On March 18 and 19 (8 pm), Gil Roman invites the internationally renowned Italian star dancer Roberto Bolle to dance “The Melody” of Bolero.

Tous les hommes presque toujours s’imaginent by Gil Roman, 7 danses grecques and Boléro by Maurice Béjart at Cirque Royal in Brussels

After a standing ovation in February 2020 at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Charleroi, the Béjart Ballet Lausanne is back at Cirque Royal for five performances, from March 17 to 20, 2022. The programme includes Gil Roman‘s creation Tous les hommes presque toujours s’imaginent, presented for the first time in Belgium, 7 danses grecques and Boléro by Maurice Béjart.

Tous les hommes presque toujours s’imaginent, a title borrowed from the Swiss writer Ludwig Hohl, is entirely choreographed to the music of John Zorn, one of the leading composers of contemporary American music. The density and diversity of his extraordinary work, which began in the mid-1970s, as well as the audacity and artistic freedom he expressed through his craft, never ceased to challenge and fascinate the artistic director of the Béjart Ballet Lausanne. Facing a considerable body of work, Gil Roman immerses himself in the various compositions making up the universe that the brilliant multi-instrumentalist has explored from 1990 to 2017… Step by step, with a movement, a gesture, Gil Roman brings his dancers beyond the walls…

The second choreographic piece on the evening program, 7 danses grecques by Maurice Béjart, is based on the music of Mikis Theodorakis. “This is a ballet in which Greece – according to the Greeks – is very much present despite borrowing little from its folklore,” explained the creator of the BBL.

The show ends with Boléro, choreographed in 1961 by Maurice Béjart, on Maurice Ravel’s music. The central role – la Mélodie – is sometimes given to a female dancer and other times to a male dancer. The rhythm is interpreted by a group of male dancers.