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Sweet dreams
[Black & White ballets]
This seems more like the result of a nightmare than of the “sweet dreams” of wholesome slumbers. “Sweet Dreams” casts an ironic glance at the complex world og the human subconscious.
This seems more like the result of a nightmare than of the “sweet dreams” of wholesome slumbers. “Sweet Dreams” casts an ironic glance at the complex world og the human subconscious. This world of secret dreams, long-cherished wishes, and wild desires is realised in a work that Kylián has described as “a choreographic collage of absurd pahoristic scenes”. The apple is the universal symbol of human strivings for the forbidden fruits of life. And in “Sweet Dreams”, apples are everywhere and always present : in the dancers’ mouths, rolling over a woman lying on the floor, kicked away like pebbles… They influence all the actions of the twelve dancers and all the relationships among the that proceed to the music of Anton Webern’s orchestra pieces.
Source : Arthaus musik
