Wings of Wax, Icarus in the dark
Revisiting, as its title suggests, the Greek myth of Icarus, whose wax wings melted as he approached the sun, letting him fall into the sea, Kylián here develops a metaphor for the human — too human — impulse towards freedom and the price that must be paid: that of the fall and oblivion. In the dark, pairs of dancers appear and disappear on stage in an airy and refined ballet that combines delicacy with virtuosity. A work whose musical soundtrack is also striking because of its daring eclecticism, ranging from the minimalism of John Cage and Philip Glass to the baroque music of Von Biber and Bach.
Gods and Dogs, "A healthy portion of madness"
As the homophony of its title indicates,Gods and Dogs explores the invisible and porous lines between opposites and extremes: perfection and animality, madness and normality, health and disease. In short, what Kylián calls "a healthy portion of madness". To a soundtrack of Beethoven's first string quartet and Dirk Haubrich's original compositions, eight dancers cross different physical and emotional states, in a nervous yet precise gestural repertoire emphasized by videos projected directly on their bodies.