Ewa Krasucka

Multicamera filming

To film a theatre performance is to translate it. One needs to interpret the language of the stage and convert it into the language of frames. Like any translation, it takes a sequence of non-neutral decisions aimed at keeping as many of the original meanings as possible. From watching the performance for the first time, through camera planning, until the last cut, it feels like having an in-depth conversation with the work.

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BALLET REEL 2024

Examples of filmed ballet performances

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DRACULA (trailer)

Music: Wojciech Kilar
Conductor: Patrick Fournillier
Libretto: Paweł Chynowski
Choreography: Krzysztof Pastor
Set & Costume Designers: Charles Cusick Smith & Phil R. Daniels
Lighting: Jon Buswell

Recorded on 26, 28/04/2022 at Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa
© Polish National Ballet 2022

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ROMEO & JULIET (trailer)

Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Choreography: Krzysztof Pastor
Conductor: Andriy Yurkevych
Sets & costumes: Tatyana van Walsum

Filmed on 24, 27/02/2021 at Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa
Available from 16/04/2021 to 16/09/2021 on operavision.eu
© Polish National Ballet 2021

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THE LADY OF THE CAMELLIAS (trailer)

Music: Fryderyk Chopin
Choreography: John Neumeier
Sets & costumes: Jurgen Rose

Recorded on 19, 20/04/2018 at Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa
© Polish National Ballet 2018

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NOTRE CHOPIN (trailer)

Music: Fryderyk Chopin
Conductor: Grzegorz Nowak
Piano: Krzysztof Jabłoński
Set & Costume Designer: Tatyana van Walsum
Lighting: Yaron Abulafia
Dramaturgy Concerto in F Minor: Daniel Przastek
Concerto in E minor
Choreography: Liam Scarlett
Concerto in F minor
Choreography: Krzysztof Pastor

Recorded on 16, 17/11/2018 at Teatr Wielki – Opera Narodowa
© Polish National Ballet 2018

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GISELLE (excerpt)

DANCE OF THE WILLIS

Music: Adolphe Adam
Choreography: Jean Coralli & Jules Perrot / Marius Petipa
Staging: Maina Gielgud
Conductor: Patrick Fournillier
Sets & Costumes: Andrzej Kreuz Majewski

Filmed on 25, 30.11.2022 at Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera
Available from 26.12.2022 to 26.06.2023 at operavision.eu
© Polish National Ballet 2022

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WARSAW LEGENDS / THE MERMAID

TEATR LALKA

Adaptation, direction: Jarosław Kilian
Set design and puppets: Martyna Kander
Music and musical arrangement: Grzegorz Turnau