Angelin Preljocaj is without any doubt one of the most famous creators in the world of dance. Some seasons ago, Preljocaj and his ballet company delighted us with their vision of Sergei Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. It was a moving show, of an enchanting beauty, which ballet lovers will not have been able to forget. On this occasion, the Preljocaj Ballet brings us “Choreography for 12 dancers”, inspired by Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons Concerto.

The words below are part of Angelin Preljocaj’s reflection on his latest work:

What is the body capable of? At the beginning of each creation, this recurring question from Spinoza’s Ethics comes back to me. Each time, I am assailed by doubt.

And this time even more so, faced with Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto “The Four Seasons,” Opus 8. A paradox? Can the music –so well known, so conventional, so gone astray– can it indeed still deliver more surprises, more grey zones, more secrets?

First of all, by coming back, again and again, to the writing of the movement, and never letting go of this point, so as to lay out the underlying vital dance. And then thinking the four axes of this work: bursting forth, exaltation, suspension and vibration. Starting from there, then finishing elsewhere; going off-course to where you no longer recognise the four parameters…”