THE GöTEBORG BALLET

SIX DANCES

CHOREOGRAPHIE, BüHNE UND KOSTüME	JIRI KYLIAN
MUSIK	WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
LICHTDESIGN	JOOP CABOORT
URAUFFüHRUNG	1987 FüR NDT, 28.2.2004 FüR THE GöTEBORG BALLET
DAUER DER VORSTELLUNG	13 MIN
ON STAGE	13 TäNZERINNEN

Two centuries separate us from the time Mozart wrote his German dances. A historical period shaped considerably by wars, revolutions, and all sort of social upheavals. With this in mind I found it impossible to simply create different dance numbers reflecting merely the humour and musical brilliance of the composer. Instead, I have set six seemingly non-sensical acts, which obviously ignore their sourroundings. They are dwarfed in face of the ever present troubled world, which most of us for some reason carry in our soul.
Although the entertaining quality of Mozart's Sechs Tänze enjoys great general popularity, it shouldn't only be regarded as a burlesque. Its humour ought to serve as a vehicle to point towards our relative values. Mozart's ability to react upon difficult circumstances with a self-preserving outburst of nonsensical poetry is well known. Jirí Kylián

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