Dance • William Forsythe/ Ballet Royal de Flandre - Impressing the Czar
Théâtre National de Chaillot
Address : 1 place du Trocadéro 75116 Paris
Metro : Trocadéro
01 53 65 30 00
www.theatre-chaillot.fr
18€ to 35€
Duration : 2h15 with intermission
Impressing the Czar
Choreography, William Forsythe
Music, Thom Willems, Leslie Stuck, Eva Crossman-Hecht, Ludwig van Beethoven
Set, Michel Simon
Costumes, Férial Münnich
Sound, Bernhard Klein
With the dancers of the Royal Ballet of Flanders and Helen Pickett (invited artists)
The production of two of William Forsythe’s major works, twenty-five years on, testify to the contemporariness of his choreographic approach. Performed by the Royal Ballet of Flanders, Artifact (1984) may be seen as a danced manifesto, while Impressing the Czar (1988) is a joyful parody of 19th century ballet.
Both bear witness to his will to incorporate music and theater into a profound understanding of dance.
Production Royal Ballet of Flanders
Corealisation Théâtre National de Chaillot (Paris) ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
Partnership with France Inter
Eva Dewaele © Johan Persson