ECLIPSE
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Eclipse
Cristiano Principato
Ólafur Arnalds
2022
4 minutes
2 (1 lady, 1 gent)
Cristiano Principato
Oksana Saar
review by Heili Einasto (Postimees newspaper)
* 2022 - Estonian National Ballet International Dance Day Gala
Rahvusooper Estonia in Tallinn, Estonia
* 2022 - Estonian National Ballet 22-23 Opening Season Gala
Rahvusooper Estonia's open air stage in Tallinn, Estonia
* 2025 - Gala de Estrellas de la Danza Mundial
Teatro Nacional E. Brito in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Eclipse (duet)
2022 Rahvusooper Estonia in Tallinn, Estonia
Annual International Dance Day Gala produced by Estonian National Ballet
choreography by Cristiano Principato
performance video (entire number)
dancers: Ketlin Oja, Cristiano Principato
ECLIPSE is a neoclassical duet choreographed for the annual International Dance Day Gala on the main stage of Estonian National Ballet.
This piece was later performed at the Open Air 22-23 Season Opening Gala of Estonian National Ballet and also at Gala d’Estrellas 2025 (organised by the charity Nido Para Angeles on the stage of Teatro Nacional Eduardo Brito in Santo Domingo).
The duet abstractly represents two people falling in love with one another, while painfully knowing that life circumstances will soon force them to part.
It explores both the sweetness of attraction and the bitterness of not being able to purse it.
Just like the sun and the moon overlap for only a few minutes during a solar eclipse, the couple can only meet for few prescious moments and tries to make the most out of them.
Eclipse (duet)
2022 Rahvusooper Estonia in Tallinn, Estonia
Annual International Dance Day Gala produced by Estonian National Ballet
choreography by Cristiano Principato
performance photos by Rünno Lahesoo, Veljo Poom and Ülle Kogerman
dancers: Ketlin Oja, Cristiano Principato
