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Jiří Kylián stellt in seiner einzigartigen Choreographie die Frage, welche Funktion der Mensch in der Welt allgemein und in der Gesellschaft im Besonderen hat.

Zum Saisonauftakt bietet das Niederländische Tanztheater einen spektakulären Premierenabend.

Mit Traces left within gelingt es dem NDT in drei außergewöhnlichen Choreographien eine ebenso verstörende wie glücklicherweise auch versöhnliche Deutung unserer Gegenwart und Zukunft.

Die drei Choreographien von Jiří Kylián und Roland Petit behandeln die sexuelle Beziehungen zwischen Mann und Frau.

Der neue Ballettabend in Hannover umkreist in drei sehr unterschiedlichen Facetten das menschliche Leben.

A tremendous triple bill comprising Jiří Kylián's 27’52” and two new works by Robert Bondara and Marco Goecke. The programme unfolds as a meditation on transience, instability and the unpredictability of human life.

A finely curated triple bill from American Ballet Theatre included works from Balanchine, Jiří Kylián and Alexei Ratmansky.

A triumphant evening showcasing the breadth and depth of NDT’s artistic intellect, and their dazzling versatility across various choreographic landscapes.

Dutch National Ballet's second mixed bill at New York City Center ticked all the right boxes, showcasing the depth of talent across the whole company.

The second programme of Norwegian National Ballet's Kylián festival, Day After Yesterday, features four older works, including Petite Mort and No More Play which are unquestionably highlights of his expansive repertoire.

The Wings of Time festival in Oslo this summer is the most comprehensive collection of Czech choreographer Jiří Kylián’s work ever presented. 

Dancing Dutch for Dutch National Ballet comprises four different works, not all by Dutch choreographers, which show off the depth and breadth of a company in great shape.

Peu dansée ces dernières années, l’œuvre de Jiří Kylián est de retour à l’Opéra de Paris dans une soirée-hommage présentant quatre merveilles chorégraphiques, malheureusement portées par une distribution peu inspirée.

A strong opening to ABT’s fall season, the company often seemed stagnant in the last years of Kevin McKenzie’s directorship. It is now more exciting. New leadership, new faces.

Alexander Ekman's Cacti is the zany highlight of the evening! 

NDT1 returns to London with an eclectic and absorbing programme of old and new. 

Morgann Runacre-Temple's new creation, Hotel, appears in a triple bill between Uwe Scholz' Seventh Symphony and Jiří Kylián's Forgotten Land. 

Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Jiří Kylián, Crystal Pite, Sasha Waltz, Emma Portner... Convoquant une palette d'artistes fameux au TCE, Dialogues est un très beau panorama chorégraphique, interprété avec beaucoup de qualité.

Avec 27’52’’ et la création mondiale de The Big Crying, le Nederlands Dans Theater 2 propose un spectacle visuel, sonore et bien vivant autour de la mort.

Bangarra celebrates its 30th anniversary, with the momentous return of Jiří Kylián's Stamping Ground to its Indigenous roots.

L’effervescence est à son comble au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées : le Boston Ballet vient donner un programme très attendu, composé de deux œuvres de William Forsythe et d'une pièce de Jiří Kylián.

A seamless aesthetic of elegant and fluid dance, impressive musicality and impactful design 

In a magical and widely-varied programme, the Zurich Ballet pays homage to the celebrated Czech choreographer Jiří Kylián by performing four of his extraordinary works together for the first time.

Por vos muero tiene más de veinte años, pero no ha envejecido porque lo bueno nunca sufre los avatares del tiempo.

Made up of aspiring professional dancers from eight different nations, the Junior Ballett Zürich performs a programme of internationally renowned choreographers every two years.

A successful program of Kylian, Peck and Forsythe. 

Dans une soirée-hommage consacrée au chorégraphe Jiri Kylian, le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris présente trois œuvres de l’un des artistes ayant le plus brillamment et durablement influencé la danse néoclassique et contemporaine aux XXème et XXIème siècles.

