Schedule for Nederlands Dans Theater II "Studio 2. Gods and Dogs. Cacti" 2022

Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Composer: Arvo Part
Choreography: Jiri Kylian
Choreography: Sol Leon
Choreography: Paul Lightfoot
Choreography: Alexander Ekman

Orchestra: Stanislavsky theatre symphony orchestra

Studio 2
Choreography: Sol Leon & Paul Lightfoot
Music: Arvo Part (1935): Tabula Rasa. Concert for two violins, strings and piano (1977).

Resident choreographer duo Lightfoot Leon come up with new work in this season`s first programme of Nederlands Dans Theater II. The duo already has many successful dance pieces to its name and time and again proves its qualities. Lightfoot Leon, who have worked together since 1991 and have been house choreographer of Nederlands Dans Theater since mid-2002, are gradually taking a more theatrical path. In Passe-Partout (2009) they pointedly add words and the dancers` voices to their own unique dance idiom. The expressive merging of sound and vision in combination with the strong use of music, costumes, light and set has proved a huge impulse.

Gods and Dogs
Choreographer Jiri Kylian
Assistant of Choreography: Gerald Tibbs

Music:
Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet Opus 18, Nr. 1 in F-major,
Movement I, Allegro con brio and
Movement II, Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
Dirk Haubrich, nieuwe compositie

Costumes: Joke Visser

Decor: Atsushi Kitagawara, Jiri Kylian

Light: Kees Tjebbes

Cacti
Choreographer Alexander Ekman

In his years as choreographer, Alexander Ekman has proved that he is an artistic multitalent. For one thing, he often makes film productions as well. Though usually integrated in the young Swede's choreographies, these productions also arouse more and more interest on their own. In June 2009, for instance, he will be working on a dance film for and with the Cullberg Ballet and in the autumn of this year he worked on a theatre play together with Mats Ek, who has asked him to make video projections for this piece. Not long ago, Alexander Ekman made a museum installation for the Modern Museum in Stockholm, in which the dancers of the Cullberg Ballet were the art objects. Moreover, he has composed music for many of his dance pieces, with a wide variety of rhythms. The sets for his performances are usually of his own design.

World premiere
25 februari 2010, Lucent Danstheater, Den Haag

Music: Joseph Haydn: sonate no V 'Sitio' uit Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlosers am Kreuze, hoboken XX, 1B;
Ludwig van Beethoven: strijkkwartet No. 9 in C, Opus 59, een deel uit Andante con moto quasi allegretto;
Franz Schubert: Het Presto uit het strijkkwartet Der Tod und das Madchen,
gearrangeerd voor orkest door Andy Stein en voor strijkkwartet door Gustav Mahler;
Allegro van Joseph Haydn uit de strijkkwartetten opus 9, no 6 in A majeur.

Costumes: Alexander Ekman
Decor: Alexander Ekman
Light: Tom Visser
Text: Spenser Theberge
Musicians: Tinta Schmidt von Altenstadt (eerste viool), Saskia Viersen (tweede viool), David Marks (altviool), Artur Trajko (cello).