Dance
And then, one thousand years of peace
Choreography by Angelin Preljocaj
Sensual, dramatic, and daring is the world of choreographer Angelin Preljocaj, a sought-after master provocateur whose works have ranged from an erotic Snow White, featuring costumes by Jean Paul Gaultier, to a commission for New York City Ballet set to music by John Cage. For this work, Preljocaj offers an epic encounter with the end of the world, exploring the apocalypse as a revelation of the deepest truths of our being.Electronic music by influential DJ Laurent Garnier, mixed with samples of Beethoven, and a dramatic staging by renowned artist Subodh Gupta set the mood. Alternating between intense, slashing gestures and classical ballet, the 21 dancers of Ballet Preljocaj evoke the visions of life and death, calm and chaos, that have long kept us clamoring for redemption.
Music by Laurent Garnier
Set design by Subodh Gupta
Costume design by Igor Chapurin
Lighting design by Cécile Giovansili-Vissière
Coproduction
Rhône General Council / Dance Biennial in Lyon, Théâtre National
de Chaillot (Paris), Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, The Amsterdam
Music Theatre (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Theater im Pfalzbau
(Ludwigshafen, Germany) Spielzeit'Europa - Berliner Festspiele
(Germany), Theatre of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, MC2 (Grenoble),
Théâtre de Caen, Royal Opera House - the Château de Versailles,
France-Russia Year 2010.
With the support of the Grand Théâtre de Provence,
Aix-en-Provence.
The 2013 Next Wave Festival showcases the very best in contemporary performance, plus artist talks, storytelling, visual art, and film.
A member of Ballet Preljocaj leads dancers through a combination of technical work and structured movement exploration based on the choreography of this season’s And then, one thousand years of peace.
Angelin Preljocaj has choreographed more than 30 major works.