Jiři Kylián

East Shadow

Trends come and go, but the oeuvre of Jiři Kylián, a significant artist with a metaphysical bent, would seem to transcend them. More than 90 choreographies bare his signature – works in which he treats the body as a tool for exploring the most extreme regions of the human soul. He is graced with an irresistible charm and is genuinely unique and beyond categorizations. This year, he returns to the Athens Festival with a new creation inspired by Beckett and his Theatre of the Absurd in which he puts elderly dancers on stage. East Shadow, a tragicomedy about the absurdity of the human condition, premiered in Japan in the shadow of the incalculable devastation wrought at Fukushima in 2011.

Executive Producers: Kylián Productions BV, Aichi Triennale 2013
Main Producers: Monte Carlo Dance Forum, Korzo Productions
Co-producers: Rolex, Tomoko Mukaiyama Foundation, Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival, Athens Epidaurus Festival

Duration 45 minutes (no interval)

Peiraios 260

  • 28/06/2014 at 21:00
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Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus | Little Theatre of Ancient Epidaurus | Peiraios 260 | Odeon of Herodes Atticus | Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center | Lycabettus Theatre | Greek Art Theatre Karolos Koun | Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus | Exhibition Hall | Athens Conservatoire | Stathmos Theatre | Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Centre Pireos 254 Tavros

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