{"id":35114,"date":"2026-03-10T13:04:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=35114"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:04:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:04:36","slug":"review-caravaggio-ballet-performance-in-hong-kong-a-work-of-stunning-beauty-and-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=35114","title":{"rendered":"Review | Caravaggio ballet performance in Hong Kong a work of stunning beauty and power"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Hard on the heels of the opening show La Belle Otero<\/em><\/span>,<\/em> the Hong Kong Arts Festival brought us another dance work inspired by an artist with a tumultuous life: Caravaggio.<\/em><\/div>\n

This was a work of stunning beauty and power, with Mauro Bigonzetti\u2019s magnificent choreography performed by a cast of outstanding dancers led by the legendary Roberto Bolle.<\/p>\n

Among the greatest of Italian painters, Caravaggio (1571-1610) was notorious for his dissolute and violent lifestyle. He often found himself in trouble with the law and had to flee Rome after killing a man. Mystery surrounds his death at the age of 38 \u2013 did he die of disease or was he murdered?<\/p>\n

Caravaggio\u2019s art was revolutionary in many ways: its often stark realism, notably of religious subjects; its unashamed theatricality; its eroticism; and its use of models from the underbelly of society.<\/p>\n

Above all, he is famous for pioneering chiaroscuro,<\/em> the interplay between light and shadow that made his paintings so dramatic.<\/p>\n

The ballet was divided into two acts. The first, while in no way a direct narrative, evoked Caravaggio\u2019s life, the second his art.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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