Event of the season
CHOREOGRAPHY:
William Forsythe
CREATED WITH:
Brigel Gjoka, Jill Johnson, Christopher Roman, Riley Watts, Rauf “RubberLegz“ Yasit and Ander Zabala
PERFORMERS:
Cyril Baldy, Roderick George, Brigel Gjoka, Jill Johnson, Brit Rodemund, Parvaneh Scharafali, Riley Watts, Rauf “RubberLegz“ Yasit
MUSIC:
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)
LIGHT DESIGN:
Tanja Rühl, William Forsythe
SOUND DESIGN:
Niels Lanz
COSTUMES:
Dorothee Merg, William Forsythe
PRODUCTION:
Sadler’s Wells London Production
CO-PRODUCTION:
Théâtre de la Ville, Paris; Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris; Festival d’Automne à Paris; Festival Montpellier Danse 2019; Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg; The Shed, New York; Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens; deSingel international arts campus, Antwerp.
PREMIERE:
4/10/2018, London
DURATION:
ACT 1: 45 minutes
break: 20 minutes
ACT 2: 35 minutes
CREDITS SADLER’S WELLS
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CHIEF EXECUTIVE:
Alistair Spalding CBE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
Suzanne Walker
HEAD OF PRODUCING & TOURING:
Bia Oliveira
PRODUCER:
Florent Trioux
TECHNICAL PRODUCTION MANAGER:
Adam Carrée
WARDROBE SUPERVISOR:
Miwa Mitsuhashi
TECHNICAL TEAM
PRODUCTION MANAGER & RE-LIGHTER:
Pete Maxey
COMPANY STAGE MANAGER:
Helen Lainsbury
HEAD OF SOUND:
Simon Lambert
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In his latest work, William Forsythe pays homage to his native language of ballet, as he returns to the TANEC PRAHA Festival stage for the first time in 20 years. Throughout his 45 year career, he has re-invented classical ballet techniques, adapting them to the 21st century, and this piece is no exception, as he combines these techniques with novel hip hop elements. A Quiet Evening of Dance is truly quiet and minimalist, demanding the viewer's intellectual attention, and succeeds in gaining it through intimate virtuosity, graceful movement and gentle mischievousness.
William Forsythe is undoubtedly one of the foremost choreographers of his generation. For this unusual configuration of new and existing work, Forsythe has imagined something akin to an evening of chamber music, designed to be listened to.
The works range from sparse analytic condensation to baroque inspired counterpoint. The intricate phrasing of the dancers’ breath is the primary accompaniment for a distillation of the geometric origins of classical ballet.
The evening is performed by some of Forsythe’s most trusted collaborators, who promise to provide insight into the workings of ballet and the mind of the man who has dedicated his work to this task. The programme includes two new pieces, Epilogue and Seventeen/Twenty One; two reimagined repertory works, Dialogue (DUO2015) and Catalogue (Second Edition), as well as Prologue, an excerpt of Seventeen/Twenty One.
Awards
- Winner of Best Modern Choreography Award at The Critics’ Circle Awards 2020
- Winner of the FEDORA - VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Prize for Ballet 2018.
Reviews:
“It is the kind of dance we rarely see anymore, one that leaves audiences elevated, energized, overcome by the sheer pleasure of movement and music.”
The New Yorker (Venice Biennale)
“It reveals a kind of introverted virtuosity that leaves you dumbstruck. (...) Undramatised yet utterly fascinating, it feels like a choreographic secret, offered freely, without explanation.”
The Guardian
