RNZB: Hansel & Gretel | movie | 2019 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

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Transcript

00:00 [Music]

00:02 My name's Lachlan Pryor and I'm the choreographer in residence here at the Royal New Zealand Ballet.

00:07 I'm really excited to bring you a new production of Hansel and Gretel.

00:12 Hansel and Gretel was in the back of my mind as a work that I wanted to bring to the company

00:17 and it was just the piece for him to get his feet wet in a full production

00:22 and to create a team around him for success.

00:27 I think we've done that.

00:29 We have Kate Holly who I'm a huge fan of.

00:32 Having Kate on board has definitely created a tantalising new look at where we take that story.

00:40 We want our audience to feel like they have entered the world of a 1920s black and white German expressionist film.

00:48 There is so much magic and intrigue in this story but there's also a twist, a dark element.

00:55 Of course Hansel and Gretel is very much about a family who are struggling through poverty

01:02 but then when we see our witch, she pervades the stage with colour and bright enticement.

01:11 I would say that working with Claire to compose this original score

01:17 has been one of the most fulfilling artistic and personal highlights of my creative career so far.

01:25 The music and the action that's happening on stage exist in total synchronicity.

01:32 It's wonderful work that's being created on the talents of our dancers

01:40 that will carry the spirit of New Zealand in every aspect of it.

01:45 [Music]