A Quiet Evening of Dance

William Forsythe

Piece for 8 dancers

Chorégraphie : William Forsythe
Créée avec : Brigel Gjoka, Jill Johnson, Christopher Roman, Parvaneh Scharafali, Riley Watts, Rauf “RubberLegz“ Yasit, Ander Zabala
Interprètes : Cyril Baldy, Roderick George, Brigel Gjoka, Jill Johnson, Brit Rodemund, Parvaneh Scharafali, Riley Watts, Rauf “RubberLegz“ Yasit
Musique : Morton Feldman, Nature Pieces for Piano No.1. From, First Recordings (1950s) – The Turfan Ensemble, Philipp Vandré © Mode (for Epilogue), Jean‐Philippe Rameau, Hippolyte et Aricie : Ritournelle, from Une Symphonie Imaginaire, Marc Minkowski & Les Musiciens du Louvre © 2005 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin (for Seventeen/Twenty One)
Création lumières : Tanja Rühl and William Forsythe
Création costumes : Dorothee Merg and William Forsythe
Création son : Niels Lanz
Directeur artistique et chef exécutif : Alistair Spalding CBE
Productrice executive : Suzanne Walker
Directrice du département Production & Diffusion : Bia Oliveira
Directeur de Production : Florent Trioux
Directeur technique : Adam Carrée
Responsable Marketing : Jordan Archer
Chargée de production : Hannah Gibbs
Responsable costumes : Miwa Mitsuhashi
Responsable de la presse : Caroline Ansdell
Régie générale et son : Simon Lambert
Régie de la compagnie : Helen Lainsbury
Régie Lumière : Amelia Hawkes
Crédit photo : Bill Cooper

Production : Sadler’s Wells London
Coproduction : Théâtre de la Ville de Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Festival Montpellier Danse 2019, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, The Shed New York, Onassis Athènes, deSingel

Winner of the  FEDORA – VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Prize for Ballet 2018
Winner of Best Modern Choreography Award at The Critics’ Circle Awards 2020


Création octobre 2018, Sadler’s Wells London

 

In A Quiet Evening of Dance, William Forsythe produces a wonderful work that explores the history of academic danceall the way back to where it started inthe court ballet during the reign of Louis XIV. The American choreographer startsby breaking it down and setting out the principles and bases of the classical technique. Yet there is nothing dry in this précis of dance because introducing a twist here, a flowing dynamic there and some intense stretching, Forsythe and his performers bring a contemporary vitality and seduction to this ancient language.The culmination of a divertimento synthesising the Grand Siècle and the 21st century, in this new work set to music by Jean-Philippe Rameau Seventeen/Twenty- One meticulously combines elements of baroque dance and evolve, a particularly acrobatic hip hop style. In this quiet evening of dance – clear and complex, sophisticated yet comprehensible, refined to the point of being instinctive – Forsythe shares the quintessential nature of his art : a “belle danse” packed with intelligence and enjoyment.

Sat. 18.09.2021
20:00
Charleroi - Les Écuries
shows
1h40 (entracte compris)