Paradis // Northern Ballet

Northern Ballet in Paradis. Photography: Emma Kauldhar and Josh hawkins

Paradis

Trailer for Paradis, piece by Carlos Pons Guerra for Northern Ballet Dancers, part of Dance:Sampled. Inspired by Jean Genet's The Maids. Music: Perez Prado, Exotic Suite of the Americas

Choreography: Carlos Pons Guerra

Music: Perez Prado

Costume: Ryan Dawson Laight

Lighting: Barnaby Booth

Duration: 10 minutes

Inspired by Jean Genet’s play, The Maids.

Carlos Pons Guerra in rehearsal for Paradis, his new work on Northern Ballet dancers for The Lowry's Dance:Sampled. Inspired by Jean Genet's provocative play, 'The Maids', and performed by Northern Ballet dancers, Carlos toys with gender and performance as he delves into the darker side of femininity and power in this dark comedic ballet.

Premiered at The Lowry, Manchester, February 2017

Paradis was commissioned by The Movement (Sadler’s Wells, The Lowry and Birmingham Hippodrome) as part of Dance:Sampled.