lascia ch'io pianga
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A duo on pointe created for dancer Valeria Galluccio, set to the aria Lascia ch’io pianga (Let Me Weep) by Georg Friedrich Handel, from his opera Rinaldo (1711).
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Duo
Duration | 5 min
World premiere at Danse Danse, Théâtre Maisonneuve, Montreal, January 30, 2020
credits
Choreography and artistic direction | Marie Chouinard
Music | Georg Friedrich Handel (Lascia Ch’io Pianga, Montserrat Caballe)
Lighting, set design, additional sounds, hairstyle and costumes | Marie Chouinard
Dancers for the world premiere | Valeria Galluccio and Sacha Ouellette-Deguire
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cities where the work has been performed
Austria | Vienna
Canada | Chilliwack, Guelph, Halifax, Laval, Longueuil, Montreal, Saint-Sauveur, Toronto, Victoriaville, Yellowknife
Denmark | Aarhus, Copenhagen
France | Paris
Germany | Stuttgart
Hungary | Budapest, Veszprém
Italy | Milan, Venice
Mexico | Guanajuato
Netherlands | Heerlen
Norway | Harstad
Serbia | Belgrade
Spain | Bilbao
Also performed by Véronique Chiasson and Cai Glover (CAPAS • Label de danse, 2024), on tour in Quebec:
Baie-Comeau, Drummondville, Gaspé, Gatineau, L’Assomption, LaSalle, Montmagny, Montreal, Quebec City, Rimouski, Rivière-du-Loup, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Jérôme, Sept-Îles, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, Val-d’Or