{"identifier":"AH-Torso_6312239433112","browse_author":"Jirí Kylián (Choreographer), Nederlands Dans Theater (Producer) and Arthaus Music - Monarda Arts (Proprietor (Publisher Bloomsbury Video))","subscription_list":["bvl_dancesch"],"titleByTitle":"Yes","isbn":9781350922051,"description":"A post-68 Czech exile, Jirí Kylián was moved to create Torso (Music: Tõru Takemitsu) by the plight of the Russian dancers Valery and Galina Panov, who found asylum in Israel. Kylián has succeeded in imposing his unmistakable vision of contemporary ballet with the force of genius and grace. Choreographer Jirí Kylián's work frequently manages to delve deeply into the mysteries of human existence, revealing its hidden aspects. His kinetic imagination vividly conjures up moods and situations of such intensity that the dance becomes an ideal medium for posing important existential questions and delving into social phenomena. Dedicated to bridge the gap between modern dance and classical ballet, the Nederlands Dans Theater forged a reputation as one of the most innovative and exciting dance groups in Europe. Under Jirí Kylián's visionary direction (from 1975 to 1999), the company's international pre-eminence kept growing. The world-renowned choreographer Jirí Kylián (Czechoslovakia, 1947) has been artistic director of Nederlands Dans Theater for nearly a quarter century. After having created three ballets for NDT (Viewers, Stoolgame and La Cathédrale Engloutie), Kylián became the company\u2019s artistic director in 1975 together with Hans Knill. In 1978 he and Carel Birnie founded NDT 2, meant to offer young dancers the opportunity to develop their skills and talents and focus on maturing their artistic personalities. In 1991 he initiated NDT 3; a company that created opportunities for older dancers. NDT stood out as the first company worldwide that showed the three dimensions of a dancer´s life. After an extraordinary record of service Kylián handed over the artistic leadership in 1999, but remained the company\u2019s house choreographer until 2009. Since his last piece Mémoires d\u2019Oubliettes for NDT in 2009, Kylián\u2019s creative focus has shifted to more small scale projects and films. Kylián\u2019s entire body of work counts 100 creations to date, of which 77 performed by NDT and no less than 75 were especially created for the company. Furthermore, he made pieces for companies worldwide such as the Stuttgart Ballet, the Opéra de Paris, the Munich Bayerisches Staatsballett, and the Tokyo Ballet. Kylián received many prestigious, international awards and honours, such as Officer of the Royal Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau, Honorary Medal of Order for Arts and Science of the House of Orange given to him by Her Majesty Queen Beatrix, honorary doctorate of the Juilliard School in New York and the Honorary Medal from the President of the Czech Republic. To this day, Kylián\u2019s masterpieces are frequently performed by numerous dance companies and schools around the world.","videoId":6312239433112,"browse_view":"contentTypeBrowsePageIndexView","subscription":"bvl_dancesch","title":"Jiří Kylián: Torso","xml_source":"bvl_dancesch_video-vra.xml","browse_search":"AH-Torso","videoPoster":"https://cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/4171818645001/70e479aa-595f-413e-b383-69e6923434bb/7c19a08d-02a8-472e-bb60-96f34213613a/1280x720/match/image.jpg","facets":"ballet , Ballet , contemporaryDance , Contemporary dance , dance , Dance , modernityAndModernism , Modernity and modernism , immigrationAndRefugees , Immigration and refugees , _19801989 , 1980\u20131989 , made_19801989 , 1980\u20131989 , israel , Israel , origin_czechia , Czechia , video , Video , _19001999 , 1900\u20131999 , origin_europe , Europe , artsAndLiterature , Arts and literature , middleEast , Middle East , identity , Identity , made_19001999 , 1900\u20131999 ,","contenttypeorder":3,"date_of_publication":1983,"publisher":"Nederlands Dans Theater Arthaus Music - Monarda Arts","productname":"bvl_all","id_search":"AH-Torso","facet":["_19001999","_19801989","artsAndLiterature","ballet","contemporaryDance","dance","identity","immigrationAndRefugees","israel","made_19001999","made_19801989","middleEast","modernityAndModernism","origin_czechia","origin_europe","video"],"contentType":"video","authors":"Jirí Kylián~Nederlands Dans Theater~Arthaus Music - Monarda Arts"}