Details

Nederlands Dans Theater 1, 'the flagship', was founded in 1959 and is highly successful all over the world. The dancers are all soloists and are not divided into categories, all have equal status. In Shoot the Moon, Sol Leon and Paul Lightfoot offer glimpses of the love life of three different couples. Revolving walls covered in black and white wallpaper create three separate rooms, each containing its own love story. Shoot the Moon is an exploration of hidden emotions, set to a score by Philip Glass. Also by Le?n and Lightfoot, Stop-Motion sees seven dancers depict a process of farewell and transformation to melancholic music by Max Richter. As ephemeral as the dust, they grace the stage like ghosts or spirits; lighting up and fading out. Stop-Motion aims to address the notions of past and future and how they merge into the present. The Statement, a piece about a battle for control, is created by Crystal Pite with playwright Jonathon Young, the masterminds behind the Oliver Award-winning Betroffenheit. The piece is based on a script written by Young that is expressed by four dancers who share a heated conversation around a conference table, symbolizing a corporate environment. Control, moral conflicts, responsibility and the inability to escape make the work a piece that offers a wedge of realism. Marco Goecke takes inspiration from the music of Jeff Buckley in the emotion-driven Woke up Blind. The two female and five male dancers are drawn into an acoustic world in which they excel in contesting with Buckley's vocal power and his frenetic guitar sounds. Like young lovers, they throw themselves into the unknown regardless of the consequences through highly complex movement.

Creatives/Company

Choreographer(s): Sol Leon (Shoot the Moon / Stop-Motion), Paul Lightfoot (Shoot the Moon / Stop-Motion), Crystal Pite (The Statement), Crystal Pite (The Statement), Marco Goecke (Woke up Blind)
Music: Jeff Buckley (Woke up Blind)