PlayBach (2010) — teaser

To revisit Bach’s oeuvre, Yuval Pick and his dancers created a playlist of the classic works in the Bach repertory. Using an Ipod, they zap from one excerpt to another, creating their own acoustic space in real time.

To revisit Bach’s oeuvre, Yuval Pick and his dancers created a playlist of the classic works in the Bach repertory. Using an Ipod, they zap from one excerpt to another, creating their own acoustic space in real time.

Based on this musical universe, Yuval Pick created a choreographic score, based on an exploration of the concept of weight: working with the weight of another person means accepting him or her with all his or her baggage, constantly adjusting, being transformed by his or her touch.

The piece renders this kind of communication visible, signs of a heightened awareness of the other partner, the use of a common vocabulary which has developed out of the relationships between the performers.

Choreography : Yuval Pick

Interpretation : Madoka Kobayashi, Lazare Huet, Antoine Roux-Briffaud

Music : J-S Bach

Concerto Bach Harpsichord en La BWV 1055 Allegro Concerto Bach Oboe en Ré mineur BWV 1059R AdagioCantate BWV 80 « Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott » Clavier bien tempéré n°1 BWV 846 – Prélude et fugue n°4 en Ré majeurCantate BWV 147 « Jésus que ma joie demeure » Concerto Brandebourgeois n°3 en Sol BWV 1048Oratorio de Noël BWV 248 « Wie Soll Ich dich Empfangen » Passion selon Saint Matthieu BWV 244 « Wet hat dich so geschtagen »Clavier bien tempéré, prélude 1 en Do, BWV 846 

Lights : Ludovic Bouaud

Costumes : Emmanuelle Geoffroy and Aude Bretagne

Production : CCNR / Direction Yuval Pick

Premiered in 2010 and commissioned by Carolyn Carlson for Roubaix National Choreographic Centre

Centre Chorégraphique National de Rillieux-la-Pape / Direction Yuval Pick is sponsored by Culture and Communication Ministry – DRAC Rhône-Alpes, Région Rhône-Alpes, city of Rillieux-la-Pape and Département du Rhône.