Emerging Pictures Presents Live CALIGULA Performance, 2/8

Emerging Pictures will present the latest film in their Ballet in Cinema series, a live performance by the Paris Opera Ballet of Caligula, at the BIG Cinemas Manhattan Theater on Tuesday, February 8 at 1:30 p.m. There will be a recorded encore of this film on Friday, February 18.

In 2005, Nicolas Le Riche created Caligula, his first ballet for the Paris Opera. Intrigued by the complex personality of the Roman emperor, the choreographer evokes the inner life of the solitary hero and his inexorable journey towards death. Constructed like a tragedy, the ballet, in all its depth and energy, is danced to Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons."

First performed in in 2005, Caligula is Étoile Dancer Nicolas Le Riche's first choreography for the Paris Opera Ballet. Intrigued by the complex and troubling personality of the Roman emperor, the choreographer evokes the torments of a frail man capable of loving the moon and idolizing his horse, a man impassioned by theatre and constantly playing a role himself. Constructed as a tragedy, the choreography follows the inexorable progression of this solitary hero towards death. Accompanied by Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons," which illustrates the irremediable passage of time, the dance, in all its depth and energy, translates the poetry and the violence inherent in a life consumed at lightning speed by excess.

Music: Antonio Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons"
Electro-acoustic creations: Louis Dandrel
Choreography: Nicolas Le Riche (Opéra national de Paris, 2005)
Scenography: Daniel Jeanneteau
Video: Raymonde Couvreu
Costumes: Olivier Bériot
Lighting: Dominique Bruguière
Dramaturgy: Guillaume Gallienne
The Étoiles, Principal Dancers and Corps de Ballet
Paris Opera Orchestra
Conductor and violin solo: Frederic Laroque

The BIG Cinemas Manhattan Theater is located on 239 East 59th Street. The ballet will run 84 minutes with no intermission. Purchase $25 tickets at BIGCinemas.com.