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Filmed performances

Evening songs

Choreography

Jiří Kylián

Film Director

Charles Picq

Collection

Maison de la danse

Company

Introdans Ensemble for youth

Year of production

2011

Year of creation

1987

For this refined, poetic choreography for three couples, master choreographer Jiří Kylián chose music by his fellow countryman Antonín Dvořák. The movements seem, very subtly, to arise from silence and then also subtly dissolve in silence, creating a dreamy atmosphere. It is wonderful how Kylián ‘choreographs’ the dresses of the dancers, almost like a sculptural extension of their bodies. Kylián made Evening Songs in 1987 after the large-scale occasional ballet Joris en de Draak. He felt the need, he says, to return to the simple gesture, to the ideals of his youth and to those things that really matter in this world where intimacy often seems to be lost.

Source: Introdans

More information: www.introdans.nl

Choreography

Jiří Kylián

Film Director

Charles Picq

Collection

Maison de la danse

Year of production

2011

Year of creation

1987

Company

Introdans Ensemble for youth

Music

Antonín Dvorák, Lieder (1/3) from the 4 Lieder for Mixed Choir op. 29 and Dans la Nature (4/2) op. 63 (performed by Pavel Kühn Choir Prague, Koch Supraphon, 03114-2)

Performance

Aymeric Aude, Mathieu Di Scala, Alexis Geddes, Zsolt Hatvani, Merel Janssen, Karin Lambrechtse, Matteo Marfoglia, Elena Pampoulova, Mattia Russo, Vivian Sauerbreij, Jamy Schinkelshoek, Jurriën Schobben, danseur stagiaire Mirko Campigotto

Lights

Kees Tjebbes

Choreography assistance

Arlette van Boven, répétitrice Iris Reyes

More information

World premiere September 9, 1987, Nederlands Dans Theater, The Hague
Première Introdans Ensemble pour les Jeunes October 28, 2006, Zwolle

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