Move to Move

MOVE TO MOVE
Choreographers: Alexander Ekman, Sol Léon, Paul Lightfoot, Ohad Naharin | Four Contemporary Ballet
Works
From the Nederlands Dans Theater | Running time: 168 minutes including one intermission
Dance lovers, take note: “If you see one live performance this year…Nederlands Dans Theater is the one to
see.” (New York Times) The Nederlands Dans Theater, “[one] of the most exciting and sleekly glamorous
ensembles” (The Independent) comes to the big screen for the first time with Move to Move, an evening of
four contemporary dance masterpieces: “Left Right Left Right” (choreography by Alexander Ekman),
“Silent Screen” (Sol Léon & Paul Lightfoot), “Secus” (Ohad Naharin), and the world premiere of “Shine A
Light,” a new work by Leon and Lightfoot. Don’t miss this “retina-shredding spectacle of passion and
power” by “the world’s most magnificent dancers”. (Sunday Herald)
Left Right Left Right, choreographed by Alexander Ekman
Silent Screen, choreographed by by Sol Léon & Paul Lightfoot (Watch a clip here:
http://www.ndt.nl/en/ballets/31)
Secus, choreographed by Ohad Naharin (Watch a clip here: http://www.ndt.nl/en/ballets/71
Shine a Light (World premiere), choreographed by Sol Léon & Paul Lightfoot
RUNNING TIME
19.10 - 19.30 Pre-show + Intro
19.30 - 19.58 LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT (Recorded)
20.00 - 20.46 SILENT SCREEN (Live)
20.46 - 21.06 Intermission (Behind the scenes)
21.06 - 21.35 SECUS (Live)
21.40 - 22.16 SHINE A LIGHT (Live)
22.16 - 22.18 Curtain calls, credits
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 2 hours 48 minutes
CAST
Shine a Light
Bastien Zorzetto, French
Jamy Meek, American
Dominic Santia, American
Rupert Tookey, British
Silas Henriksen, Norwegian
Brett Conway, American
Valentina Scaglia, ItalianEma Yuasa, Japanese
Medhi Walerski, French
Silent Screen
Stefan Zeromski, German
Aram Hasler, Swiss
Bryan Arias – American
Jorge Nozal – Spanish
Brett Conway – American
Anna Herrmann – Swiss
Medhi Walerksi – French
Natalia Horecna – Slovakian
Bastien Zorzetto – French
Roger Van der Poel – Portuguese / Dutch
Ema Yuasa – Japanese
Secus
Celia Amade, French
Bryan Arias, American
Cesar Faria Fernandes, Portuguese
Aram Hasler, Swiss
Natalia Horecna, Slovakia
Menghan Lou, Chinese
Carolina Mancuso, Argentinian
Yolanda Martin, Spanish
Heather Myers, Canadian
Kevin Quinaou, French
Dominic Santia, American
Valentina Scaglia, Italian
Anton Valdbauer, Russian
Roger Van der Poel, Portuguese / Dutch
Medhi Walerski, French
Ema Yuasa, Japanese
Bastien Zorzetto, French
Left Right Left Right
Chloé Albaret, French
Astrid Boons, Belgian
Barbara D’Agostino, Dutch
Sarah Murphy, Canadian
Myrthe van Opstal, Dutch
Dévi Selly, French
Arina Trostyanetskaya, Russian
Clara Villalba, French
Meng-Ke Wu, Taiwanese
Olivier Coeffard, French
Chuck Jones, American
David Ledger, British Marne van Opstal, Dutch
Quentin Roger, French
Spenser Theberge, American
Fernando Troya, Spanish
Tim Volleman, Dutch
Jianhui Wang, Chinese
Performed on May 31, 2012.
PRAISE
“the most balletic modern dancers in the world” (The Times)
“If you see one live performance this year…Nederlands Dans Theater is the one to see” (New York Times)
“A team of heartbreakingly sleek and avid dancers” (The Guardian)
“Nederlands Dans Theater I offer startling imagery, stunning dancers and world-class choreography”.
