What is Gandhi’s influence on the contemporary political world? This is the question explored by Philip Glass’s opera Satyagraha (1980), the second in his trilogy devoted to historical figures, alongside Einstein on the Beach (1976) and Akhnaten (1984). But Satyagraha…
CНЕЖНОЕ ШОУ– это спектакль, созданный в 1993 году знаменитым клоуном Славой Полуниным. cНежное шоу объехало десятки стран и сотни городов, где были даны тысячи представлений, которые посетили миллионы зрителей. cНежное шоу получило более 20 разнообразных наград во многих странах мира:…
The diversity of Wayne McGregor‘s astonishing talent is demonstrated through Chroma, Infra and Limen, each created for The Royal Ballet, for whom he is resident choreographer. Intimate yet universal, light yet dark, frenetic yet lyrical, McGregor pursues his passion for…
The first-ever recording on film of Maurice Béjart‘s Ninth Symphony! Fifty years after its premiere, the Tokyo Ballet and Béjart Ballet Lausanne present Maurice Béjart‘s groundbreaking choreography to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in Tokyo’s NHK Hall. With nearly 200 artists…
In light of current events, the topicality of The Statement is probably what is most striking about Crystal Pite‘s new work, as the expression of the characters and their use of language are very much linked to our time. The…
In an iconic library designed by the visual artist Hans Op de Beeck, life is lived as if nothing will ever change. Self-centeredness and a clumsy search for acknowledgement thrive in pursuit of inner peace. The monochrome grey library is…
Ohad Naharin made ‘Shalosh’ (three) in 2005. The ballet consists of three parts: ‘Bellus’ (beauty), ‘Humus’ (earth), and ‘Secus’ (this instead of that). ‘Secus’ was first performed separately in 2012 with NDT. The tripartite theological structure suggests a return to…
