Jiri kylian falling angels
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The light dissects the stage into different geometric areas and so it determines where the various group dances and solos take place.Falling Angels is a work about performers and the art of performing, with all its panache, anxiety, vulnerability, inferiority complexes and humour. The vernissage was on the 16th of September 2012. But it also shows how this single minded drive succumbs in various stages to the human female psyche and events that sway them away from their “perfect” state, such as ambition, seduction, pregnancy, birth, death, motherhood and self-awareness.
Falling Angels is a complex and layered ballet that was choreogrphed in 1989. The movement patterns, choreographic elements and structure culminate into a powerfully visual austere beauty that is stunning.
The dancer’s precision is amazing.
It was conceived as a somewhat light-hearted homage to female performers. The Kylián Foundation sporadically funds projects by individual artists in the field of dance but also in other forms of art. This video shows the complete ballet of, Falling Angels, choreographed by Jiri Kylian and performed by the Nederlands dans Theatre.
To try and let these two contradicting elements coexist side by side, seemed to me an interesting undertaking. This piece has also been considered to portray the role of women in the 20th century in Western culture, or to depict current cultural and social influences that still affect/shape women’s experience to having no deep meaning other than the beauty of movement and design in of itself.
The work Falling Angels is powerful, both in movement and imagery.
Their interdependence, and their wish to break out is evident throughout the entire piece. All components of these collaborations are given the same importance and are protected with equal care by ensuring excellent artistic and technical integrity. As Kylian has said the “piece is about our profession” which shows the female dancers’ unrelenting and single minded drive for perfection.
They never leave the stage.
Falling Angels has also attracted much controversy regarding alternate meanings. In 2008, the Foundation set up Kylián Productions BV which now forms the commercial entity to the Foundation. Its original name was “Kylián Choreographic Archive”, with the intention to organize and maintain Jiří Kylián’s work.
The movement infuses classical lines with sharp percussive gestures and movements that give the piece an unpredictable dynamic. The piece begins in a calm composed atmosphere as the dancers emerge form the shadows walking quietly to their places then suddenly break into unexpected movement patterns with cutting intensity right to the end. Under the auspices of the Foundation, Kylián Productions BV ensures the highest possible quality whenever a work by Jiří Kylián is reproduced by different ballet companies around the world.
It is a symbol of a strife between belonging and independence, a dilemma, which accompanies all of us from cradle to grave.