Contemporary Dance Videos

Category: European Contemporary

  • William Forsythe – One flat thing reproduced

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    This video shows excerpts from the Ballet, “One Flat Thing Reproduced”. Choreographed by William Forsythe and dance by the William Forsythe Company. The more I watch this the more I like it. The movement is impulsive and erratic. Constant shifts in space through, around, under and over the flat spaces are danced with a drive…

  • Chroma – Wayne McGregor

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    This video shows excerpts from the ballet, Chroma, choreographed by Wayne McGregor, resident choreographer of The Royal Ballet in England. McGregor is considered to be one of the leading cutting edge choreographers in the ballet world today. The dancing is hypnotic in it’s erratic and diverse movement vocabulary. McGregor has pushed his dancers to thier…

  • Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev – Serenata (Cantata)

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    Here is a duet choreographed by Mauro Bigonzetti and danced by Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev. It is an excerpt from a bigger piece I think from the Reflections program. I don’t know the music or who sings the song. These two dancers are brilliant and they bring such an intense passion to the choreography…

  • Petite Mort Part 2 of 2

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    Here is the second part of “Petie Mort” choreographed by Jiri Kylian  danced by the Nederlands Dans Theater. Again Sublime!, Gorgeous! and absolutely Beautiful! in movement and image. The sculptural elements in the piece are stunning. The whole piece to me speaks of intimacy and of embracing, enfolding, entwining, between; movement and music, ballet and contemporary, men and…

  • Petite Mort Part 1 of 2

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    Here is part 1 of Jiri Kylian’s “Petite Mort” ballet, danced by the Nederlands Dans Theater. Music is Mozart, piano concerto No 23 2nd Movement. Sublime! Gorgeous! Breathtaking!…. What more can anyone say about Kylian’s choreography and the dancing is exquisite. The opening scene with the swords is brilliant, and the work progresses with movement…

  • Rosas Danst Rosas Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker (Full)

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    This dance video made by Thierry De Mey is based on the choreography of Anna Theresa De Keersmaeker. The whole film is about a half hour in length, and is filmed on site in an empty warehouse. The dancers are dressed all the same in grey skirt, top, shoes and socks, shades of grey seem…

  • Kafig

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    Compagnie Kafig is a French/Algerian dance company led by atistic director and choreographer of international acclaim, Mourad Merzouki. And the dancers are hip hop dancers from Brazil. This is a hip hop dance company which has some amazing work which blends contemporary dance with hip hop. What is shown in this video is an excerpt…

  • Vollmond de Pina Bausch

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    Vollmond is an absolutly stunning work choreographed by Pina Bausch. Here are pics of the dancers caught in the absolute momement dancing in this amazing piece.     Absolutely brilliant! The images are stunning, raw, cutting to the core and electric in power. I can’t say enough about this piece, it left me stunned when I saw the film.…

  • Transaquania – Into Thin Air

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    Transaquania – Into Thin Air, is a contemporary piece danced by the Icelandic Dance Company and choreographed by Erma Omarsdottir, Damien Jolet and Gabriela Fridtiksdottir. This is a very captivating piece, created with fascinating and strange organic “mutated” forms. Visually, wonderful with some beautiful patterns combined with unsettling and powerful images underscored by strange sounds…

  • Stravinsky Rite of Spring “Opening”

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    Here is the opening section of the Rite of Spring choreographed by Pina Bausch, music by Stravinsky. One of many versions, but one I particularly love. Danced in earth, feet bare, women in simple skin toned dresses; evoke a powerful interplay of primal forces. Feminine vulnerability and fear of death against a backdrop of brutal…