dance performances and video dance
Silent Lines draws upon Maliphant’s research and explorations in dance and anatomy using a unique mix of movement, animated video projection, and lighting. The piece investigates a range of poetic possibilities, using the visually rich and resonant connections between internal…
Analogy / Dora: Tramontane is the first installment in a trilogy titled The Analogy Trilogy. The work is based on an oral history Bill T. Jones conducted with 95-year old Dora Amelan, a French Jewish nurse and social worker around…
A figurehead of the Scandinavian choreographic stage, welcomed in 2017 at Chaillot on the occasion of the Nordic Festival with Scheherazade, the Norwegian Ina Christel Johannessen has created a multimedia piece with dazzling décors and intense “physicality”, a fertile artwork…
Labyrinth Within is a new dance film by Swedish choreographer and director Pontus Lidberg. It takes off from the worldwide success of his 2007 dance film “The Rain”. A married couple are experiencing difficulties in their relationship. The man suspects…
Stephen Petronio Company presents our 35th Anniversary Season at NYU Skirball April 11-13, 2019 with the world premiere of American Landscapes, and the fifth instalment of the company’s Bloodlines project. This series of revivals of works by titans of postmodern…
After Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, and Carmen, Mats Ek put together yet another groundbreaking production with his 2013 Stockholm Opera version of Shakespeare’s mythic drama, part of the opera company’s celebrations of its 240th anniversary. The Swedish choreographer interprets Romeo and…
In their 26 years as a choreographic duo, Sol León and Paul Lightfoot have built a rich repertoire of over fifty ballets which show a wide range of compelling pieces that, however diverse, share a strong, innovative artistic voice. Stop-Motion…
Duato’s ‘ideas’ for choreography are almost always preceded by his choice of music, which characterises his working method. Maybe this applies to Duende in particular, because the music was the only source of inspiration for this ballet. World premiere: Nederlands Dans…
Feel the raw energy of Stravinsky’s score and the anguish of moral conflict, brought to an end through violent sacrifice. Picture a perfect evening in Paris, 29 May 1913 – the world premiere of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. Turns…
