Category Dance

dance performances and video dance

Fase

Fase, Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich, choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker‘s very first performance, premiered in 1982. Fase comprises three duets and one solo, choreographed to four repetitive compositions by the American minimalist Steve Reich. De Keersmaeker…

Babel 7.16

Presented in the famous Cour d’Honneur du Palais des Papes choreaographers Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet have joined forces with visual artist Antony Gormley to create “Babel 7.16” (words), a dance performance that explores language and its relationship with…

Shine a Light

Shine a Light shows that house choreographers Sol León and Paul Lightfoot make dancetheatre. This brand new ballet combines their characteristic dance language with an impressive set design, costumes (by Sol León together with Joke Visser and Hermien Hollander), a…

Snowblind

In her first work for San Francisco Ballet (SF Ballet), British choreographer Cathy Marston zeroes in on the heart of Edith Wharton’s 1911 novella Ethan Frome. Her ballet, Snowblind, tells a story of repression, love, desperation, and dependence—the forces underlying…

Carmen

When Johan Inger was asked to create a new version of Carmen, being himself Swedish and Carmen a piece with a strong Spanish nature, he faced an enormous challenge. But it was also a great opportunity. The story witnessed through…