The Hungarian Nation Ballet presents a stunning programme in which Kyliàn's Black and White masterpieces are paired with Lander's polished Études. 

In the relaxed time between Christmas and the New Year celebrations the Staatsballet Berlin brilliantly performs a the Duato | Kylián programme.

Les Grands Ballets Canadiens open their 2015-2016 season with Kaguyahime by Jiří Kylián, a Japanese legend told through dance and drums. 

In a three-bill programme that opens its season, the Zurich Ballet celebrates works of three choreographers who all pioneered new genres in contemporary dance.

Rachel Rizzuto reviews Cedar Lake's final performances as a company at BAM in New York City.

Zurich Ballet performs works by three of the twentieth-century's most foregrounding choreographers: Balanchine, Van Manen and Kylián

English National Ballet inaugurates its association with Sadler’s Wells with Modern Masters, a triple bill of works by Jiří Kylián, William Forsythe and John Neumeier

Invité pour inaugurer la saison TranscenDanses au Théâtre des Champs Elysées, le Ballet National de Norvège nous présente trois œuvres du chorégraphe Jiri Kylian,

Boston Ballet's second program at Lincoln Center's David H Koch Theater showed off the company's terrific speed, musicality and versatility. 

To open the second half of its 50th anniversary season, Boston Ballet presents a trio of contemporary works that showcases the company’s ever expanding repertory and deepening talent pool with Close to Chuck Reborn.

Netherlands Dance Theatre present Kylián's Heart's Labyrinth, Goecke's Hello Earth and new work by Lightfoot and Leon, Stop-Motion, in Programme III at Stadsschouwburg, Utrecht.

For this fall season, the Paris Opera Ballet presents a triple bill that explores the hidden corners of the Palais Garnier, with pieces by Saburo Teshigawara, Trisha Brown and Jiří Kylián. All ‘investigators of the fringes of the unknown,’ the three choreographers set in place theatrical devices that mesmerize the audience with enigmatic dreams.

San Francisco’s dance performance pickings are sparse in September, for such a cultured, cosmopolitan city, amid the seasonal return of the symphony and the opera. Thank goodness for October and the Smuin Ballet, which provides hungry-for-dance patrons with a feast of a performance. This year Smuin Ballet celebrates its 20th anniversary season.

The New York-based Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet is named after a street in Missouri, home of the studio where one of the company’s founders studied ballet many years ago. Both locales – in Missouri and in New York City – are a far distance from any lake, but somehow the name is appropriate: evoking visions of the still and pristine natural world of a wilderness lake.

Boston Ballet seriously want to impress London. Their 50th anniversary celebrations begin at home in the autumn, but it’s this return to England after 30 years that marks the official start of the party, and artistic director Mikko Nissinen has put together two serious, strong programmes for the capital’s ballet connoisseurs at the London Coliseum.

For the occasion of what I believe has become Cedar Lake’s annual tradition of showcasing work at the Joyce Theater, this contemporary ballet troupe has assembled an impressive trio of guest choreographers – Nederlands Dans Theater’s former chief Jiří Kylián, Crystal Pite and Andonis Foniadakis.

For their second show in the London Coliseum this year, English National Ballet has presented the first programme entirely designed by its new artistic director Tamara Rojo. In the line of her vision of enriching the company’s repertory with new works, while at the same time honouring the classics, the triple bill built for the occasion is a fascinating combination of old and recent masterpieces.

Simply stated, watching the Limón Dance Company is an emotional experience. The concepts that inspired founder and choreographer José Limón 65 years ago remain fresh today and challenge the audience. This unspoken conversation is the hallmark of American modern dance and part of Limón’s legacy.

A friend of mine once said “life is ugly. I want art to be beautiful.” I would add to that “life tells us enough stories. I want ballet to let my mind breathe.” As much as I love the story ballets, I seem to need poetry more than prose these days.