dance performances and video dance
Legendary Swedish choreographer Mats Ek‘s ballet was created for the dancers of the Opera National de Paris and is here danced by star names including Nicolas Le Riche and Marie-Agnes Gillot. The name “Appartement” comes both from the word for…
Among the choreographers who staged “Le sacre du printemps” were Leonid Myasin, Mary Wigman, John Neumeier, Glen Tetley, Kenneth MacMillan, Hans van Manen, Angelin Preljocaj. In 1957, the author’s version of “Le sacre du printemps” was presented by Mary Wigman,…
Five duets, four dialogues between two dancers on stage – between the dancers and the audience. For its second edition, Dialogues promises a dreamy evening of Pas de deux by four choreographers who define both the present and the future…
In collaboration with Concert de la Loge Driven by the desire to resize Vivaldi’s “hit”, Julien Chauvin – concertmaster of the Concert de la Loge orchestra – reintegrates the narrative and theatrical content of the Four Seasons with its musical…
This collection brings together six ballets from revered Danish choreographer Hans van Manen. Included here are Déjà vu, Solo, Kammerballett, The Old Man and Me, Frank Bridge Variations, and Two Pieces for Het. Interviews with Van Manen help fill out…
When Mats Ek talks about Swan Lake – he first talks about Tchaikovsky’s music, which he believes is the most important reason for the work’s survival. “Someone has said that Tchaikovsky’s music is like flowers, but not like seeds,” he…
The historic Sala Grande in the modernist Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido, home of the Venice International Film Festival, is the site for this special, large-scale commission performed by students of Biennale College alongside the elite dancers of Company…
Dawn Patrol He’s been escorting (well, dragging) his mom and dad to the Museum of Flight for almost three years. Recently, he added a little brother to his entourage. Price Suddarth (aka Milo’s dad) was fascinated by the stories these…
What happens when the language of dance transcends its barriers? This is the question answered by Dialogues, a choreographic competition that strives to redefine the terms of dance performance. Imagined by the choreographer Mourad Merzouki, this contest puts four companies…
