ANATOMY OF LIGHT - Dutch National Ballet
Concept and choreography Wubkje Kuindersma
Music Jacob ter Veldhuis
Lightdesign Tom Visser
Costume- and setdesign Tatyana van Walsum
Musical advise Jan Pieter Koch
Balletmaster: Jozef Varga
Cello Solo: Artur Trajko
Balletorkest
Duration: 17minutes
Worldpremiere: 20 February 2022, Muziektheater Amsterdam
further shows: 22,26,27 February, 2,4 March 2022
Anatomy of Light, is a choreography for 10 dancers set to music of Jacob ter Veldhuis.
EMBODIMENT OF LIGHT
Kuindersma: “This creation is inspired by my fascination and love for light. The idea that we embody light appeals to my imagination. Light to me is a metaphor for the soul, life force, hope and transformation. The magical phenomenon of the refraction of white light in countless colors inspired me to choose a prism for the set design. Anatomy of Light is set to music by Jacob ter Veldhuis. When I listened to his Rainbow Concerto, a rainbow literally appeared! For this creation I am working together with lighting designer Tom Visser and set and costume designer Tatyana van Walsum.”
dancers on photo: Floor Eimers, James Stout
photo: Hans Gerritsen
Music Jacob ter Veldhuis
Lightdesign Tom Visser
Costume- and setdesign Tatyana van Walsum
Musical advise Jan Pieter Koch
Balletmaster: Jozef Varga
Cello Solo: Artur Trajko
Balletorkest
Duration: 17minutes
Worldpremiere: 20 February 2022, Muziektheater Amsterdam
further shows: 22,26,27 February, 2,4 March 2022
Anatomy of Light, is a choreography for 10 dancers set to music of Jacob ter Veldhuis.
EMBODIMENT OF LIGHT
Kuindersma: “This creation is inspired by my fascination and love for light. The idea that we embody light appeals to my imagination. Light to me is a metaphor for the soul, life force, hope and transformation. The magical phenomenon of the refraction of white light in countless colors inspired me to choose a prism for the set design. Anatomy of Light is set to music by Jacob ter Veldhuis. When I listened to his Rainbow Concerto, a rainbow literally appeared! For this creation I am working together with lighting designer Tom Visser and set and costume designer Tatyana van Walsum.”
dancers on photo: Floor Eimers, James Stout
photo: Hans Gerritsen
REVIEWS
DANCE EUROPE - Ali Mahbouba
..." Wubkje Kuindersma talks of her long fascination with light, and how it serves as a metaphor for the soul, hope and also for transformation in the way a prism refracts light into a myriad of colours.
In Anatomy of Light, she envisages her dancers embodying light, giving physical expression to it, and indeed she has produced a marvellous, visually attractive and emotive piece coloured by human emotions.
The ten dancers in bright unitards each have their individual colour, and also wear loose translucent tops and magically add a further shimmer of rainbow colours. With its long lines, expansive movement and spiral lifts with head arched back, the dance is perfect foil for the sensitive, lush and melancholy sounds of avant-garde composer Jacob ter Veldhuis. it's music full of yearning and suffused with heartrending dissonance, through never sentimental, but rather vibrant and very present.
This aching yearning is reflected in duets of the two main couples in various combinations, with the male duet particularly poignant, Constantine Allen and Vito Mazzeo's dancing full of pathos as they cling to each other. It's as if colours are dying to be subsumed into each other, to re-unite into white light. Kuindersma conjures up a Newtonian universe, not only of prisma and refracted light (cleverly reflected in the set design and the formations of the dancers), but also of action/reaction that drives the dynamics between the dancers.
The work did feel too short at 15 minutes, and indeed Kuindersma's concept was for a second part too, had there been more time."...
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HET PAROOL
"Anatomy of Light kan zich uitstekend meten met de muziekballetten van Hans van Manen"
..." Af of niet af: in zijn huidige vorm kan Anatomy of Light zich meten met de muziekballetten van Hans van Manen. Door een vergelijkbaar gebruik van heldere ruimtelijke lijnen. En vooral door de precieze aansluiting van Kuindersma’s dans op Ter Veldhuis’ lyrisch-melancholische compositie."...
google translation from dutch:
"Anatomy of Light can compete with the music ballets of Hans van Manen"
..." Finished or not finished: in its current form Anatomy of Light can compete with the music ballets of Hans van Manen. Through a comparable use of clear spatial lines. And above all because of the precise connection of Kuindersma's dance to Ter Veldhuis' lyrical -melancholic composition."...
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HAARLEMS DAGBLAD
..."Toch is vooral Kuindersma erin geslaagd om in een kort tijdsbestek een oogverblindend werk te maken"....
translation:
..."Yet Kuindersma in particular succeeded in producing a dazzling work in a short period of time"....
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TROUW
.."Alles klopt bij Wubkje Kuindersma"...
.." Anatomy of Light van Wubkje Kuindersma is om door een ringetje te halen. Alles klopt in dit ballet, een verkenning van vijf dansparen die het thema ‘licht’ belichamen."...
translation:
.."Everything is right at Wubkje Kuindersma"...
