Ukiyo-e

Synopsis

Ukiyo-e, or how to survive together in a world constantly in crisis? A meditation on our capacity for resilience, this new piece by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui is named after the “images of the floating world”, the famous artistic movement that emerged in Japan during the Edo period, in the half-worlds of urban hedonism. The piece activates a work of balance in the face of impermanence. Beyond dualities, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui proposes to envisage bodies that do not end with fracture and limit, but rather to exalt these as augmentations of our person. Alexander Dodge’s set will feature a network of impossible staircases in which the dancers get lost. These mobile labyrinthine structures are intended to evoke both the ascent and the abyss. “Meditative, floor-based, soft and flowing dances that are among the most beautiful that contemporary dance holds.” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

Additional Info

• No: A95050008
• Composer: Szymon Brzóska, Alexandre Dai Castaing
• Artists: Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Yumi Aizawa, Céline Allain, Pau Aran Gimeno
• Production year: 2022
• Run time: 01:11:00
• Director: Choreography by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
• Producers: Actua Films, Grand Théâtre de Genève, RTS, ARTE G.E.I.E., TV5MONDE, MEZZO
• Format: 4K