Kalei­dos­kop

"Kaleidoscope" is a diverse and changing abstract play of colors, music, styles, cultures and even
dance languages with choreographies by Iratxe Ansa and Igor Bacovich, Mthuthuzeli November and Jean-Christophe Maillot

Moto perpetuo (UA)
The choreographer duo Iratxe Ansa and Igor Bacovich explore the perpetual motion and transience of time. Under the title “Moto perpetuo” - perpetual motion - they develop their own physical language, which emerges from intuition together with the dancers in interaction with stage elements and light, inspired by the symmetries and circular movements in the music of Philip Glass.

Invocation (UA)
For his strongly autobiographical creation, South African choreographer Mthuthuzeli November draws inspiration from the sounds, tones and rhythms of his father's homeland in the Eastern Cape. He recalls the place, the feeling of happiness of the community and the inspiring effect of the moment during a ceremony, brings it to life and shares it. At the same time, it is the touching “invocation” (lat. invocatio) of a person's ancestors with a request for guidance on his path. Based on the roots of the family and the memories of the choreographer, he leads the audience into his very own world.

Vers un Pays Sage (1995)
"Vers un Pays Sage” (1995) by French choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot looks like a watercolor painting in shades of red, green and yellow under the warm southern French sun. Dance is dialog - between bodies. Driven by the fast-paced music of John Adams' “Fearful Symmetries”, this moving dialog between cutting-edge dance and expressive modernism, lively and full of energy, is a homage to Maillot's father, the painter Jean Maillot.