The piece “Petit Mort” choreographed by Jiri Kylian for the Nederlands Dans Theater has been a success since created in 1991. In the beginning‚ the six male dancers dressed in a short like skin color corset each holding a sword establish an aggressive and violent tone for the piece. The six dancers performed down stage at unison with the swords in fighting movements creating the suspense and drama. After a few more movements with the swords‚ they placed the swords on the floor. The six male dancers
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Jiri Harcuba: The infamous man behind the portrait Jiri Harcuba: The Infamous Man Behind the Portrait Jiri Harcuba was born December 6th‚ 1928 in the notorious glass making village of Harrachov‚ in the Czech Republic. Jiri was born into a family of glass workers. “So just who is Jiri Harcuba?” one may inquire. He began his glass career at the young age of fourteen‚ apprenticing at world renowned Harrachov glass engraving studios. Three years later Harcuba graduated from
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Anna Kisselgoff a professional dance critic believes; Jiri Kylian’s choreography resulted in ‘scores of younger choreographers being influenced by the emotional and kinetic thrust of his signature style‚ a highly physical fusion of ballet technique with the idiomatic freedom of modern dance. As an artist‚ he has been remarkably deep and original.’ Jiri Kylian’s ‘Black and White’ ballets‚ premiered on May 7‚ 1988‚ have a number of defining characteristics which create a unique contemporary style.
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------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ‘Falling Angels’ by Jiří Kylián Falling Angels is a part of the Black and White ballets which were created in 1989 with 8 white female dancers dressed in black leotards. It was performed to drumming/percussion music based on ceremonial ritual music from Ghana. The piece is performed by eight women dancing to rhythmic drumming. Jiří Kylián’s Falling Angels expresses emotions through movement which connects to the audience and
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February 27‚ 2013 Ballet History Historical Context Paper “Petite Mort” In 1991 Jiri Kylian was asked by the Salzburg Festival to create a brand new piece for this year’s show case. He was only given one parameter that he had to follow and all other creative choices were up to him. Since the festival was dedicating this year to Mozart’s 200th anniversary of his death they wanted the piece somehow related to him. Kylian chose two of Mozart’s slow and most famous piano concertos for his twelve dancers
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underpinnings‚ experience and intentions have an impact on the way the Nacho Duato’s piece came together. Duato spent many years working with Jiri Kylian. Kylian was Duato’s mentor through his early period as a professional dancer and an emerging choreographer. Throughout the performance it is evident that Kylian played an immense role in his training‚ as both Kylian and Duato both have the presentation of contemporary dance with the background of classical technique. Critics suggest that much of Nacho
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watching Jiri Kylián’s point of view on how he wanted to bring out Aboriginal culture into a modern ballet dance‚ he comes off as a very passionate choreographer. I like how he mentioned about how the Aboriginal dances are tied with nature‚ then watching Kylian’s Stamping ground performance he tied the two together in a beautiful and modern way yet you can still see the Aboriginal culture tied in as well. As I watched The Road to the Stamping Ground‚ I noticed how it was very important to Kylian to bring
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Dance Film Review “Petite Mort” Petite Mort is a piece choreographed by Jiri Kylian for the Nederland Dans Theatre. It is part of a group of six pieces‚ called the Black and White ballets‚ all choreographed by Kylian. Petite Mort was filmed for the first time in 1996 and is still being performed in theatres all over the world today. The lastest being in America by the American Dance theatre under the guidance of Alvin Ailey. The piece starts of with male dancers playing around with fencing
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the theatre‚ directing the Marionett Theatre and the Royal Dramatic Theatre (Stockholm) between 1966 and 1973. In-between he decided to go back to dance‚ joining the Cullberg Ballet in 1972 where he learned choreography from Maurice Béjart and Jirí Kylián. In 1975 he began an engagement as a dancer at Ballett der Deutschen Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf. He created his first choreography for the Cullberg Ballet in 1976‚ entitled The Officer’s Servant. He also produces Soweto and St. George and the Dragon
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King’s Lines Ballet; Complexions Contemporary Ballet‚ under the direction of Dwight Rhoden; Nacho Duato’s Compañia Nacional de Danza; William Forsythe‚ who has worked extensively with the Frankfurt Ballet and today runs The Forsythe Company; and Jiří Kylián‚ currently the artistic director of the Nederlands Dans Theater. Traditionally "classical" companies‚ such as the Kirov Ballet and the Paris Opera Ballet‚ also regularly perform contemporary works. Although contemporary ballet is still not as prized
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