Nederlands Dans Theater

From 28 to 31 October 2015 Nederlands Dans Theater will be on stage in Berlin for the first time in 15 years. NDT is proud to show the work of its house choreographers Sol León and Paul Lightfoot and to also present the latest creations of its associate choreographers Crystal Pite and Marco Goecke!

<h2>Shoot the Moon</h2>

In “Shoot the Moon” you catch glimpses of the love life of three different couples. Revolving walls covered in black-and-white wallpaper create three separate rooms, each containing its own love story. The door and windows to the other room seem to be simultaneously open and closed; accessible yet unattainable. New worlds beckon behind them, yet to they are always out of reach. “Shoot the Moon” is about the one thing that can create or change it: the emotions hidden inside our relationships.

<h2>Stop-Motion</h2>

“Stop-Motion” was created by resident choreographers Sol León and Paul Lightfoot for the NDT 1 repertoire. The ballet premiered on 29 January 2014. On melancholic music by Max Richter seven dancers depict a process of farewell and transformation. As ephemeral as the dust, they grace the stage like ghosts or spirits; lighting up in and fading out. In this way, many elements in “Stop-Motion” address the notions of past and future and how they merge into the present. This is reinforced by large screens that show delayed video projections, which include their daughter Saura. Stop-Motion was critically acclaimed and received four stars in the press.

<h2>Thin Skin</h2>

Marco Goecke’s latest premiere for NDT 1 “Thin Skin” is a homage to the punk rock icon and poet Patti Smith. The singer’s rhythmically elaborate, sometimes breathless-sounding lyrics form a visually and acoustically powerful synthesis with Goecke’s very particular frenetic language of movement. “Mind is a picture. And there in the corner is the hint of a spiral. Perhaps it is a virus; perhaps it is a spirit tatoo”, writes Smith, and Goecke’s dancers, whose skin is covered in countless tatoos, create dream worlds that are permanently changing. The dance remains elusive, but it gets under the skin, the skin of the thin-skinned.