Dance Videos
A collection of videos from the Dance discipline of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative
Jiří Kylián presents Jason Akira Somma
View video of Jason Somma’s creation in performance at Sadler’s Wells in London in December 2009, featuring 88-year-old dancer Frances Wessels and cellist Chris Lancaster
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Jason Akira Somma at the Lyon Opera Ballet
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A Year of Mentoring with Jiří Kylián and Jason Akira Somma
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A Year of Mentoring with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Anani Dodji Sanouvi
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A Year of Mentoring with Saburo Teshigawara and Junaid Jemal Sendi
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Self-portrait
2004/2005 Protégé Junaid Jemal Sendi discusses his introduction to choreography, how he feels while dancing and finding ideas
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Work Sample
Junaid Jemal Sendi: Presentation of Adugna; Before Adugna; Practising; Rehearsal; Yemot Guzo (Death’s Journey) by Junaid Jemal Sendi
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Luminous/Shadow
Mentor Saburo Teshigawara’s group piece with KARAS premiered in Tokyo in March 2001, before being revised and performed at the Aarhus Festival later that year
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Speed/Stillness
Mentor Saburo Teshigawara. Motion is motionless. Stasis initiates fresh motion to emphasise the beauty of stillness
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Cold/Warm
Mentor Saburo Teshigawara: “Minus 273°C …In chemistry when it’s that temperature, everything stops totally.”
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Illusion/Reality
Luminous combines Teshigawara’s graceful choreography with technological ingenuity: figures move in and out of darkness, multiple reflections scatter around the stage, shadows are thrown against the wall
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Silence/Noise
Absolute Zero in dance is an exploration by Teshigawara of the idea of perfect stillness and order in a chaotic world. The piece is rife with juxtapositions: movement, sound and stage pictures clashing in this voyage of discovery
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A Year of Mentoring with William Forsythe and Sang Jijia
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Reflection of Another
This dance was created by Sang Jijia after his year as a protégé in the inaugural Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative
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For My Teacher, Bill
Created by Sang Jijia after his year as a protégé in the inaugural Rolex Mentor & Protégé Arts Initiative, this dance is dedicated to mentor William Forsythe
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