Damien Jalet at Grand Theatre of the City of Luxembourg
Dates: 3/20/2012 - 3/21/2012
📍 Theatre: Grand Theatre of the City of Luxembourg
1 Rond-Point Schuman
Luxembourg, Luxembourg L-2525
Phone: 35247963900
Tickets: Adults € 20 / € 8 Young
Running Time: 20:00 PM
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At its performance at the Tokyo International Arts Festival in 2008, programme director Chiaki Soma called Damien Jalet's three spells "a new frontier and a new mode of expression with blending and synergy of different genres of arts that enrich body movement".
Formerly of Belgium's Les Ballets C. de la B., Jalet has composed a work that consists of a duo and two solo pieces. It begins with Venus in Furs, which was originally devised for the Luxembourg style event dysfashional in 2007, with costumes by Japanese designer Jun Takahashi. The designer behind the celebrated Under Cover brand, Takahashi is renowned for conceptually impressive fashion. The piece is performed here by Alexandra Gilbert. Venari, the second piece, is inspired by a Greek myth in which the hunter Actaeon accidentally sees the naked body of Zeus' daughter Artemis and is subsequently killed by his own dogs. Jalet himself performs the work, which sees him collaborate with costume designer Alexandra Mein. Jalet also takes to the stage for the final piece, Aleko, in which he performs alongside Gilbert. Aleko pays homage to Marc Chagall's 1942 backdrops for the ballet of the same name and is co-choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Continuity in all three pieces is not only provided by Jalet, but also by the music by Christian Fennesz, a sometime collaborator of Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and American industrial rockers Nine Inch Nails.
Formerly of Belgium's Les Ballets C. de la B., Jalet has composed a work that consists of a duo and two solo pieces. It begins with Venus in Furs, which was originally devised for the Luxembourg style event dysfashional in 2007, with costumes by Japanese designer Jun Takahashi. The designer behind the celebrated Under Cover brand, Takahashi is renowned for conceptually impressive fashion. The piece is performed here by Alexandra Gilbert. Venari, the second piece, is inspired by a Greek myth in which the hunter Actaeon accidentally sees the naked body of Zeus' daughter Artemis and is subsequently killed by his own dogs. Jalet himself performs the work, which sees him collaborate with costume designer Alexandra Mein. Jalet also takes to the stage for the final piece, Aleko, in which he performs alongside Gilbert. Aleko pays homage to Marc Chagall's 1942 backdrops for the ballet of the same name and is co-choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Continuity in all three pieces is not only provided by Jalet, but also by the music by Christian Fennesz, a sometime collaborator of Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and American industrial rockers Nine Inch Nails.
Cast and Creative Team for Damien Jalet at Grand Theatre of the City of Luxembourg
VENUS IN FURS (1 danseuse + 1 musicien)
CHORÉGRAPHIE Damien Jalet
INTERPRÈTE Alexandra Gilbert
MUSIQUE Christian Fennesz
COSTUMES Jun Takahashi/Undercover
LUMIÈRES Boris Molinié
PRODUCTEUR Anomos/Mosign - Luxembourg 2007 pour dysfashional (commissaires Luca Marchetti, Emanuele Quinz)
DURÉE 10 minutes
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