Dance Highlight: Young Choreographers
A series of six encounters with young international choreographers who come to present their creations to audiences from all over Europe.
Organised by the Malandain Ballet Biarritz, Young Choreographers is a series of encounters with young international choreographers who come to present their creations to audiences from all over Europe. Each episode is a new experiment, a different telling of ballet by young artists at the start of their careers.
#1SECOND NATURE
Benoît Favre, choreographer
Music by Eloquens, Machina, Mario Batkovic: Desiderii Patriae
#2 IF YOU HOLD HIM CLOSE, YOU HEAR SOFT SWEET SOUNDS
Lucia Giarratana, choreographer
Music by Pamela Z: Typewriter, Quatre Couche/Flare Stains
#3 OVERLOAD
Manoela Gonçalves, choreographer
Music arrangements by Nicolas Claude Balmer: Anna Dager: Glacier, Yi Nantiro: Sea of Space, Peter Sandberg: Etude No.1 for String Quartet, Voix de Lisa Couvallet
#4 I AM LOST TO THE WORLD
Lasse Graubner, choreographer
Music by Gustav Mahler: Rückert Lieder: Liebst du um Schönheit, Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
#5 À DERIVA
Ana Isabel Casquilho, choreographer
Music by Tzusing: 東方不敗, Max Richter: All Human Beings (International Voices), Max Richter: Tous les Êtres Humains (Narré par Golshifteh Farahani), Golshifteh Farahani, Mari Samuelsen
#6 BLIŽ
Vera Kvarcakova & Jérémy Galdeano, choreographers
Music by Arvo Pärt: Fratres
Genre Ballet/Dance
Recording location Théâtre de la Gare du Midi Biarritz, France
Duration 6x12'-15'
Video format HD
Production Company Les Films Figures Libres, Malandain Ballet Biarritz, POM.tv, Pyrénées Occitanie Méditerranée télévision
TV Director Patrick Lauze
Distribution TV EuroArts Music International
Distribution VOD / SVOD EuroArts Music International
Dance Company SECOND NATURE: Dancers from the Finland National Ballet: Violetta Keller ∙ Thomas Brun ∙ Hey Ji Kang ∙ Martin Nudo ∙ Heidi Salminen ∙ Werneri Voitila
Dance Company IF YOU HOLD HIM CLOSE, YOU HEAR SOFT SWEET SOUNDS: Dancers: Marco Marongiu ∙ Arturo Lamolda Mir ∙ Lorenzo Rispolano ∙ Oliver Ryan ∙ Anthony Jones
Dance Company OVERLOAD: Dancers from the Het National Ballet, Amsterdam: Luiza Bertho ∙ Joseph Massarelli ∙ Nina Tonoli ∙ Guillermo Torrijos
Dance Company I AM LOST TO THE WORLD: Dancers: Ricardo Urbina ∙ Yaiza Coll ∙ Marc Jubete ∙ David Rodriguez
Dance Company À DERIVA: Dancers: Beatriz Mira ∙ Gonçalo Andrade ∙ Lucas Ribeiro ∙ Rita Ferreira
Dance Company BLIŽ: Dancers from the National Theater Mannheim (Germany): Emma Tilson ∙ Paloma Galiana-Moscardo ∙ Arianna Di Francesca ∙ Jessica Liu ∙ Pascal Shut ∙ Joseph Caldo
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