Some men. Some women. No characters and lots of engagement. This profoundly intimate creation, which is inspired by the eponymous essay by Nancy Huston, Reflets dans un œil d’homme (Reflections in the Eyes of a Man), invites the spectator to share…

The French composer Maurice Ravel remains a source of inspiration for any choreographer. Artistic director and star choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and rising talent Jeroen Verbruggen take their vision of Ravel’s music to the stage. Jeroen…

The heroines of the composer Giacomo Puccini, were almost always doomed to a tragic fate. Here they are brought to the stage accompanied by the most beautiful arias. This choreography is a tribute to the opera, and particularly to the illustrious…

Beethoven between force and freedom. For more than 20 years, Nico and the Navigators have been among the most important independent music theatre ensembles in Europe. With their "staged concerts", celebrated both by press and audiences alike, the…

Whether we come from here or from far away, we are all made up of an intimate and cultural past as well as hopes for the future. In this way, our uniqueness emerges and our worldview is shaped. Confronting our different worldviews, far from being a…

Legend has it that skateboarding was born one day when low waves forced surfers onto the Los Angeles asphalt. Gliding through the streets, conquering every new obstacle, skateboarding has become a peculiar choreography. It plays over the surface of…

Thierry Malandain followed the usual path of a classical dancer but with a strong taste for the unconventional and an unusual tenacity. For the Malandain Ballet series, he choreographed Silhouette, Estro and Nocturnes, with all three programmes…

It is of course Ludwig van Beethoven's 6th Symphony, whose epigraph is: "Pastoral Symphony, or Remembrance of Rustic Life, more expressed emotion than descriptive painting". Translating the composer's ardent love of nature: "I am so happy when I can…

Nacho Duato composed the one-act ballet White Darkness as a requiem for his sister. The result is a masterpiece which, according to critics, has reached heights deemed hitherto impossible on the landscape of modern arts. In contrast, American…

In retrospect, the solo version of Stravinsky’s Sacre du Printemps (Sacre I) can be interpreted as a bleak, oppressive dance about his own life. The ballet is one of the late works by Uwe Scholz, one of the most important choreographers of the 20th…