Dansliefhebber

Kill Your Darlings

Imre van Opstal and Marne van Opstal

SAABA

Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar

SATYAGRAHA de Philip Glass ( choreography Bobbi Jene Smith & Or Schraiber)

What is Gandhi’s influence on the contemporary political world? This is the question explored by Philip Glass’s opera Satyagraha (1980), the second in his trilogy devoted to historical figures, alongside Einstein on the Beach (1976) and Akhnaten (1984). But Satyagraha – Sanskrit for “truth force” – is not a biopic.

This work, with its mesmerising music, interweaves timelines, relating each of its three acts to a key figure linked to Gandhi in order to better understand the genesis of his political thought: Leo Tolstoy, with whom he corresponded; the poet Rabindranath Tagore, who supported him; and Martin Luther King, who was inspired by his principles of non-violence.

Satyagraha is entering the Paris Opera repertoire directed by Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, who have already created the dance piece Pit. For them, this opera “is not simply a meditation on history, but a call to action and a forceful lesson that rings ever more true today.” watched online: 25 April 2026

RED CARPET by Hofesh Shechter 

A lush visual spectacle, Red Carpet employs an aesthetic that mixes glitz with grit, Baroque decadence with dance club energy. The set includes moving catwalks and monumental chandeliers, and the CHANEL-designed costumes are inspired by evening wear and cabaret. The work features a cast of 13 dancers, and, characteristic of Shechter’s vocabulary, the movement is muscular and visceral but also refined, embracing tenderness and sensuality as much as attitude. Shechter has cited influences for this work ranging from his earlier years folk dancing in Jerusalem; the Fame television series; and rave dance parties. His intention is to “celebrate the confusion between glamour and art.” Paris Opera Ballet Red Carpet

BAD NATURE | Club Guy & Roni + Australasian Dance Collective + Studio Boris Acket + HIIIT

Disconnected yet dependent. Drawn to nature, yet resisting it. In BAD NATURE, Club Guy & Roni and Australasian Dance Collective explore the fragile bond between humans, technology, and the world around us. Touring Australia and Europe from September 3 through December 13th. clubguyandroni.nl/nature

Heart Drive - Imre and Marne van Opstal

Dutch artist duo and siblings Imre and Marne van Opstal make their Ballet BC debut with a new commission and co-production with Helsinki-based Tero Saarinen Company. Following successful careers as dance artists with NDT 1 & 2 and Batsheva Dance Company, the van Opstals’ choreographic work often speaks to the limits and possibilities of the body and mind. This exciting international collaboration will explore themes of love, connection and pleasure, as well as the stigmas and moral taboos that exist within. Heart Drive is a co-production of Ballet BC and Tero Saarinen Company. Artists of Ballet BC Guest Artist Chloé Albaret Choreography Imre and Marne van Opstal Original music Amos Ben-Tal Lighting Design Tom Visser balletbc.com

COUP DE GRÂCE

Director Clara Van Gool

Choreographer Jordi Cortés, Damián Muñoz

Spain and Netherlands 2011

Coup de Grâce is a film about the collapse of a friendship, about what is broken and what cannot break. After a long separation two men meet again in a massive building at a remote location. In the course of the evening and an icy night, they fight a weaponless, exhausting duel.

It tells of how feelings of revenge can never be transformed into resignation in spite of the passing of time. How the lust for life burns, smolders, rekindles and then slowly dies. This duel ends with neither winner nor loser.

Directed by Steven Cantor, “Stage Animal” follows Sara Mearns as she works on a deeply personal piece exploring her mental health struggles.

https://www.allarts.org/2025/03/sara-mearns-past-present-future/

BOBBI JENE SMITH AND OR SCHRAIBER SUSPEND TIME IN ‘WAITING PLACES’

Five dancers move through liminality and longing in the dance film “Waiting Places” by Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber.

THE WASTE LAND

Acrobatic dance with an explosive string orchestra.

From within the depths of an endless cycle, one can only be sure that everything will start anew. The only way out of the depths is to push – up! In the production of The Waste Land by Amsterdam Sinfonietta and ISH Dance Collective, the audience experiences the universal themes of failure and success.

Amazing & Crazy .. theatre..dance, suspence, acrobatics !! Peeping Tom

Stadsschouwburg Groningen. 24 November 2023

Pit - Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber

With a modern and figurative stage set, intertwining Sibelius' Violin Concerto with a musical creation by Celeste Oram, Pit takes the audience into a sensual, tribal and dramatic universe.

Both trained at the Batsheva Dance Company under Ohad Naharin, Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber present Pit, their first creation for the Paris Opera Ballet.

Born in Iowa, Bobbi Jene Smith joined Batsheva in 2005. In 2014, she embarked on a career as a choreographer, creating works for the Martha Graham Dance Company, the L.A. Dance Project and the Royal Danish Ballet. Born in Israel, Or Schraiber joined Naharin’s Company in 2010. He has directed, choreographed and acted in several short films.

Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber share a strong attraction to the world of cinema, and they starred and danced in Aviva in 2020.

The Paris Opera Corps de Ballet and the Paris Opera Orchestra

J'Em Improv - Jakub Jakoubek & Emeline Rochefeuille - Tipica Festival 2022