Duo

In the small space just in front of the curtain, just at the edge of the stage, is «Duo», a clock composed of two dancers. The dancers register time in a spiraling way, make it visible.

For the second time this season, the CCN – Ballet de Lorraine will present a piece by William Forsythe. Entering the company’s rep is the major work Duo, which will be accompanied live by the music of Thom Willems, one of the choreographer’s principal creative collaborators for many years.

In the small space just in front of the curtain, just at the edge of the stage, is «Duo»,  a clock composed of two dancers. The dancers register time in a spiraling way, make it visible, they think about how it fits into space, they pull time into an intricate, naked pattern and the pattern grows and unfolds as they tumble, shear, strike, reverse. Their bodies brilliant in a shimmer of black, the dancers fly with reckless accuracy, their breath sings of the spaces in time. Distant music appears and vanishes as the dancers follow each other through the whirling, etched quiet. A clock which regards the limitless by returning to where it began.

source : CCN – Ballet de Lorraine

Credits

World premiere January 20, 1996 at the Ballett Frankfurt, Städtische Bühnen Francfort

Premiered by the CCN – Ballet de Lorraine May 12, 2015 at the Opéra national de Lorraine

Choreography : William ForsytheMusic : Thom WillemsScene, lights & costumes : William ForsytheTransmission : Cyril BaldyRehearsal director : Isabelle Bourgeais