Czech National Ballet pays tribute to Jiří Kylián’s work this autumn with mixed bill Kylián – Bridges of Time

Czech National Ballet pays tribute to Jiří Kylián’s work this autumn with mixed bill Kylián – Bridges of Time

The dance soirées will take place on 13, 14 and 15 November. Besides Petite Mort and Sechs Tänze (Six Dances) set to the music by W. A. Mozart, the mixed bill Kylián – Bridges of Time will feature a piece called Gods and Dogs, to be performed by the Czech National Ballet. The Korean National Ballet will present the choreography Forgotten Land. Kylián created this deeply personal piece to the music by Benjamin Britten in 1981 for the Stuttgart Ballet.
The 2018 choreography Gods and Dogs was originally made for the Netherlands Dans Theatre. Kylián intended the piece to be a study of the thin line between sickness and health, normality and madness, and as a contemplation of the norms defined by the two extremes.
On the occasion of the November première of Gods and Dogs as part of Kylián – Bridges of Time, the Czech National Ballet will publish a book entitled Budižkničemu (originally Bon qu'à ça) – a record of Kylián’s conversations with the French publicist and administrative director of the Strasbourg Opera House, Marie-Noël Rio. The publication has been translated into Czech by Michael Lázňovský. It will be available for sale in the National Theatre.
The original production of Kylián – Bridges of Time opened last year within the celebrations of the centenary of Czechoslovakia. From 21 November, it will be composed of the following pieces: Bella Figura, Petite Mort, Sechs Tänze (Six Dances), and newly of Gods and Dogs. The next performances take place on 22 November and 8 and 11 February.
“I’m glad Jiří Kylián has decided to present these very choreographies in Prague. I find them immensely sensitive and they indisputably rank among the highlights of his oeuvre,” describes the dramaturgy the artistic director of the Czech National Ballet, Filip Barankiewicz.
Previously, the National Theatre has staged Kylián’s works including Return to a Strange Land, Field Mass, L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, Petite Mort and Last Touch First.

Source: Art Institute – Theatre Institute and Czech News Agency