Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) | Jiří Kylián's piece 'Tar and Feathers’ for the NDT 1 programme ‘Celebrating an evening with Jiří Kylián!’. [ Ссылка ]

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One of the choreographer’s initial sources of inspiration for Tar and Feathers (2006) was found in the medieval ritual of punishment by pouring black tar on a person and covering them with feathers. For Kylián, the black, sticky tar bound by gravity offset by delicate feathers as objects associated with lightness and elevation, forms a metaphor for the ‘unbearable lightness’ and the ‘unbearable weight’ of our human existence. At a grand piano perching on metre-high legs, pianist Tomoko Mukaiyama improvises around Mozart’s Piano concert Nr. 9. Against this stunning musical backdrop, six dancers perform intriguing, mysterious movement in a surreal black and white world. Throughout the work, we hear Kylián recite What is the word by Samuel Beckett, the last poem the Irish author wrote on his deathbed, that grapples with an inability to find words to express oneself.

TAR AND FEATHERS
For Sabine
Choreography by Jiří Kylián

DANCERS
Thalia Crymble, Scott Fowler
Nicole Ward, Luca Tessarini
Anna Bekirova, Jon Bond

STAGED BY
Lorraine Blouin & Stefan Zeromski

MUSIC
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Pianoconcert Nr. 9 (K 271) in Es-Majeur Le Jeunehomme (1777): Deel 2 Andantino.
Dirk Haubrich: additional composition
Tomoko Mukaiyama: improvisations

TEXT
Samuel Beckett: What is the word (1989). Licensed by Curtis Brown on behalf of the Samuel Beckett Estate

RECITING VOICE
Jiří Kylián

PIANIST
Tomoko Mukaiyama

LIGHT
Miikki Kunttu (original design), Kees Tjebbes (re-design, Oslo 2011)

DECOR
Jiří Kylián

COSTUMES
Joke Visser

NDT ASSISTANT
Tamako Akiyama

WORLD PREMIERE
March 9, 2006, Lucent Danstheater, The Hague, NDT 1

DURATION
25 minutes

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