In Maurice Béjarts Bolero aus dem Jahr 1969 entzündet sich ein choreographisches und musikalisches Feuerwerk. Béjart schuf die Choreographie zu Maurice Ravels populärem Boléro – eine Komposition, die, wie Béjart es nannte, „die Luft elektrisiert". Von Variation zu Variation steigt die Dynamik und so reift die simple orientalische Melodie zu einem schillernden Klangteppich heran, dem sich letztlich niemand mehr entziehen kann.
Ebenso wächst die tänzerische Expressivität von Takt zu Takt und nimmt den Zuschauer optisch gefangen. Um einen plateau-artig erhobenen, runden Tisch entspinnt sich ein hypnotischer Tanz: Von 40 Herren eingekreist, führt der Protagonist einen erotisch-betörenden Tanz auf. Béjart schuf mehrere Versionen des Bolero , in denen der Solopart einmal einer Dame, einmal einem Herren zugedacht ist.
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