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Adagio Hammerklavier - set to Beethoven's Piano Sonata No 29 in B flat, is a ballet for three couples whose movements display the disharmony in relationships caused by unfulfilled desires. Sarcasms - with Prokofiev's Cinq Sarcasmes as its background, is a duet combining eroticism and aggression, where a man and woman provoke, reject, seduce and humiliate one another in a ritual of restlessness and irritation. Twilight - is an exploration of the movement possibilities of a dancer wearing high heels. Set to John Cage's The Perilous Night, the dancer's feet are limited in their movement, only adding to the strength of her movements once those shoes are removed..... Live - a ballet for just two dancers and one cameraman. A huge success at the Edinburgh Festival in 1998, the piece originates in van Manen's fascination with the moving image. The movements of the dancers are immediately projected onto the screen behind them, exploring the limitations imposed by the spatial demensions of the stage.