Modern Ballet Ballet "Nijinski" by Marco Goecke. Diana Vishneva's Context festival Imperial Russian Ballet Theatre
Running time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Schedule for Ballet "Nijinski" by Marco Goecke. Diana Vishneva's Context festival 2022
The new full-length ballet by Marco Goecke deals with the dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinski. It touches on significant stages of his life on and off the stage showing how closely art and madness are related.
Nijinski was one of the most extraordinary artists of the last century and an intrinsic part of Russian ballet glory. An outstanding artist whose gift of transformation, physical capacity and the ability to seemingly pause in the air during his jumps became legendary. His role in Petrushka is iconic and his major work The Rite of Spring – one of the symbols of modernism – is still in the spotlight.
Marco Goeke’s ballet narrates about different stages of Nijinsky’s life. It is quite typical for Goeke to go beyond the biography and this play is no exception, as it explores some fundamental philosophical questions. NIJINSKI will reflect on the magic and the value of art – and the high price it exacts from all creative minds.
- Gauthier Dance//Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart , Germany
Production: «NIJINSKI»
Eric Gauthier and his Stuttgart based dance company have been involved with the CONTEXT. Diana Vishneva festival since its inception in 2013. Now, this company is one of the most successful and dynamic repertoire companies in Europe. This year, Gauthier dance presents the critically acclaimed piece NIJINSKY, created for the company by one of the most celebrated choreographers: Marco Goecke.
In the last few years, Marco Goecke, Resident Choreographer of the Stuttgart Ballet and Associate Choreographer of Nederlands Dans Theater in The Hague, has emerged as one of the most sought-after choreographers worldwide – renowned for his poignant, avant-garde dance language and the audacity with which he breaks down aesthetic boundaries.
Schedule for Ballet "Nijinski" by Marco Goecke. Diana Vishneva's Context festival 2022
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