Ballet de Catalunya returns to the stage with an exciting Double Bill, bringing together the brilliance of classical tradition and the pulse of contemporary creation.
The evening opens with the radiant Paquita Suite, a celebrated jewel of the classical repertoire, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and specially adapted for the company by Xiomara Reyes and Rinat Imaev.
The program continues with the world premiere of Still Watching, a powerful new contemporary–classical work by Ballet de Catalunya’s Artistic Director, Leo Sorribes, created exclusively for the company.
Together, these two works offer a vibrant and immersive experience—an evening of technical brilliance, expressive energy, and dynamic artistry that captures the imagination and leaves a lasting impression.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to experience a night of ballet that will inspire, move, and stay with you long after the curtain falls.Paquita Divertissemnet
APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIMES:
Bill 1: 35 minutes
Intermission: 25 minutes
Bill 2: 25 minutes
CHOREOGRAPHIES BY
Marius Petipa, Leo Sorribes, Xiomara Reyes and Rinat Imaev (restage)
ASSISTANTS TO THE CHOREOGRAPHY
Elvis Val, David Iglesias
MUSIC COMPOSER
Ludwig Minkus, Adam Akio Crystal, Mason Bates
SET DESIGN
COSTUME DESIGN
Maffera
LIGHT DESIGN
Jaume Cañasveras
PHOTOGRAPHY
Sila Avvakum
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Leo Sorribes
To be announced.
To be announced.
Paquita Divertissement is a brilliant celebration of classical ballet at its most dazzling. Drawn from the celebrated 19th-century masterpiece Paquita, this divertissement brings together the most iconic highlights of the work in a vibrant showcase of virtuosity and elegance.
Featuring sparkling solo variations, refined ensemble passages for the corps de ballet, the lively pas de trois, and the grandeur of the famous Grand Pas Classique, this piece offers an exhilarating display of technical brilliance and theatrical charm.
Set to the radiant music of Ludwig Minkus, whose scores remain synonymous with the golden age of ballet, Paquita Divertissement unfolds with joy, precision, and irresistible momentum.
Rich in musicality, energy, and classical refinement, it captures the timeless splendor of the classical repertoire, opening the evening with brilliance, tradition, and pure ballet celebration.
In the age of hyperconnection, visibility has become a form of survival. We live surrounded by constant gazes, metrics, and instant validation, in a world where being seen means existing — and where disappearing means being quietly returned to anonymity.
Still Watching is a choreographic work that explores the impact of social media and the culture of attention on the contemporary body. A universe governed by an impersonal logic: the algorithm. A system that amplifies what generates immediate impact, and silently reabsorbs everything that fails to stand out.
The choreographer creates a physical landscape in which the group functions as a living network — a collective flow that observes, replicates, and consumes. Individuality becomes fragile: every attempt at authenticity is evaluated, corrected, or transformed into content. Validation is not a reward, but an unstable condition — always provisional, always dependent on an external gaze.
As the piece unfolds, the pressure to remain present, to be liked, to stay within the frame, becomes suffocating. The body enters a state of forced repetition and permanent exposure, until identity begins to fracture. In that space emerge anxiety, dissociation, and mental exhaustion: the split between what is shown outwardly and what is silently lost within.
Without screens or words, Still Watching turns the stage into an unsettling mirror of our time. It is not a story about an external system, but about an entire society that participates in it — one that watches, consumes, and moves on to the next stimulus without stopping.
Because even when someone falls…
no one stops looking.
Ultimately, Still Watching is a direct question to the audience:
Are we still watching?
Or are we part of what devours?
