Babel (words)

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Event Babel (words)
Venue The Civic, Auckland, New Zealand
Umbrella Event Auckland Arts Festival 2013
First Date 21 March 2013
Opening Date 21 March 2013
Last Date 23 March 2013
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Babel (words), an infinitely beautiful dance-theatre masterpiece from Europe's hottest and much-lauded choreographers Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet, will sweep you up and carry you away. Prepare your soul for flight. Immersive and wonderfully multi-layered, the Olivier award-winning Babel explores the world of language and the languages of the world. Beneath a towering set of transparent, scaffold-like cubes designed by artist Antony Gormley, multi-cultural and multi-lingual dancers beat out fierce, fragile and deeply delicate rhythms as they transform and reform their bodies into ima
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Dance
Secondary Genre Dance Theatre
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Contributors
Name Function Notes
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Choreographer
Damien Jalet Choreographer
Nienke Reehorst Choreographer Assistant
Alexandra Gilbert Costume Designer
Antony Gormley Designer Visual Designer
Works
Text Nationality Belgium
Production Nationality Belgium
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Auckland Arts Festival 2013 programme - accessed via National Library Online Archive
Web http://2013.aaf.co.nz/events/babel-(words).aspx.html
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 156820