MILAN (Reuters) - Milan will commemorate 10 years since the murder of fashion designer Gianni Versace by hosting a red carpet evening at La Scala opera house with a homage to ballets he helped design -- including "Sudden Death."
Around 1,500 guests are expected to attend Sunday's event, which will be a tribute to some 12 ballets for which Versace designed costumes in collaboration with choreographer Maurice Bejart.
"Thanks, Gianni, with love," will also include costumes created by his sister Donatella, who now designs for Versace, and has moved its image from Gianni's glitz and superstar sparkle to a more wearable but still glamorous look.
Versace was gunned down on the street outside his Miami Beach mansion on July 15, 1997.
He first worked with Bejart in 1984 and their last collaboration was on "Barocco Bel Canto," which debuted in Florence in June 1997. "La Mort Subite" was first performed in Paris in February 1991.
"Gianni plunged into dance," Bejart said at a press conference on Saturday. "It was two artists, two art forms, working on the same level," he added.
Milan's city centre is currently enlivened with posters of Gianni Versace's ballet designs, including a twisted midnight blue flute of a dress for "Malraux, Ou La Metamorphose Des Dieux," and a black all-in-one with an inverted triangle top for "Pyramide," which debuted in Cairo and features Islamic music.
Bejart and Donatella said there would also be some innovations in Sunday's gala.
"There will be a little new choreography," said Bejart, who is 80-years-old and founded his own ballet company in 1960.
"All my costumes play on light," Donatella said, promising "about six very colorful designs where only the eyes are not covered."
Gianni Versace was born in Reggio Calabria on December 2, 1946. His first Gianni Versace collection for women was shown in Milan in 1978.
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Around 1,500 guests are expected to attend Sunday's event, which will be a tribute to some 12 ballets for which Versace designed costumes in collaboration with choreographer Maurice Bejart.
"Thanks, Gianni, with love," will also include costumes created by his sister Donatella, who now designs for Versace, and has moved its image from Gianni's glitz and superstar sparkle to a more wearable but still glamorous look.
Versace was gunned down on the street outside his Miami Beach mansion on July 15, 1997.
He first worked with Bejart in 1984 and their last collaboration was on "Barocco Bel Canto," which debuted in Florence in June 1997. "La Mort Subite" was first performed in Paris in February 1991.
"Gianni plunged into dance," Bejart said at a press conference on Saturday. "It was two artists, two art forms, working on the same level," he added.
Milan's city centre is currently enlivened with posters of Gianni Versace's ballet designs, including a twisted midnight blue flute of a dress for "Malraux, Ou La Metamorphose Des Dieux," and a black all-in-one with an inverted triangle top for "Pyramide," which debuted in Cairo and features Islamic music.
Bejart and Donatella said there would also be some innovations in Sunday's gala.
"There will be a little new choreography," said Bejart, who is 80-years-old and founded his own ballet company in 1960.
"All my costumes play on light," Donatella said, promising "about six very colorful designs where only the eyes are not covered."
Gianni Versace was born in Reggio Calabria on December 2, 1946. His first Gianni Versace collection for women was shown in Milan in 1978.
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