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Jiří Kylián (born 21 March 1947) is a Czech former dancer and contemporary dance choreographer.
Initially inspired the acrobatic performances of the Circus Busch, Kylián decided to pursue professional ballet training at the “School of the National Ballet Prague” at the age of 9, after having seen a ballet performance for the first time. Kylián was admitted to the Prague conservatory in 1962. Here he encountered one of his mentors, teacher and former dancer Zora Semberova, “who left a deep mark in Jiří's professional development”. At the conservatory Kylián made his first steps as a choreographer with “Nine eighth's”, choreographed to jazz music, and “Quartet”, to music by Béla Bártok. In 1967 Kylián received a scholarship to study at the Royal Ballet School in London. Among other artists, Kylián met choreographer John Cranko, who offered him to join the Stuttgart Ballet.
He joined the Stuttgart Ballet in 1968 and worked under John Cranko, where he began to work as a choreographer. At Stuttgart Ballet Kylián started choreographing with “Paradox” (1970), “Kommen und Gehren” (1970), and continued in the Stuttgart Ballet's Noverre Kompanie with “Incantations” (1971), “Einzelgänger” (1972) and “Blaue Haut” (1974), among others.
Actors: David Saracino (actor), Eloïssa Florez (writer), Eloïssa Florez (director), Eloïssa Florez (actress), Paco Boublard (actor), Joseph Pierre (editor), François-Marie Nivon (actor), Noémie Goetsch (actress), Ignacio Moreno Nava Ainur (composer), Martin Nava Garcia (composer), Freddy Vitorino (producer), Bertrand Disset (actor), Olivier Lekieffre (producer), Julien Boudot (producer), Catherine Guetta (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,Jiří Kylián about his Ars Poetica, the history and the future of dance.
Jiří Kylián : ce nom est entré dans la légende de la danse contemporaine. Le chorégraphe est l’un des très rares à offrir la quasi-certitude d’être touchés au cœur.
Jiří Kylián interviewed at Semperoper Ballett before the premier of Bella Figura István Simon Ian Whalen
ראיון עם ירי קיליאן
Meet Nederlands Dans Theatre's Artistic Director, Paul Lightfoot as he talks about the four choreographed pieces being showcased as part of their Australian Tour, from Jiří Kylián's Sweet Dreams and Sarabande, to Sol Leon & Paul Lightfoot's Shoot the Moon and SH-Boom. [Video Prod. By Thea Dikeos] http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com http://facebook.com/sydneyoperahouse http://plus.google.com/+SydneyOperaHouse http://twitter.com/sydoperahouse http://instagram.com/sydneyoperahouse
Subscribe to TenduTV for more videos: http://bit.ly/tendutvyt Click to buy/rent full dance performances from TenduTV: http://geni.us/ttvituneslp Bella Figura is featured in the digital release, Nederlands Dans Theater Celebrates Jiri Kylian, available at http://geni.us/NDTKylian Bella Figura is a one act ballet by Jiří Kylián, set to music by Lukas Foss, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Alessandro Marcello, Antonio Vivaldi and Giuseppe Torelli. Bella Figura was first presented in 1995 by Nederlands Dans Theater, and in 2011 premiered in the US by Boston Ballet. Bella Figura has been performed by elite ballet and dance companies around the world, including the Paris Opera | Opera de Paris, the Vienna State Ballet | Wiener Staatsballet, Suomen Kansallisbaletti / Finnish National Ballet, Dres...
Subscribe to Cultureband! http://bit.ly/1imKtBs Click to buy/rent Jiri Kylian's Black and White Ballets: http://geni.us/ttvituneslp Petite Mort is featured in the dance program Jiri Kylian's Black and White Ballets, available at http://geni.us/PetiteMort. Falling Angels was premiered by Nederlands Dans Theater in 1991. It has since been performed by companies around the world including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Dresden SemperOper Ballett, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Houston Ballet and many others. Petite Mort is featured in the dance program Jiri Kylian's Black and White Ballets, available at http://geni.us/PetiteMort. From http://www.jirikylian.com: “Petite Mort” is a poetic, and strangely significant way of describing the ecstasy of a s...
Subscribe to Cultureband! http://bit.ly/1imKtBs Birth-Day From Nederlands Dans Theater celebrates Jiri Kylian, available for download and stream at http://geni.us/NDTKylian. This collection of Jiri Kylian's choreography also includes Sleepless and Bella Figura. Jiri Kylian on Birth-Day: http://www.jirikylian.com/creations/theatre/birth-day/info/ Cultureband is the first multichannel network for cultural programming, including dance, opera, visual art, museums and theater. Cultureband is operated by TenduTV. Whether you want to watch a ballet performance on demand, or find the latest art exhibit, Cultureband will help refined audiences discover the quality programming available to them. Arts and Culture on iTunes: http://geni.us/ttvituneslp Follow us on social media!...
Mozart: Birthday - Nederlands Dans Theater celebrates Jiri Kylian
Click to buy/rent Jiri Kylian's Black and White Ballets: http://geni.us/ttvituneslp Falling Angels is featured in the dance program Jiri Kylian's Black and White Ballets, available at http://geni.us/NDTKylian. Falling Angels was premiered by Nederlands Dans Theater in 1989. From http://www.jirikylian.com: Falling Angels is a work for eight women. It was conceived as a somewhat light-hearted homage to female performers. Although the music by Steve Reich creates a very strict structure, at the same time it leaves much freedom for choreographic and emotional interpretation. Choreographically, this piece is a study of the two most opposing properties of any art work: discipline and freedom. To try and let these two contradicting elements coexist side by side, seemed to me an interesting und...
This program features three highly inventive, witty ballets by choreographer Jiri Kylian, under whose direction Nederlands Dans Theater forged a reputation as one of the most innovative and exciting dance groups in Europe.
Video: Harmen Straatman NDT 1 luidt het nieuwe seizoen in met een eerbetoon aan Jiří Kylián, grootmeester van de moderne dans. De wereldberoemde choreograaf was ruim dertig jaar lang artistiek directeur en huischoreograaf van het gezelschap. In deze video-impressie zien we Kylián aan het werk met de dansers in de studio, in voorbereiding op Programma I
Tragedies and suffering
I hear them scream
Screaming for help
The prophets preach
The end of the world
Only fools believe their words
No truth without evidence
Its easy to lie
Who can seek the answers
Who can see through the sky
Such a great temptation
Who can carry such a quest
And gain that information
We don't need no god
We don't need no god no more
We don't need a tyrant
We want to love
We want to breathe
We want to be
Rebuild the world
With the knowledge
We retrieve
We want to feel
We want to live
We want to see
Seek the wisdom
From the future