THE GöTEBORG BALLET

SIX DANCES

CHOREOGRAPHY, SATGE AND COSTUMES	JIRI KYLIAN
MUSIC	WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
LIGHT DESIGN	JOOP CABOORT
PREMIERE	1987 FOR NDT, 28.2.2004 FOR THE GöTEBORG BALLET
LENGTH OF PERFORMANCE	13 MIN
ON STAGE	13 DANCERS

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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