
![]() | REPERTOIRE Diecisiete |
Choreography: Nacho Duato
Music: Pedro Alcalde / Sergio Caballero (Diecisiete)
Sets and Costumes: Nacho Duato
Lighting Design: Brad Fields
The title refers to the number
of syllables of the Japanese
haikus. The music has been originally
created for the piece by Pedro
Alcalde and Sergio Caballero,
who collaborated before with
Duato in Herrumbre.
The haiku is probable the
briefest poetic structure both
in East and West. Most of the
Japanese words are polysyllabic,
therefore the number of them
required by the haiku is relatively
small: from five to eight or
nine, in total. Haikus do not
rhyme. The only formal requisite
is to have 17 syllables. Although
within a haiku there can be more
than one sentence, they always
content a sole poetic image.
The haiku pretends to say something
without saying it. What is not
said communicates more than words,
but has to count with them. Poetry
in haiku propagates in infinite
meanings because it frequently
reaches that perfect simplicity
pursued by philosophy, religion,
literature, art and, of course,
also pursued by dance.
