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Sita Ostheimer and Dunja Jocić are two aspiring choreographers who use their own movement languages ​​to search for the existential in dance.

Existential

Staatstheater Braunschweig

The very title of this two-part ballet promises an evening of contrasts: tempo versus slowness. In 2027, the ballet world will celebrate Jiří Kylián's 80th birthday. For over three decades, he shaped the profile of Nederlands Dans Theater, which, under his direction, has developed into one of the world's leading contemporary ballet companies. The Prague native has also been associated with the Zurich Ballet since 1997. In slow motion, six figures move through his piece "Last Touch First," reminiscent of Chekhov and Ibsen. On the fine line between perceived movement and immobility, psychodramas full of desire, despair, and pathos unfold. Canadian-born Stephanie Lake is one of the most important dance figures in her adopted home of Australia. She is resident choreographer of the Australian Ballet and resident choreographer with the Semperoper Ballet. With her Melbourne-based Stephanie Lake Company, she tours the world. In her creations, she explores the relationship between the individual and the collective. She is choreographing a fast-paced group piece for the Zurich Ballet to a new score by Robin Fox, dominated by percussion instruments.

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Slow Rush

Opernhaus Zürich

The future is, in many respects, a great unknown. Will there be peace? Will nature recover? Where and how will our society develop? In the two-part dance performance at the Vidmarhallen, the two choreographers Jiří Pokorný and Ella Rothschild explore this theme, allowing two echoes of a future to resonate through dance in their new creations.

Echoes manifest in the body as traces of movement, as repetitions, distortions, and slowing down. The body becomes a sensor for what is to come, a seismograph of a future that announces itself in gesture, breath, and rhythm.

Lighting Designer

Loes Schakenbos

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 16 - Jun 3, 2027

Slow Rush · Opernhaus Zürich

Jan 23 - Mar 24, 2027

Echoes of a Future · Bühnen Bern

Past events

Apr 6, 2024

Existential · Staatstheater Braunschweig

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