In line with the artistic awakening that Saudi Arabia is experiencing, IBG has brought a series of performances to Jeddah, such as the contemporary dance ballet "
Omnia Vincit Amor" (in English, love conquers all) from Italian contemporary dance company Keyhole Dance Project as well as a performance by Rome Symphony Orchestra soloists.
And let's not forget the sly reference Virgil makes here to his own earlier tenth Eclogue, in which a lovesick poet says
omnia vincit Amor, "Love conquers all things." The self-reference is illuminating, for the need to control passion, and the destructive consequences of failing to do so, are one of the Georgics's major themes.
A special feature is the chimney piece, a solid block of Forest of Dean stone is carved to represent the winter amusements of lovers and bears the motto '
Omnia vincit amor et nos cedamus amori-Virgil' which means 'Love conquers all; let us also yield to love'.
De esta forma Diez Fernandez explica la obra desde "tres juncos" que teje Cervantes: el genero de la comedia al que pertenece, el tema del
omnia vincit amor y las libertades poeticas que otorga el recrear un mundo prodigioso pintado con una gran dosis de exotismo.
It took little effort to grasp the basic principle, namely, "
omnia vincit amor," which is nothing new.
In line with the artistic awakening that Saudi Arabia is experiencing, IBG has brought to a series of artistic shows to Jeddah audiences such as
Omnia Vincit Amor contemporary dance ballet that took place on March 18.
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Omnia Vincit Amor" (in English, love conquers all) is a contemporary ballet by Keyhole Dance Project, a contemporary dance company from Padova, Italy, which took place at the Italian Cultural Center.