0:00:05 > 0:00:102017 marks the 100th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution,
0:00:10 > 0:00:14one of the seismic events of 20th century history.
0:00:14 > 0:00:19Tonight, in Cardiff, as part of a season inspired by the centenary,
0:00:19 > 0:00:22National Dance Company Wales present a bold new take
0:00:22 > 0:00:26on one of 1917's most radical works of art.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30It's the rarely-staged Erik Satie ballet, Parade.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33MUSIC PLAYS
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Parade was a ground-breaking piece in its day.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48It was first performed in Paris
0:00:48 > 0:00:51and brought together some of the city's
0:00:51 > 0:00:54most cutting-edge artistic talent.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58The music was by the maverick composer, Erik Satie,
0:00:58 > 0:01:00the story by writer Jean Cocteau,
0:01:00 > 0:01:04and the remarkable costumes were created by Pablo Picasso.
0:01:06 > 0:01:07It was all performed
0:01:07 > 0:01:10by Sergei Diaghilev's legendary Ballets Russes.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14For this new production,
0:01:14 > 0:01:16the original ballet has been embedded in a story
0:01:16 > 0:01:19of political and technological conflict
0:01:19 > 0:01:22in which the audience plays a key part.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26The original Parade was set outside.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29It involved street performers, carnival acts
0:01:29 > 0:01:33circus troupe, so I was wondering, what is the contemporary equivalent?
0:01:33 > 0:01:35And I thought, well, it could be a political rally
0:01:35 > 0:01:37and we've become very familiar with that
0:01:37 > 0:01:39kind of as a genre in television,
0:01:39 > 0:01:42so I thought it would be great to create a fictional politician,
0:01:42 > 0:01:44in an interesting, surreal way.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47In the new story, the Wales Millennium Centre
0:01:47 > 0:01:51is reimagined as an enormous factory.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55Outside it, a politician addresses a crowd of workers
0:01:55 > 0:01:58and unveils her vision of the future -
0:01:58 > 0:02:00a humanoid robot.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05She believes that automation is the future,
0:02:05 > 0:02:09this is the ultimate product and, of course, the workers aren't happy,
0:02:09 > 0:02:12so they start to rebel and eventually kind of surround
0:02:12 > 0:02:14and subvert the robot,
0:02:14 > 0:02:17turning technology to their advantage.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21The action then moves inside.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Here, the audience encounters a strange group
0:02:24 > 0:02:29of futuristic consumers, in a scene true to Parade's surreal roots.
0:02:32 > 0:02:37Finally, on stage, the story of the rebellious workers is resolved
0:02:37 > 0:02:41in an entirely new interpretation of Erik Satie's ballet.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47You're going to see a real transformation happening.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49You're going to see a scene at the beginning
0:02:49 > 0:02:52that's like a human production line -
0:02:52 > 0:02:56something very bland, very monotonous and repetitive -
0:02:56 > 0:03:01but out of that, you see these individual stories start to develop.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05These characters start to come out and from the mundane,
0:03:05 > 0:03:10you see the creative and the spark that's within each of them,
0:03:10 > 0:03:11exploring who they really are.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20While the ideas and the story of Parade have been updated,
0:03:20 > 0:03:24the music is Erik Satie's original score.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28But this was never an ordinary orchestral work.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31We've got quite a variety of instruments on the go.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32You've got two players
0:03:32 > 0:03:34doing the sort of comedy instruments, I suppose.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37The ones that are more "messing" around type instruments,
0:03:37 > 0:03:41which are things like the typewriter, the lottery wheel.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44This instrument, here, this is most challenging for me,
0:03:44 > 0:03:47this is the bottle phone, so it's like a piano keyboard
0:03:47 > 0:03:50that is laid out with bottles.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52As you see, they go from really quite enormous ones, here,
0:03:52 > 0:03:54these are vodka bottles,
0:03:54 > 0:03:58and it goes right the way up to the top to really tiny pill bottles.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02Extraordinary instruments then and now.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07The first performance of Parade ended in a near riot,
0:04:07 > 0:04:08with some members of the audience
0:04:08 > 0:04:11jeering and pelting the performers with fruit.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Afterwards, the composer, Erik Satie, was taken to jail
0:04:15 > 0:04:17for abusing a critic.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Well, hopefully, tonight's performance won't inspire
0:04:20 > 0:04:23such an extreme reaction, but we are in for an evening
0:04:23 > 0:04:26that breaks down the traditional performance boundaries
0:04:26 > 0:04:29and promises to take us all by surprise.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33DRUM ROLL
0:04:35 > 0:04:40MUSIC AND CHEERING
0:05:02 > 0:05:07It gives me great pleasure to be amongst you workers here today.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14I stand at the foot of your magnificent factory
0:05:14 > 0:05:18to commemorate the centenary of the Russian Revolution.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20CHEERING
0:05:20 > 0:05:22But why commemorate?
