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The vast, surging waves of the ocean serve as a metaphor for transformation and continuity. Inspired by John Luther Adams\u2019 Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning composition Become Ocean<\/em> (2014), the choreographic duo LEE\\VAKULYA conjures the unstoppable motion of the tides in their new creation of the same name for Hessisches Staatsballett.<\/p>\n

LEE\\VAKULYA are Taiwanese dancer and choreographer Chen-Wei Lee and Hungarian dancer and choreographer Zolt\u00e1n Vakulya. Based in Brussels, the duo has been collaborating since 2016 and has emerged as one of the rising voices in the contemporary dance world. At Hessisches Staatsballett, their acclaimed duet Together Alone<\/em> was presented in the Kammerspiele in 2022, followed in 2023 by the German premiere of Burnt [the eternal long now]<\/em> at the Tanzfestival Rhein-Main in Wiesbaden.<\/p>\n

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Become Ocean<\/em> is a joint commission with the National Theater and Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Choreography<\/strong> LEE\\VAKULYA, in collaboration with the dancers
Music<\/strong> John Luther Adams
Prologue Sound Design<\/strong> Fanny Thollot
Musical Direction Darmstadt<\/strong> Nicolas Kierdorf
Musical Direction Wiesbaden<\/strong> Alejandro Jass\u00e1n
Set Design<\/strong> Yoko Seyama
Lighting Design<\/strong> Joanne Shyue
Costume Design<\/strong> Damur Huang
Rehearsal Director<\/strong> Luc Jacobs
Dramaturgy<\/strong> Lucas Herrmann<\/p>\n

With thanks to Daniel Zr\u00ednyi<\/p>\n

Photos:<\/strong> (c) Andreas Etter<\/p>\n

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Like seagrass, rooted in place and gently moved by a current, the twelve dancers of the Hessische Staatsbalett remain for an extended period at the beginning (\u2026)<\/p>\n

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The world premiere in Darmstadt (\u2026) turned into a celebrated, much-acclaimed event.<\/p>\n

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The Hessische Staatsballett brings John Luther Adams\u2019s captivating, oceanic music Become Ocean<\/em> to life in Darmstadt.<\/p>\n

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