..." Anatomy of Light by Wubkje Kuindersma is a true gem. Everything is right in this ballet, an exploration of five dance couples who embody the theme of 'light' ".....
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THEATERPARADIJS
.."Innerlijk licht bij openingsprogramma Made in Amsterdam van Het Nationale Ballet"...
.."De liefde is het die verlichting geeft in de spirituele zoektocht. Mooi om dit zo voelbaar te ervaren als toeschouwer. Kuindersma gebruikt de kennis van het samen dansen om dit te bereiken."...
translation:
.."Inner light at the opening program Made in Amsterdam by Dutch National Ballet"...
.."It is love that provides relief in the spiritual quest. It is nice to experience this so tangible as a spectator. Kuindersma uses the knowledge of dancing together to achieve this."...
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NRC
..."Anatomy of light is een gaaf werk."...
translation:
..."Anatomy of light is an exquisite work."...
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..." Wubkje Kuindersma talks of her long fascination with light, and how it serves as a metaphor for the soul, hope and also for transformation in the way a prism refracts light into a myriad of colours.
In Anatomy of Light, she envisages her dancers embodying light, giving physical expression to it, and indeed she has produced a marvellous, visually attractive and emotive piece coloured by human emotions.
The ten dancers in bright unitards each have their individual colour, and also wear loose translucent tops and magically add a further shimmer of rainbow colours. With its long lines, expansive movement and spiral lifts with head arched back, the dance is perfect foil for the sensitive, lush and melancholy sounds of avant-garde composer Jacob ter Veldhuis. it's music full of yearning and suffused with heartrending dissonance, through never sentimental, but rather vibrant and very present.
This aching yearning is reflected in duets of the two main couples in various combinations, with the male duet particularly poignant, Constantine Allen and Vito Mazzeo's dancing full of pathos as they cling to each other. It's as if colours are dying to be subsumed into each other, to re-unite into white light. Kuindersma conjures up a Newtonian universe, not only of prisma and refracted light (cleverly reflected in the set design and the formations of the dancers), but also of action/reaction that drives the dynamics between the dancers.
The work did feel too short at 15 minutes, and indeed Kuindersma's concept was for a second part too, had there been more time."...
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HET PAROOL
"Anatomy of Light kan zich uitstekend meten met de muziekballetten van Hans van Manen"
..." Af of niet af: in zijn huidige vorm kan Anatomy of Light zich meten met de muziekballetten van Hans van Manen. Door een vergelijkbaar gebruik van heldere ruimtelijke lijnen. En vooral door de precieze aansluiting van Kuindersma’s dans op Ter Veldhuis’ lyrisch-melancholische compositie."...
google translation from dutch:
"Anatomy of Light can compete with the music ballets of Hans van Manen"
..." Finished or not finished: in its current form Anatomy of Light can compete with the music ballets of Hans van Manen. Through a comparable use of clear spatial lines. And above all because of the precise connection of Kuindersma's dance to Ter Veldhuis' lyrical -melancholic composition."...
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HAARLEMS DAGBLAD
..."Toch is vooral Kuindersma erin geslaagd om in een kort tijdsbestek een oogverblindend werk te maken"....
translation:
..."Yet Kuindersma in particular succeeded in producing a dazzling work in a short period of time"....
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TROUW
.."Alles klopt bij Wubkje Kuindersma"...
.." Anatomy of Light van Wubkje Kuindersma is om door een ringetje te halen. Alles klopt in dit ballet, een verkenning van vijf dansparen die het thema ‘licht’ belichamen."...
translation:
.."Everything is right at Wubkje Kuindersma"...
..." Anatomy of Light by Wubkje Kuindersma is a true gem. Everything is right in this ballet, an exploration of five dance couples who embody the theme of 'light' ".....
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THEATERPARADIJS
.."Innerlijk licht bij openingsprogramma Made in Amsterdam van Het Nationale Ballet"...
.."De liefde is het die verlichting geeft in de spirituele zoektocht. Mooi om dit zo voelbaar te ervaren als toeschouwer. Kuindersma gebruikt de kennis van het samen dansen om dit te bereiken."...
translation:
.."Inner light at the opening program Made in Amsterdam by Dutch National Ballet"...
.."It is love that provides relief in the spiritual quest. It is nice to experience this so tangible as a spectator. Kuindersma uses the knowledge of dancing together to achieve this."...
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NRC
..."Anatomy of light is een gaaf werk."...
translation:
..."Anatomy of light is an exquisite work."...
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Dancers photo above:
Sho Yamada, Kira Hili, Giorgi Potskhishvili, Floor Eimers, James Stout, Nina Tonoli , Jakob Feyferlik, Alexandria Marx, Nancy Burer, Timothy van Poucke
photo below:
Floor Eimers, Nina Tonoli, Jakob Feyferlik, James Stout
Sho Yamada, Kira Hili, Giorgi Potskhishvili, Floor Eimers, James Stout, Nina Tonoli , Jakob Feyferlik, Alexandria Marx, Nancy Burer, Timothy van Poucke
photo below:
Floor Eimers, Nina Tonoli, Jakob Feyferlik, James Stout