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Van Cleef & Arpels
Prize for Ballet
Winner 2020
LIGHT Bach dances - FEDORA 10 Years - Winner of the FEDORA - VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Prize for Ballet 2020 © i
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Presentation
Bach’s cantatas, Hofesh Shechter’s profoundly affecting choreography and audio testimony of people facing death come together in a moving, thought-provoking and life-affirming dance, music and theatre piece. Only by dancing in the abyss can we celebrate the LIGHT.
"The Jury of the FEDORA - VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Prize for Ballet 2020 chose the project of Hofesh Shechter and the Royal Danish Theatre, based on Bach, but treating the historic Bach in a contemporary way. It was an integrated project with singers, dancers, and the wonderful Danish baroque Orchestra and the Jury believed in the huge talent of Hofesh Shechter."
Nicholas Payne, Director of Opera Europa and Chair of the FEDORA - VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Prize for Ballet 2020 Jury
Video Presentation
Artistic Team
Hofesh Shechter
Co-Director and Choreographer
John Fulljames
Co-Director
Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Conductor
Tom Scutt
Set and Costume Designer
Paule Constable
Lighting Designer
Mary Bevan
Singer
Co-producing Partners
Royal Danish Opera
Denmark
