Bach Studies
Antwerp, 2019
As a second-time collaboration with French choreographer Benjamin Millepied, this work continues United Visual Artists’ interest in the dialogue between dance, architecture and music, creating a dynamic set that articulates the stage like a body.
Kinetic sculptures fly above the performers and create evolving composition of light and moment, programmed to work together with the choreography and to convey different moods during the performance.
Drawing on the music of Bach and the principle of counterpoint, the stage deconstructs levels of complexity and exposes multiple facets that work independently, while simultaneously perform as a single entity. Ultimately, Bach Studies explores the complex relationship between stage, choreography and score, as three interdependent elements.
Choreography: Benjamin Millepied
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
Set and lighting design: United Visual Artists
Costumes: Alessandro Sartori
Dancers: Dansers Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
Photographs 1,4,5,6,7,8,10,12 and 13 by Filip Van Roe
