Description
Filled with eerie images on the border of reality and dream, Jiří Kylián's work blends oneirism and wry humour. Set to music by John Cage and Anton Webern, Stepping Stones pays tribute to the memory and heritage of dance. On stage, Egyptian cats are the guardians of tradition.
Three new pieces by Kylián enter the Ballet's repertoire this season. Petite Mort poetically explores the double theme of death: the lesser one symbolising orgasm and the greater one that brings life to a close. Pas de deux and swordplay alternate against a backdrop of Mozart concertos.
Sechs Tänze extends the Mozartian universe and caricatures it in a series of dances with a quirky sense of humour, while Gods and Dogs explores the borderline between normality and madness: when dogs become gods and vice versa. In a midnight blue light, the dancers perform in front of delicate strings that recall those of a Beethoven quartet.
The Étoiles, the Premières Danseuses, the Premiers Danseurs and the Paris Opera Corps de Ballet
Recorded musicDirector: Floris Bernard
Production exécutive BEL AIR MEDIA
© Opéra national de Paris - 2023
Description
Gods and Dogs
00:01:20
Stepping Stones
00:30:15
Petite Mort
00:59:05
Sechs Tänze
01:17:30
Description
Creatives
Choreography Music Dirk P. Haubrich,
Ludwig van Beethoven
Set design, costume design et music design Costume design Joke Visser
Lighting design Kees Tjebbes
Cast
Description
Creatives
Choreography Music John Cage,
Anton Webern
Set and lighting design Michael Simon
Costume design Joke Visser
Cast
Description
Creatives
Choreography Music Set and lighting design Costume design Joke Visser
Cast
Description
Creatives
Choreography Music Set design and Costume design Lighting design Joop Caboort