(The Daily Telegraph)
“Artistic interpretation is not, nor should it ever be, a competition. But if it were, this company would
consistently walk home with gold” (Edinburgh News)
ABOUT
Left Right Left Right
Following the successful CACTI (2010), Alexander Ekman (28), the associate choreographer of
Nederlands Dans Theater 2, is once again presenting a new piece for the entire group of young dancers.
Left Right Left Right revolves around concentration, timing and rhythm. Ekman studies the movements
of humans in motion. He once again does this in an entirely unconventional fashion that is mirrored in
Ekman’s trademarks: theatricality, originality, rhythm and modern soundscapes.
Secus
Great master Ohad Naharin, choreographer and artistic leader of Batsheva Dance Company, is back as a
guest at Nederlands Dans Theater for the first time since 2007. Secus was part of the ballet Three and will
be performed on its own for the first time. The Israeli choreographer has been the recipient of prestigious
awards and his work is performed worldwide. Naharin's dance language is down-to-earth, explosive and
vibrant.
Silent Screen
Silent Screen (2005) is a ballet that is seemingly set up like a film. Not only because of the three large
screens that show (though never pre-dominatingly) film fragments in which a couple in love and a little
girl go through various emotional phases, but also because Sol León and Paul Lightfoot's repertory of
movements refers to the influences of their major source of inspiration for this ballet: the silent films of
the 1920s and the enormous expressiveness of the actors in those days. The changing rhythms and the
original formations of the ten dancers are surprising and create cinematic effects: a character suddenly
sneaks around a dancing couple; sometimes the dancers seem to carry on a dialogue with the film images,
while at others they seem to merge with them. With the layered music of Philip Glass (Glassworks) León
and Lightfoot have created a unique universe in Silent Screen.
Shine a Light ( World premiere)
Shine a Light shows that house choreographers Sol León and Paul Lightfoot make dancetheatre. This brand new ballet combines their characteristic dance language with an impressive set design, costumes
(by Sol León together with Joke Visser and Hermien Hollander), a fascinating light design (Tom Bevoort),
and drama. In the credits with the ballet Paul Lightfoot quotes Francis Bacon: ‘In order for the light to
shine so brightly, the darkness has to be present’.
ABOUT NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER
One of the leading companies world-wide in contemporary dance.
Nederlands Dans Theater originated in 1959 when 22 people broke free from the Nederlands Ballet. These
rebels were impassioned by dance and the desire to give it a style all their own. Under the direction of
Carel Birnie and Benjamin Harkarvy they steadily built a different repertoire of modern dance. Over fifty
years later Nederlands Dans Theater has become one of the leading dance companies in the world. A rich
repertoire has been built up with works from master choreographers Jiří Kylián and Hans van Manen, as
well as from resident choreographers Sol León and Paul Lightfoot, associate choreographers Crystal Pite
and Johan Inger and many other guest choreographers like Ohad Naharin, Nacho Duato and William
Forsythe. Under the direction of artistic director Paul Lightfoot Nederlands Dans Theater attracts full
houses world-wide. Through the years, but particularly in its hey-day under former artistic director Jiří
Kylián, Nederlands Dans Theater has done pioneering work in contemporary dance. Ballets originally
made for Nederlands Dans Theater are still danced all over the world. Numerous dancers and
choreographers that once started with the company have set up their own dance companies world-wide.
This is how Nederlands Dans Theater’s influence spreads further and further.
Nederlands Dans Theater has two companies, with two generations of dancers.
Nederlands Dans Theater 1 The big company was founded in 1959 and consists of thirty dancers. They
vary in age from 23 to 42 and each one of them excels in their solo qualities. These phenomenal dancers
and the multifaceted repertoire they bring to the stage attract full houses all over the world. Nederlands
Dans Theater 2 was founded in 1978 for young upcoming talent with an astonishing technique and
endless energy and currently consists of sixteen dancers up to the age of 23. Nederlands Dans Theater 2 is
a revolutionary breeding ground of talent and dances repertoire of established choreographers and new
creations by upcoming choreography talents. The artistic director of Nederlands Dans Theater 2 is Gerald
Tibbs.