27'52" - Jiří Kylián (NDT 2 | The beauty of it all)

Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) | Jiří Kylián's piece '27'52"’ for the NDT 2 programme ‘The beauty of it all’. www.ndt.nl/en/...
Dancers: Ruth Lee, Casper Mott, Viola Busi, Conner Chew, Demi Bawon, Ricardo Hartley III
Video: Harmen Straatman
Jiří Kylián created 27’52” for NDT 2 in 2002, a work that takes the audience along for a game of seeking and being sought, of holding and being held, pushing and pulling. A game in which the dancer must ultimately exit the stage solo. The title refers to both the length of the work, 27 minutes and 52 seconds, as well as the date of birth of former NDT 2’s artistic leader Gerald Tibbs. 27’52” was developed through a unique collaboration with composer Dirk Haubrich. About 27’52”, Kylián says: “It is a work concerned with at least four elements: time, speed, love, and constant changes. […] Every split of a second of our life is responsible for our aging, and every moment of our life represents some kind of change. To me this is a very reassuring and liberating thought. We don’t have to remain the same from our birth to our death. We have the ability to change.”
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