CAELUM - Ballet BC (25 min)

World Premiere: March 6, 2025

Choreography: Fernando Hernando Magadan

Rehearsal Director: Renée Sigouin

New Music Composition: Ben Waters

Lighting Design: Bonnie Beecher

Costume Design: Fernando Hernando Magadan

Associate Costume Design: Kate Burrows

Set Design: Fernando Hernando Magadan

Associate Set Design: Matthew Piton

Performers: Artist of Ballet BC

Caelum in Latin, refers to the “cosmos” as in the sky or heavens. It carries a more poetic and ethereal connotation, often associated with the vast expanse of celestial bodies and their enchanting beauty.

This work is inspired by the concept of space in its broadest meaning and by our relation to it. By the miracle of life with its vital driving pulse and by the fact that despite appearing so trivial - perhaps insignificant - in the grand scheme of things, we are still able to contemplate, admire, and be inspired by the immensity of space and its colossal forces.

As we look up, we are simultaneously confronted with the limits of our knowledge, and a deep sense of mystery as we wonder about our connection to it all.

— Fernando Hernando Magadan