TIRANA, Oct. 5 – With few months to go before the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet undergoes reconstruction, four pieces by Portuguese choreographer Daniel Cardoso are making their comeback this weekend.
The “4 pieces” ballet includes “Getting Up,” “Encounters”, “No Commeà§o…,” and
“Fado” that will be performed by several Albanian ballet dancers on October 8 and 9.
The Portuguese choreographer who runs the Quorum Ballet dance company was in Albania in early 2015 to stage the ‘Impact’ ballet.
Fifty years after its construction under Albania’s communist regime, the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Albania’s solo performing arts institution of its kind, is set to be renovated under a €8.6 million government funded project.
The 30-month reconstruction is scheduled to start in January 2017 and finish by June 2019 in a project that will make a thorough renovation that involves architecture, stage design, acoustic and air-conditioning systems.
While the National Theater will be under reconstruction, its artists will be performing in other stages in Tirana and outside the capital.
