Category: European Contemporary
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Without Words – Nacho Duato – Leonid Sarafanov and Irina Perren
The gorgeous pas de deux in this video is from Nacho Duato’s ballet, Without Words and the music is by Franz Schubert. Here it is danced by Irina Perren and Leonid Sarafanov, dance artists from the Mikhailovsky Theatre, Russia. Nacho Duato is presently the artistic director and choreographer for this Russian company and is the…
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Gods and Dogs | Jiri Kylián | Nederlands Dans Theater II
Exciting and scorching! These clips are from one of Jiri Kylians later pieces, Gods and Dogs, danced by Nederlands Dans Theater II. The music is Ludwig Van Beethovan, string quartet No. 1 in F, Op 18, No. 1:II Adagio The music in the last duet has been altered by Dirk Haubrich to create a different…
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Jiri Kylian-A way Alone “Body Of Work” 2006
This video clip shows a short piece called, A Way Alone, choreographed by Jiri Kylian for the Rotterdam Dance Academy. This performance is performed by dance and music students. The music is Bach, from the Goldberg Variations 15 Canone Andante. I found this quite by surprise as I was perusing through Kylians ballets and was…
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Caravaggio. The Dance of Young Musicians
Don’t miss this most exquisite romantic duo/trio of The Dance of Young Musicians from Mauro Bigonzetti’s two act contemporary ballet, Caravaggio. It is danced here by Vladimir Malakhov, Shoko Nakamura and Michael Banzhaf of the Staatsballet in Berlin. The music is composed by Bruno Moretti based on Claudio Monteverdi. I just can’t get enough of…
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dissolve in this Johan Inger Nederlands Dans Theater I and II
This is an exciting and intense work called “dissolve in this” choreographed by Johan Inger for the Netherlands dance theatres I and II. He collaborated in this production with Jens Sethzen who created the sets and lighting design. This ballet is created for16 dancers although it is not intended as a large group work. Inger…
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La Prima Vez – Pina
This video shows a deeply emotional and moving solo choreographed by Pina Bausch. The dancer is a member of the Wuppertal Tanztheatre that was directed by Pina Bausch and the music is a traditional Sephardic song performed by The New World Renaissance Band from the soundtrack of Pina Bausches’ work Der Fensterputzer” This Piece is…
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Rosas Danst Rosas Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker (Dance Highlight)
This video is a 8:24 minute extract of a dance film made by Thierry De Mey based on the choreography of Anna Theresa De Keersmaeker. The video is a powerful and gripping sequence that is filmed in a space that is bright, stark, and institutional, producing a sense of sterile alienation. It is the second…
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Ballets Jazz de Montréal à Montmagny le 19 janvier 2013
This video shows an extraordinarily beautiful ballet created by Mauro Bigonzetti danced by Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal of Canada. The music is composed by Gioacchino Rossini. This ballet is an abstract piece that has no story line or plot but is an exploration of parallel lives, images, cards, dramatic icons and comic situations in…
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Glory – Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève
In this video we change gears and see excerpts of a fairly new ballet called “Gloria” choreographed by Andonis Foniadakis. It is danced by artists of Ballet du Grand Theatre de Geneve. Here we have a wonderful example of how contemporary ballet can create visually rich images while abounding with such free and seamless movement.…