Yugen (ballet)
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| Yugen | |
|---|---|
| Choreographer | Wayne McGregor |
| Music | Leonard Bernstein |
| Premiere | 15 March 2018 Royal Opera House |
| Original ballet company | The Royal Ballet |
| Genre | contemporary ballet |
Yugen is a one-act ballet by Wayne McGregor, to Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms. The ballet premiered on 15 March 2018 at the Royal Opera House, danced by The Royal Ballet.[1]
| External videos | |
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 Yugen – pas de deux (Sarah Lamb, Calvin Richardson, The Royal Ballet), YouTube video | |
| How Leonard Bernstein inspired Wayne McGregor's 21st century ballet Yugen, YouTube video | |
| Wayne McGregor and Christopher Wheeldon rehearse ballets inspired by Bernstein, YouTube video |
The ballet was McGregor's first new work for The Royal Ballet in two years, and was created for Bernstein's centennial.[1] The ballet is performed by eleven dancers.[2] The sets are designed by Edmund de Waal, a writer and potter, and features light boxes.[2] The costumes are designed by Shirin Guild, and all dancers are in red loose-fitted outfits.[2] The title of the ballet means the "beauty evoked with an economy of means" in Japanese (幽玄 in kanji).[1][2]
Yugen is a co-production with the Dutch National Ballet, and the company will debut the ballet in September 2022. It is rescheduled from the original April 2020 date due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[3][4][5]