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Bekijk het NDT 2-programma Lucid Variations ook als video on demand in Digitaal Theater.
Beste bezoekers,
Welkom bij Climb the sky! Dit nieuwe NDT 2-programma toont werken van de veelgeprezen choreografen Crystal Pite en Johan Inger en een wereldpremière van een spannende nieuwe stem bij NDT, Noé Soulier.
Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue, oorspronkelijk gecreëerd voor Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet in 2008, markeert de eerste samenwerking van NDT’s associate choreograaf Crystal Pite met NDT 2. In deze ontroerende en intieme partituur voor tien duetten portretteert Pite fragmenten van een onverteld verhaal over menselijke relaties en hun vaak complexe verbanden.
Noé Soulier is sinds 2020 directeur van het Centre national de danse contemporaine in Anger. Souliers werk onderzoekt hoe we gebaren zien, interpreteren en verwerken in dans. Met zijn nieuwe werk About Now analyseert en beschrijft hij verschillende manieren van bewegen die diverse ervaringen van het lichaam bewerkstelligen. We zijn erg blij om Soulier en zijn nieuwe werk, gemaakt in samenwerking met modeontwerper Nix Lecourt-Mansion, aan ons NDT-publiek voor te stellen.
Ter afsluiting van de avond presenteren we met veel plezier het adembenemende Out of Breath van Johan Inger, dat hij in 2002 voor het gezelschap creëerde. De heropvoering van dit werk met een nieuwe generatie dansers geeft een uniek perspectief aan dit belangrijke werk uit de NDT-canon.
Veel dank voor uw komst vanavond. We hopen dat u geniet van het programma!
Emily Molnar
Artistiek directeur
INSTUDERING
Cindy Salgado
MUZIEK
Cliff Martinez: High Energy Proton Accelerator, Maybe you’re my puppet, Don’t Blow It, Will She Come Back? Version Titles From “Solaris”/ Score (Twentieth Century Fox Film Music Corporation)
LICHT
Jim French
KOSTUUMS
Linda Chow
REPETITOREN
Lydia Bustinduy, Ander Zabala
WERELDPREMIÈRE
30 juni 2008, Ceder Lake Contemporary Ballet
NDT PREMIÈRE
16 maart 2023, Amare Den Haag
DUUR
14 minuten
CAST A
Conner Chew
Ricardo Hartley III
Samuel van der Veer
Sophie Whittome
Viola Busi
CAST B
Barry Gans
Rebecca Speroni
Casper Mott
Demi Bawon
Nova Valkenhoff
“I love the word “rescue”. It captures a whole story in a single word. Similarly, the body can convey narrative through the simplest of actions. For me, this work for Cedar Lake was an act of excavation. After creating the choreography, I searched within it for images that specifically evoked rescue. There are many of them. They exist inside the dancing like fragments of an untold narrative. I suppose the presence of rescue in this work is twofold, as I tried to liberate and expose these images for brief contemplation before releasing them back into the dance: saving and holding one picture of rescue in each of the ten duets.”
– Crystal Pite
Conner Chew about Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue:
“Out reached arms
Softening palms
Her weight falls back into the safety of my hands
A cry for help, only to send it elsewhere
She slips from my hand
to ignite the charge
We cannot touch but let us run together
Three steps, a chase, resilient pressure
Although we never touch, I feel your warmth
Drag me, save me
I am blind yet we still fly
I let you soar to come down
Let me be your pillow
Another release to save
Let us push and pull
Out reached arms
Softening palms”
Sophie Whittome about Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue:
“Something I’ve found interesting:
Within this piece, the range of rescue has been stretched out and tried on in different sizes… Heroism in miniature, the size of lint removed from a shirt, or at its hugest, enough that a slipped grip sends a person into free-fall.
Equally as compelling has been watching as the stakes gets scrambled (which they’re bound to do). The lint is suddenly heavier than the free fall. As viewers, our minced stakes are uniquely our own, and we make of each rescue what we will.”
MUZIEK
Johan Sebastian Bach by Pierre-Laurent Aimard: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus I, II, III, IV, Contrapunctus No. 9 alla Duodecima, No. 20 Fuga a 3 Soggetti (Contrapunctus No. 14) (Deutsche Grammophon/ Universal, Albersen Verhuur B.V. Den Haag, namens © Peters Edition, Leipzig.)
LICHT
Victor Burel
KOSTUUMS
Nix Lecourt Mansion
REPETITOR
Ander Zabala
WERELDPREMIÈRE
16 maart 2023, Amare, Den Haag
DUUR
22 minuten
Demi Bawon
Barry Gans
Nick Daniels
Casper Mott
Omani Ormskirk
Gabriele Rolle
Rui-Ting Yu
“My approach to movement is rooted in practical actions that most of us are familiar with, such as hitting, avoiding or throwing. I insert many distortions that motivate the dancers’ movements without being identifiable by the spectators. These diverted actions capture a poetic dimension of movement that lies beneath discourse and narration. Far from being purely formal, they aim to trigger affects and emotions in both the performers and the audience without having to be part of a narrative structure.
