Fiennes is brilliant portraying Robert Moses (1888 – 1981), a very powerful and charismatic urban planner, whose career spanned over 40 years. Early in his career, Moses claimed to want to give all New Yorkers easy access to the outdoors,…
The Firebird A danced tale by choreographer Michel Fokine with music by Igor Stravinsky, The Firebird premiered at the Paris Opera on June 25, 1910 performed by Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. “Ivan Tsarevich one day sees a marvellous bird, all…
Duato was inspired by old Spanish music of the 15th and 16th centuries together with some of the most beautiful verses of the Spanish poet Garcilaso de la Vega. Music and poetry connect the obviously contemporary dance of Por Vos…
In 1973 the Paris Festival d’Automne and the Paris International Dance Festival commissioned a new work from Merce Cunningham, to be performed by 26 dancers of the Ballet of the Paris Opera, including three etoiles, Wilfride Piollet, Michael Denard, and…
This video contains an overview of choreographer and filmmaker Wim Vandekeybus career with dance films and short fiction films, including many extras and featuring original compositions by David Byrne, Thierry De Mey, David Eugene Edwards, Marc Ribot and Peter Vermeersch.…
Juliano Nuñes‘ artistic sensibility and distinctive choreographic voice have earned him international praise from critics and audiences alike, and he has worked extensively with leading ballet companies and choreographers across the globe. He has been a collaborator of Philadelphia Ballet…
Angelin Preljocaj is interested in the myths of antiquity as well as current events. Medea’s Dream allows him to penetrate inside the soul of a woman, to search for deeply buried desires and to pierce Medea’s unconscious beyond the myth:…
