Staatsballett Berlin at Staatsoper Unter den Linden

2 Chapters Love

Ballet

Unter den Linden 7 10117 Berlin

Stars Like Moths / 2 Chapters Love

© Carlos Quezada
© Jubal Battisti
© Carlos Quezada
© Carlos Quezada
© Jubal Battisti
© Jubal Battisti
© Carlos Quezada
© Carlos Quezada
© Carlos Quezada

Description

Stars Like Moths
Choreography by Sol León
Music by Jóhann Jóhansson, Marco Rosano and Olafúr Arnalds

2 Chapters Love
Choreography by Sharon Eyal
Music by Ori Lichtik

In 2 Chapters Love, the works of two leading contemporary choreographers are united during an evening of dance. Sol León and Sharon Eyal are both celebrated stars of the international dance scene.

For over thirty years, Sol León and her partner Paul Lightfoot have developed a rich repertoire of compelling dance pieces, which, as diverse as they are, have a strong, innovative voice in contemporary dance. Powerful and delicate, humorous and poetic, intellectual and dramatic, the movement aesthetics of their pieces have emotional roots in the partnership of the two choreographers. Their distinct style is a hallmark of this joint artistic journey. Sol León has been working with the Nederlands Dans Theater as an in-house choreographer since 2002 and was an Artistic Advisor to the ensemble from 2012 to 2020. Recently, Sol Léon has also begun to work as a choreographer in her own right. One of her first solo works, Stars Like Moths, is now being developed together with the Staatsballett Berlin, a new piece that is as uncompromisingly personal and poetic as ever.

Sharon Eyal enthrals audiences everywhere with her productions and has also taken Berlin by storm with works such as Half Life and Strong. Anyone who has attended her shows knows that the audience doesn’t just watch: it embarks on a journey into a surreal parallel universe, into the fluidity of life itself. With her team, the Israeli choreographer draws on her own experiences, starting with the nightlife in Tel Aviv, which she has helped to shape through music and performances with Gai Behar and Alon Cohen. Her work combines the hypnotic power of electronic music with the precision and attention to detail of unusual movement patterns. Increasing levels of tension and rapture leave both the audience and the dancers in a state of ecstasy. With the aim of unleashing ‘total emotion’, Sharon Eyal is developing a new work called 2 Chapters Love for the Staatsballett Berlin, an extension of her dance piece Love Chapter 2 from 2017.

Cast

Sol León
Choreography
Jóhann Jóhansson
Music
Marco Rosano und Olafúr Arnalds
Music
Ori Lichtik
Music
Sol León
Stage
Sol León
Costumes
Joke Visser und Hermien Hollander
Costumes realised by
Jolanda De Kleine
Lighting
Sol León
Video – concept and image
Ennya Larmit
Video – animation, illustration and editing
Gai Behar
Co-Choreography
Thijs Scheele
Ton
Roger Van der Poel / Chloé Albaret
Choreographische Assistenz
Léo Lérus
Einstudierung
Isabel Theißen
Kostümentwicklung

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Staatsballett Berlin at Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Unter den Linden 7 10117 Berlin

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