In 2007, Sol León and Paul Lightfoot made the atmospheric ballet Sleight of Hand for eight dancers for the second company NDT 2. With this piece, the choreographers showed they were going in a new, more theatrical direction. Filled with mysterious drama in a play of light and dark, black cloth walls form the backdrop to two monumentally tall characters that immediately demand authority by their sheer height alone. The stage is ruled by groups pieces and duets, some coming from the pit as if from another world. Using the music of Philip Glass they feed off these hungry maturing spirits to create a dark world full of sinister characters and strange perspectives in time and space.
tour dates
2015 // 20 December - Alkmaar (NL) / 18 December - Groningen / 16 December - Nijmegen (NL) / 13 and 14 December - Amsterdam (NL) / 11 December - Gouda (NL) / 10 December - Arnhem (NL) / 3 December - Leeuwarden (NL) / 1 December - Heerlen (NL) / 27 November - Enschede (NL) / 25 November - Tiel (NL) / 24 November - Eindhoven (NL) / 13 November - Amstelveen (NL) / 11 November - Den Bosch (NL) / 6, 7, 8 November - Den Haag (NL) / 29, 30, 31 October - Den Haag (NL)
choreography
Sol León & Paul Lightfoot
music
Philip Glass: Symphony
No.2: Movement II
lighting design
Tom Bevoort
set and costume design
Sol León & Paul Lightfoot
This production has been made possible with the support of
Dance Consortium UK
duration
20 minutes
on stage
8 dancers
world premiere
15 March 2007,
Lucent Danstheater,
The Hague (NL)
full version video
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