Yitzhak Yedid: LA BALLERINA DEL DIAVOLO (The Devil's Ballerina)

Solo piano, with optional dancer.

In five parts:

00:01 Part 1

06:51 Part 2

07:37 Part 3

08:49 Part 4

09:26 Part 5

Commissioned by Brisbane Music Festival

Pianist: Alex Raineri

"La Ballerina Del Diavolo" (The Devil’s Ballerina) explores the tensions that we, as humans, experience between the good and bad parts of ourselves.

This ballerina is the devil's: the badness within us takes tangible form through the character of a ballerina, serving as a visual manifestation of inner turmoil and a sort of psychosis. I suppose it is in our human nature to want to be the best, to want to lead, to want to be the winner, but sometimes it feels like our lives are in constant competition, whether real or imagined.

"La Ballerina Del Diavolo" prompts its listeners to confront this inner tension, shedding light on the perpetual struggle between the good and bad components within us.

And so, I wonder, what does your tiny ballerina look like?

YITZHAK YEDID