Peer Gynt

What do the life of Peer Gynt, the anti-heros of Henrik Ibsen’s youth, and that of a choreographer have in common? An unstoppable need to travel the world, for a start.  Approaching his fiftieth year, the choreographer and Nerderlands Dans Theatre alumnus

Johan Inger brilliantly experiments with this adaptation of this travelled road – from its classical roots to the earthy and powerful dance of Mats Ek.

In a fantastical world in a strange land, Ibsen’s existentialist tale leads Peer Gynt to a series of women, the ladies of the princess of the Trolls at Sloveig, who will await his return until the very end.  The visual and brilliant dance brings to light the relationship between softness and exaggeration.  Johan Inger creates an expressive and theatrical ballet to Evard Greig’s music, written for the first staging of the piece in 1876, which is fiercely conveyed by thirty dancers from the Ballet de Bâle.

Source : Programme de la Maison de la Danse de Lyon