In About Now, I confront this vocabulary of diverted actions with the steps of classical dance, that can be seen as stylized action verbs: “frappé, fouetté, assemblé… ”. With the dancers of NDT 2, we explored actions present in this classical vocabulary, and thereby delved into the sensual, experiential and affective dimension of this movement language, rather than into its formal geometric structure.
Ballet is disciplinary, and imposes a formal framework on the body that disregards its natural tendencies and conveys stereotyped gendered norms. The problematic nature of this heritage appears more and more clearly. It is, however, illusory to think that we could completely separate ourselves from this legacy. Instead of denying it, About Now aims to rework its principle guidelines to create a new classic movement language that draws on the richness of this tradition. This way, About Now generates a different relationship to the body, one that is affective and sensual, and that reconfigures the dynamics of power embedded in classical dance.”
– Noé Soulier
Rui-Ting Yu about About Now:
“It’s been a pleasure to work with Noé.
We started with improvisation, in which we used a few ballet languages to develop the ideas. To experience it through the body, and to understand what it means for each individual. A task could bring up many possibilities to receive and respond in conversation.
We play with our senses in relationship between people, space, and everything. In the present moment it requires a high awareness. The joy of unknowing and challenge opens our sensitivity. Each choice creates other paths, we’re already in the dialogue by existing.”
Nick Daniels about About Now:
“Working with Noé began with a lot of improvisation, most of the tasks coming from a classic background. Then for us to reinvent what these ideas mean in our bodies. It creates a playful atmosphere to experiment, transforming something we know and developing a dialogue with it. Trying out different links around the materials. Disassemble, repeat, hang on the edge, and reimagine the framework. Our relationship to space, time, music, and the people around us brings up a lot of new questions. An interconnected channel of communication that holds volume if you stay tuned in. How far the listening can carry you through the work with all the complexities required. It is quite a challenge but a great opportunity to investigate how to stay alive in an active state of response.”
Met About Now presenteert choreograaf Noé Soulier zijn debuutcreatie bij het gezelschap. Hoe verliep zijn creatieproces? In dit interview kom je er alles over te weten:
INSTUDERING
Parvaneh Scharafali
MUZIEK
Jacob ter Veldhuis: uit: String Quartet Nr. 3 (1994) “There must be some way out of here” Track 1 : Slow movement (Donemus).
Lajkó Félix (viool) Hongaarse vioolmuziek: Vonósnégyes String Quartet (X-Produkció, Fono records).
LICHT
Ellen Ruge – redesigned in 2016 by Tom Visser
KOSTUUMS & DECOR
Mylla Ek
REPETITOR
Lydia Bustinduy
WERELDPREMIÈRE
14 november 2002, Lucent Danstheater Den Haag
DUUR
20 minuten
CAST A
Rui-Ting Yu
Rebecca Speroni
Omani Ormskirk
Gabriele Rolle
Barry Gans
Ivo Mateus
CAST B
Demi Bawon
Sophie Whittome
Nova Valkenhoff
Conner Chew
Ricardo Hartley III
Nick Daniels
“I created Out of Breath during a tumultuous time in my life when the dramatic birth of my daughter brutally sparked the awareness that life can be extremely fragile from the very start. The piece addresses the ever lingering presence of death, how we tend to forget this is part of our daily lives but also how that anxiety is constantly surpassed and transcended by the vibration and passion for life. Out of Breath was made a month after this event and I was still very taken by it so I made this piece where life and death are both present, almost going hand in hand. The curved wall on stage recalls a sunken ship that provides the anchor point for the dancers to dance around. It is counterbalanced by the passionate and spirited music composed by Jacob ter Veldhuis and violinist Lajko Felix.”
– Johan Inger
Ivo Mateus about Out of Breath:
“Slippery form of freedom,
Singular exhale.
Embracing our eyes
Savoring our own textures.
Tearing down the plasticity of humanity.
Picking up courage, facing what’s left.
Black mass, selfishness.
Passion and self.
A lifetime, a place shared with memory
Ecstasy and support.
Togetherness also equals madness.
I am above you and with you at the same time.
Silent screams as a form of understanding communication.
Constantly moving towards disagreement.
Believing in what’s not there.
Six bodies is one.
Physicalizing a timeline.
Commanding. Compressing. Denying. Decaying. Moving away.
While breaking.
We climb towards the Last Breath.”
Rebecca Speroni about Out of Breath:
“When I think about the piece Out of Breath the first thing that comes to mind is intimacy.
I think this piece has the power to transport you in a second into a world in which you are always in a state of tension but also of hope, from which you do not know how to get out. Although it is about a very deep subject, that is difficult to understand, especially if you have not experienced it in your life, It’s one of those repertoires where it’s impossible to pretend.
Dancing this piece is like stripping all certainty, leaving at the end the pure essence of the individual.”
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