THE SECOND DETAIL is an analytical reference to the geometry of classical dance, pushing the dancers to their limits of balance and flexibility. While mastering complex movements, they are compelled to perceive themselves consciously in several perspectives within space. Despite this intellectual approach, THE SECOND DETAIL reaches the spectator in a direct and sensual way.
Alexander Ekman aims at creating works which the majority can connect to, exploring topics everybody can relate to, which both entertain and question the audience. For the first time he is working with the Staatsballett Berlin, creating a new work for the company’s female Principal Dancers and a male Soloist. The costumes are creations by hair artist Charlie Le Mindu that force the virtuosity of the ballerinas into bizarre situations.
The Israeli choreographer Sharon Eyal is one of the protagonists of the contemporary dance scene and, with HALF LIFE, has developed a work of hypnotic effect in the field of tension between man and machine, between collective and individual, techno and contemporary ballet. The pull of this work also results from the music that Ori Lichtik created during the choreographic process.
