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PULSE

Pulse is set between the pulsating, virtuoso sounds of György Ligeti. Krisztina de Châtel chose for piano études by Hungarian-Austrian Ligeti (1923-2006), one of the greatest contemporary composers. For years, the Hungarian-born choreographer had wanted to use his music. "He was and is such an important man in Hungary. One can clearly hear Bartók’s influence in his work. Not that it sounds like folk music, but there is a certain virtuosity in it, which feels Hungarian to me.” Ligeti himself said of his piano études: “The cogs have to engage one another.” This expression appeals to De Châtel: “His music has a mechanical feel to it, and at the same time I hear the throbbing Hungarian heart of the composer and see the dazzling fingers of the pianist before me as I listen.”

As an answer the choreography shows strict lines and whirling movements but also passionate solos where the individual breaks out of the collective.


Press:
“Pulse is poised energy par excellence that rages around like a tornado.”
(De Volkskrant, The Netherlands, January 2007)

“Pulse is a real classic in de Châtel’s oeuvre, one to go and see again.”
(NRC Handelsblad, The Netherlands, January 2007)

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