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© Mark Ryden x American Ballet Theatre - Whipped Cream

Mark Ryden dallo scorso anno è stato impegnato nella realizzazione del design dei costumi e delle scenografie di “Whipped Cream”, un balletto con le coreografie di Alexei Ratmansky per l’American Ballet Theater.

From last year Mark Ryden has been designing the costumes and sets of ‘Whipped Cream’, a ballet choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky for the American Ballet Theater.

© Mark Ryden x American Ballet Theatre - Whipped Cream

L’immaginario surreale evocato da Mark Ryden, un paese delle meraviglie abitato da creature deliziosamente inquietanti, si sposa perfettamente con la trama dello spettacolo: un giovane esagera con i dolci in una pasticceria viennese e inizia a delirare, sognerà la Principessa Praline e la sua corte che lo aiuteranno a fuggire dal suo dottore.

The surreal imagery evoked by Mark Ryden, a kind of Wonderland inhabited by deliciously creepy creatures, matches perfectly with the plot of the show: a young boy overindulges at a Viennese pastry shop, and falls into a delirium, dreaming about Princess Praline and her court who rescue him from his doctor.

© Mark Ryden x American Ballet Theatre - Whipped Cream

© Mark Ryden x American Ballet Theatre - Whipped Cream

“Volevo un designer che creasse un mondo senza regole. Mi sono imbattuto in queste affascinati illustrazioni, molto dettagliate, meravigliosamente realizzate, inquietanti e sinistre, tutto ciò celato da un aspetto zuccheroso e dolci immagini di bimbi.”

‘I needed a designer to create a wild world. I came across these fascinating images—very detailed, beautifully done and disturbing and sinister—all of that hidden under saccharine, sweet images of children.’

Alexei Ratmansky

© Mark Ryden x American Ballet Theatre - Whipped Cream

© Mark Ryden x American Ballet Theatre - Whipped Cream

“Per contrastare la luce e gli elementi soffici, abbiamo introdotto l’oscura e spaventosa scena del bambino in ospedale.”

‘To contrast with all the light and fluffy stuff, we have the dark, threatening scene of the boy in the hospital.’

Mark Ryden

© Mark Ryden x American Ballet Theatre - Whipped Cream

© Mark Ryden x American Ballet Theatre - Whipped Cream

“Whipped Cream” si ispira a un balletto in due atti sulle musiche di Richard Strauss originariamente intitolato “Schlagobers”, la prima si terrà il 15 marzo al Segerstrom Center for the Arts di Costa Mesa in California e il 22 maggio si sposterà alla Metropolitan Opera House di New York.

‘Whipped Cream’ is inspired by a two-act ballet with music by Richard Strauss originally titled ‘Schlagobers’, the show will premiere on March 15th at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California, and on May 22 it will move to the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

© Mark Ryden x American Ballet Theatre - Whipped Cream

© Mark Ryden x American Ballet Theatre - Whipped Cream

© Mark Ryden x American Ballet Theatre - Whipped Cream

© Mark Ryden x American Ballet Theatre - Whipped Cream

© Mark Ryden x American Ballet Theatre - Whipped Cream

© Mark Ryden @markryden IG + Misty Copeland

© Mark Ryden @markryden IG

Link:
♥ American Ballet Theatre - Whipped Cream
♥ Mark Ryden - Website

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Tags: fairytale, music, sweet, USA