BERLIN, December 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
She shone as the forceful Queen
Elizabeth I, the gentle Galadriel, leader of the elves, and
Woody Allen's fallen socialite. Now,
for her new film project, under strictest secrecy, Hollywood star Cate Blanchett has been
shooting scenes from new Grand Show THE WYLD with
director and artist Julian Rosefeldt
(with Cate Blanchett playing a choreographer). With a quarter of a
million tickets now sold or reserved, THE WYLD has just set a new
sales record at the Palast.
Along with Nicole Kidman, Cate
Blanchett is one of Australia's
top female Hollywood exports. She
achieved her breakthrough with her Academy Award nominated leading
role in 'Elizabeth'. Numerous successes followed, including
David Fincher's 'The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button', Peter Jackson's epic 'The Lord of the Rings',
and Steven Soderbergh's 'The Good
German'.
The exceptional actress has won more than 70 film and festival
awards, been nominated for an Oscar six times, and received the
coveted gong in 2005 for best supporting actress in Martin Scorsese's 'The Aviator' and in 2014 for
best leading actress in Woody
Allen's 'Blue Jasmine'.
In Berlin this December, Cate
Blanchett has been filming under strictest secrecy with director
and artist Julian Rosefeldt, whose
works are on display in renowned collections such as the Museum of
Modern Art in New York.
Rosefeldt's work consists primarily of elaborate film
installations. In her screen role as a strict choreographer, where
- with makeup artistry - she appears much older, Cate Blanchett
filmed scenes from new hit production THE WYLD with the Berlin
Palast's ballet company.
Cate Blanchett was highly impressed with the new production: "It
was a unique experience to shoot at the Palast, to work with its
ballett ensemble and the extraordinary characters of the WYLD show.
The experience will long live in my memory."
Until 2013, together with her husband Andrew Upton, Cate Blanchett was responsible for
the artistic direction of the Sydney Theatre Company, Australia. Apart from her illustrious movie
career, she is also a passionate stage actress and aficionado of
the international theatre scene.
Word about the new quality of Grand Shows at the Palast has
spread internationally, and the artist and director expressly
wanted to shoot film scenes with the ballet ensemble on the largest
stage in the world. With 60 dancers, the Palast Ballet is the
world's largest standing show-ballet company.
The new Grand Show THE WYLD has got off to a record start. In
less than a quarter of a year (the first performance was on 7
October), a quarter of a million tickets have now been sold or
reserved. This is a new sales record for the theatre at
Friedrichstrasse 107.
"Looking back on 2014, we can do some top-notch name-dropping:
Tom Hanks rehearsed at the Palast;
we created our new Grand Show with Parisian fashion genius
Thierry Mugler; Amanda Lear and Jean
Paul Gaultier recently came to see THE WYLD; and now Cate
Blanchett has filmed with our aliens and drag queens. We feel truly
honoured," reports theatre director Dr. Berndt Schmidt.
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