dance performances and video dance
Choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui‘s show offers a profound reflection on our intimate connection with the world around us. From putting mathematics in movement to Ravel’s Boléro as a dance of death, Cherkaoui transcends the boundaries of the stage to offer…
While the leaves are blowing While the leaves are blowing is an ode to them for who it seems impossible to find the right partner. Are we too critical when it comes to finding the perfect partner? Is it a…
“Dona Nobis Pacem” – give us peace. This title is of great importance to me – even at the risk of seeming naïve, sentimental or even pretentious. In light of the constant and growing tensions in our world, this thought…
La Ronde, wrote by Arthur Schnitzler tells the story about couples inextricably linked to each other at the same time as when the Grand Palais was under construction. In 1900, the venue opened its doors. Two opposites are at work…
In this interpretation, Sleeping Beauty lives in isolation in a world shaped by hedonism, in which he creates a social panorama in a kind of chamber play. Only through a fall does she land on the ground of facts. She…
“Wild Cursive” is the third piece of Taiwanese dancer and choreographer Lin Hwai-min‘s Cursive trilogy, a captivating series translating the development of the fascinating art form of Chinese calligraphy into dance. As Lin says himself, the final part marks the…
This story is happening in someone’s head. Let’s call him Drosselmeier. I can almost see him right here. Yes him, the guy who’s waving his arms with the music, that could be Drosselmeier. Or someone else. Or you. Or me.…
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Based on the acclaimed English National Ballet production, choreographed by Akram Khan and directed by Academy Award-winning director Asif Kapadia (Senna, Amy, The Warrior), Creature is a genre-busting collaboration that fuses film and contemporary dance. Following English National Ballet‘s 2021…
Between 1999 and 2018, Scapino presented 18 editions of TWOOLS, the programme in which young choreographic talents are given the opportunity to create work for the main stage. More than sixty choreographers have created work for TWOOLS. For many choreographers…
