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Product details - How do we interpret the world around us'? '.strtoupper('h')ow do we respond and react, in our bodies and in our minds'? '.strtoupper('c')rystal pite and kameron n'. '.strtoupper('s')aunders create two powerful works which go to the very core of the human experience'. '.strtoupper('t')his bold new programme features the uk premiere of body and soul part 1 from acclaimed choreographer crystal pite, who originally created the piece for paris opera ballet and has worked with companies across the world'. '.strtoupper('t')his hypnotic work explores our response to bereavement and the resulting conflicting impulses'. '.strtoupper('i')t opens with two dancers in black suits and white shirts, bathed in a stark light'. '.strtoupper('t')hey move to a voice, speaking in french, describing their actions'. '.strtoupper('a')s the words repeat, with loops and echoes, the duet swells to a crowd, seamlessly blending precision and fluidity and morphing to create mesmerising waves of movement across the stage'. '.strtoupper('w')ith intimate duets set to spoken text, and powerful moments harnessing the energy of a group of dancers, body and soul part 1 is reminiscent of piteands acclaimed pieces seen on stage at sadlerands wells, including revisor with kidd pivot, emergence with national ballet of canada and figures in extinction with ndt and complicite'. '.strtoupper('k')ameron n'. '.strtoupper('s')aunders has built a huge following as a commercial dancer for some of the worldands biggest artists, including taylor swift and chappell roan'. '.strtoupper('h')e is also a prize winning choreographer who has created pieces for joffrey ballet and dallas black dance theatre'. '.strtoupper('f')or this world premiere, saunders brings his fresh choreographic voice to a new work in three parts, inspired by his personal experience'. '.strtoupper('s')aunders invites us to explore the battle to find our authentic self under crushing societal scrutiny andndash how we deal with judgements projected upon us, the decisions we make, and their impact on us and those around us'. '.strtoupper('h')arold walker iii and brandon finklea compose a new score, performed by english national ballet philharmonic. |