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Repertory

Polish Pieces

COMPANIES

CHOREOGRAPHER

COMPANY PREMIERE

Paris, 1996

WORLD PREMIERE

Nederlands Dans Theater, The Hague, Netherlands, 1995

MUSIC

Henryk-Mikolaj Górecki

LIGHTING

Joop Caboort

STAGING

Mea Venana

SET AND COSTUMES

Keso Dekker

SPECIAL FABRIC TREATMENT

Elissa Tatigikis Iberti

RUN TIME

18 Minutes

In this exuberant ensemble work, Dutch choreographer Hans van Manen displays his mastery for building dazzling creations from simple motifs and geometric patterns. Driven by the rhythms of Henryk-Mikolaj Górecki’s score, the dancers come together and disperse in a kaleidoscope of endlessly shifting formations that culminate in two sensual pas de deux.

 

Photo of ailey dancers with their arms raised wearing colorful outfits

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Hans van Manen's Polish Pieces Photo by Paul Kolnik

Two ailey dancers on the floor in Polish Pieces

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Linda Celeste Sims and Glenn Allen Sims in Hans van Manen's Polish Pieces Photo by Pierre Wachholder

Two dancers standing together in Polish Pieces

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Jacqueline Green and Yannick Lebrun in Hans van Manen's Polish Pieces Photo

Funders

This work was made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts.