In the Spirit of Diaghilev

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Wayne McGregor: Dyad 1909 - Inspired by Shackleton's Nimrod expedition to the North Pole in 1909, the year that Les Ballets Russes was founded, Wayne McGregor creates a brand new Ballet Blanc, Dyad 1909. Wayne McGregor | Random Dance collaborates with acclaimed artists and filmmakers Jane and Louise Wilson, lighting designer Lucy Carter and costume designer Moritz Junge. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui: Faun - Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui examines the animalistic nature of human movement and the power of mythology in Faun. This new duet, created for two of his company dancers, takes an alternative look at the eponymous creature from Stéphane Mallermé's poem, Claude Débussy's music and Vaslav Nijinsky's choreography. With additional music by Nitin Sawhney and costumes by leading fashion designer Hussein Chalayan. Russell Maliphant: AfterLight - Using Vaslav Nijinksy's geometric drawings and paintings as a starting point, Russell Maliphant creates a brand new work entitled AfterLight, with three dancers from the Russell Maliphant Company plus lighting and sound design from regular collaborators Michael Hulls and Andy Cowton. Javier De Frutos: Eternal Damnation to Sancho and Sanchez - Olivier Award-winner Javier De Frutos' Eternal Damnation to Sancho and Sanchez is a cautionary fable inspired by Cocteau's scenarios and designs for Les Ballets Russes and set to Maurice Ravel's La Valse. De Frutos joins forces with theatre designer Katrina Lindsay and lighting designer Michael Hulls.

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Archive :: production:T0548742677, dance or ballet:S741133778, venue:V145

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Production details

In The Spirit Of Diaghilev sees Wayne McGregor, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Russell Maliphant and Javier De Frutos working with their own companies to create a response to a challenge once laid down by Diaghilev to Jean Cocteau: Surprise me! BDE2010