0:05:22 > 0:05:27Well, there's a great deal to learn from history.
0:05:27 > 0:05:34Workers, we are no strangers to revolutions here in Wales.
0:05:34 > 0:05:41100 years ago, coal was king and here in this very spot
0:05:41 > 0:05:48was a bustling port exporting 10 million tonnes of coal a year.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51We were small, but we were mighty!
0:05:51 > 0:05:55Wales was the world's first industrial nation.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00Wales was the coal metropolis of the world!
0:06:00 > 0:06:02But look at us now.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Look at us now.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13Hmm? We have been stamped upon and silenced.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18We have been cheated and forgotten.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21This is not fake news.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25These are not alternative facts.
0:06:26 > 0:06:32We need to regain confidence in facing and forging our future.
0:06:32 > 0:06:38I... I have a vision, a vision for all.
0:06:38 > 0:06:46We in Wales, we have the ability, we have the technology -
0:06:46 > 0:06:49we can build a new world.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Let me introduce you to your future.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Embrace the new dawn.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Embrace the robot revolution!
0:07:08 > 0:07:13Yes, automation is where we can lead.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15SHE SHOUTS
0:07:15 > 0:07:17I see you feel threatened. I understand.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19I can assure you, there's no need.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Re-channel that energy for the good of us all.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Let us show the world again.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29SIRENS WAIL
0:07:43 > 0:07:44SHOUTING
0:08:00 > 0:08:03ALARM BLARES
0:08:05 > 0:08:12MUZAK PLAYS
0:08:57 > 0:08:58Well...
0:08:59 > 0:09:04..thank you for the invitation to join you inside.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07It's, er...
0:09:07 > 0:09:09It's much bigger inside, isn't it?
0:09:17 > 0:09:25Er, I understand you have prepared some entertainment for me.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27After all, my purpose here today was to commemorate
0:09:27 > 0:09:29the Russian Revolution, the cultural explo...
0:09:29 > 0:09:33The cultural explosion marking the centenary,
0:09:33 > 0:09:35marking the centenary.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Thank you. Diolch, spasiba.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39Diolch, spasiba.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47APPLAUSE
0:09:51 > 0:09:54MUSIC: Parade By Erik Satie
0:10:24 > 0:10:29MUSIC GENTLY PLAYS
0:11:23 > 0:11:25MUSIC BECOMES MORE DRAMATIC
0:12:09 > 0:12:13MUSIC BECOMES MORE DRAMATIC
0:12:51 > 0:12:54MUSIC GENTLY PLAYS
0:13:56 > 0:13:59MUSIC GENTLY PLAYS
0:14:51 > 0:14:54MUSIC BECOMES MORE DRAMATIC
0:15:55 > 0:16:00MUSIC PLAYS FASTER
0:16:14 > 0:16:20TYPEWRITER CLACKS
0:16:53 > 0:16:56POPS LIKE GUNFIRE
0:17:04 > 0:17:07MUSIC PLAYS
0:18:27 > 0:18:31MUSIC BECOMES MORE DRAMATIC
0:18:39 > 0:18:45STEAM WHISTLE BLOWS
0:18:59 > 0:19:03MUSIC GENTLY PLAYS
0:19:26 > 0:19:29MUSIC BECOMES MORE DRAMATIC
0:20:25 > 0:20:28MUSIC GENTLY PLAYS
0:21:44 > 0:21:49MUSIC PLAYS FASTER
0:22:36 > 0:22:41MUSIC BECOMES MORE DRAMATIC
0:22:41 > 0:22:45SIRENS WAIL
0:24:49 > 0:24:56MUSIC STEADILY BECOMES MORE DRAMATIC
0:25:22 > 0:25:27MUSIC GENTLY PLAYS
0:25:52 > 0:25:56GATE BANGS AND CREAKS
0:26:31 > 0:26:35SLOW HEARTBEAT
0:26:37 > 0:26:44- ROBOT:- The mediator between head and hands must be the heart.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23STEADY HEARTBEAT
0:27:51 > 0:27:56APPLAUSE