Rituale

Ritual, as a fundamental form of human communication and collective experience, is at the heart of this evening of ballet. In “George & Zalman” (2006), Ohad Naharin combines the gradually unfolding text of a poem by Charles Bukowski with a choreography that grows by one element at a time, performed by five women. In “Black Milk” (1990), by contrast, Ohad Naharin unleashes an excessive, archaic-seeming creation with five dancers in a movement language of almost cult-like intensity. In her new piece „Hav/da/lah“, Neshama Nashman interprets the ritual as a transition, drawing inspiration from the Jewish Havdalah ritual marking the end of Shabbat. A sense of tension arises from the collective movement, which then dissolves into a quiet, contemplative atmosphere – an echo of night, memory and vastness. Martin Chaix’s new creation, “À fleur de peau”, is a cyclical journey inward in which undefined emotions erupt to the surface, making the invisible pulse of human emotion immediately tangible – raw, colourful and life-affirming.