Zhu.
Jón Vallejo, Arsen Mehrabyan, Raphaël Coumes-Marquet, Claudio Cangialosi, Fabien Voranger, Michael Tucker, Francesco Pio Ricci, Jan Oratynski, Johannes Schmidt.