Like Water for Chocolate is the ballet adaptation of Laura Esquival's novel of the same name. The ballet was choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, with music by Joby Talbot. The ballet version of Like Water for Chocolate was premiered by The Royal Ballet on June 2, 2022, and premiered in the United States by The American Ballet Theatre Company on March 28, 2023. [1]
Like Water for Chocolate follows the life of Tita De La Graza, a woman living during the Mexican War of Independence, as she yearns for her one true love, Pedro Muzquiz. The ballet spans the length of 20 years, as Tita, Pedro, and the other members of the De La Graza Ranch are caught between tradition, the cycles of generations, war, and romance. [2] [3]
The ballet opens inside the De la Garza Ranch kitchen, as a young Tita cooks with the family cook, Nacha. Nacha and Tita express their affection for each other while cooking, and Tita as well expresses her love and affection for her neighbor, Pedro. Tita and Pedro long for each other and Pedro proposes marriage to Tita. However, according to family tradition, the youngest daughter cannot marry in order to care for her mother as she ages. When Pedro and his father approach Tita's mother, Elena De la Garza, to ask for Tita's hand in marriage, Elena refuses, and redirects Pedro's proposal to Tita's older sister, Rosaura. Tita is devastated by this, and weeps into the batter she prepares to celebrate Pedro and Rosaura's wedding. Nacha tastes the cake that was baked with Tita's tears and is filled with grief over her lost love, and dies.
The guests arrive to celebrate Rosaura and Pedro's wedding. Tita, still consumed with sadness over the marriage is reassured by Pedro that they will still be able to be together, as Pedro gives Tita a rose as a symbol of their love. The guests consume the cake filled with Tita's tears, and become violently ill. Nacha is also revealed to have passed.
One year later, Rosaura and Pedro have had a baby boy, Roberto. However, Rosaura is struggling to feed him, and Doctor John Brown is called in as assistance. As the baby cries, Tita is left alone for a moment with the baby and Pedro, as they are both filled with love for each other. Mama Elana walks in on the two, interrupting the moment, and Mama Elana grows suspicious of both of them.
Tita prepares a meal for the family using the rose that Pedro gave her at the wedding. After eating the meal, Gertrudis, Tita's sister, is filled with sensuality and romance, and tears off her clothes in an act of lust. She is spotted by a revolutionary soldier, who picks up Gertrudis as the two are wrapped up in sexual desire, and carries Gertrudis away.
In the middle of the night, Tita and Pedro meet each other amidst the hanging sheets of laundry. As Tita and Pedro become swept up in each other, Mama Elana and Rosaura each prowl the home, suspicious of the two. As Tita and Pedro kiss, they are interrupted by a furious Mama Elana, who orders Pedro and Rosaura to leave the ranch.
- ^ "Like Water for Chocolate". American Ballet Theatre. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ^ "Like Water for Chocolate". Christopher Wheeldon. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
- ^ The Royal Ballet Theatre. "Like Water for Chocolate Synopsis" (PDF). Retrieved July 22, 2024.
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Like Water for Chocolate is the ballet adaptation of Laura Esquival's novel of the same name. The ballet was choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, with music by Joby Talbot. The ballet version of Like Water for Chocolate was premiered by The Royal Ballet on June 2, 2022, and premiered in the United States by The American Ballet Theatre Company on March 28, 2023. [1]
Like Water for Chocolate follows the life of Tita De La Graza, a woman living during the Mexican War of Independence, as she yearns for her one true love, Pedro Muzquiz. The ballet spans the length of 20 years, as Tita, Pedro, and the other members of the De La Graza Ranch are caught between tradition, the cycles of generations, war, and romance. [2] [3]
The ballet opens inside the De la Garza Ranch kitchen, as a young Tita cooks with the family cook, Nacha. Nacha and Tita express their affection for each other while cooking, and Tita as well expresses her love and affection for her neighbor, Pedro. Tita and Pedro long for each other and Pedro proposes marriage to Tita. However, according to family tradition, the youngest daughter cannot marry in order to care for her mother as she ages. When Pedro and his father approach Tita's mother, Elena De la Garza, to ask for Tita's hand in marriage, Elena refuses, and redirects Pedro's proposal to Tita's older sister, Rosaura. Tita is devastated by this, and weeps into the batter she prepares to celebrate Pedro and Rosaura's wedding. Nacha tastes the cake that was baked with Tita's tears and is filled with grief over her lost love, and dies.
The guests arrive to celebrate Rosaura and Pedro's wedding. Tita, still consumed with sadness over the marriage is reassured by Pedro that they will still be able to be together, as Pedro gives Tita a rose as a symbol of their love. The guests consume the cake filled with Tita's tears, and become violently ill. Nacha is also revealed to have passed.
One year later, Rosaura and Pedro have had a baby boy, Roberto. However, Rosaura is struggling to feed him, and Doctor John Brown is called in as assistance. As the baby cries, Tita is left alone for a moment with the baby and Pedro, as they are both filled with love for each other. Mama Elana walks in on the two, interrupting the moment, and Mama Elana grows suspicious of both of them.
Tita prepares a meal for the family using the rose that Pedro gave her at the wedding. After eating the meal, Gertrudis, Tita's sister, is filled with sensuality and romance, and tears off her clothes in an act of lust. She is spotted by a revolutionary soldier, who picks up Gertrudis as the two are wrapped up in sexual desire, and carries Gertrudis away.
In the middle of the night, Tita and Pedro meet each other amidst the hanging sheets of laundry. As Tita and Pedro become swept up in each other, Mama Elana and Rosaura each prowl the home, suspicious of the two. As Tita and Pedro kiss, they are interrupted by a furious Mama Elana, who orders Pedro and Rosaura to leave the ranch.
- ^ "Like Water for Chocolate". American Ballet Theatre. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ^ "Like Water for Chocolate". Christopher Wheeldon. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
- ^ The Royal Ballet Theatre. "Like Water for Chocolate Synopsis" (PDF). Retrieved July 22, 2024.
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