decorative band Compañia Nacional de Danza (Spain). Artistic Director: Nacho Duato. link to Nacho Duato's biography link to the ministry of culturesend email
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Sueños de Éter

 

Choreography: Nacho Duato
Music: Marcel Landowski (Concert pour ondes Martenot, 1954)
Sets: Nacho Duato
Costumes: Lourdes Frías
Light Design: Brad Fields

World premiered by Nederlands Dans Theater at the Lucent Dans Theater, Den Hag, September 11th, 1986. Premiered by the Compañía Nacional de Danza at Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria, Santander, April 5th, 2002.

Dreams of Ether was originally created by the Artistic Director of the Compañía Nacional de Danza for the prestigious Nederlands Dans Theater. The piece takes us into a dream world, where eight women dance their dreams/nightmares within an extremely oppressive atmosphere.
The music by Landowski calls for a world where everything turns into a metaphysical speech, through which one can understand life through sounds. Joy, meditation, sorrow, frustration, desire, all these emotions developed by the eight performers in this ballet have their roots in the Concert pour Ondes Martenot for percussion and string orchestra by the wonderful French composer.