Commentaries on the Floating World

Eric White as The Hero
World premiere date
Premiere company
Premiere location venue
Premiere location place
Dusseldorf, Germany
Composer
Terry Riley
Costume designer
Stefanie C. Salm
Lighting designer
Volker Weinhart
Commissioner

Commissioned by Ballet Am Rhein

Dancers

Julio Morel, Simone Messmer, Eric White,Orazio di Bella, Feline van Dijken, Dukin Seo, Evan L'Hirondelle, Lara Delfino, Nelson López Garlo, Kauan Soares, Doris Becker, Maria Luisa Castillo Yoshida, So-Yeon Kim-von der Beck, Paula Alves, Emilia Peredo Aguirre, Gustavo Carvalho, Michael Foster, Pedro Maricato

Runtime
:43:36

Commentaries on the Floating World is theater as much as it is dance. Made on Zoom during the pandemic, Commentaries on the Floating World is a narrative inside a formal ballet.

  • The Ensemble

  • The Demagogue - Orazio di Bella

  • The North Star - Julio Morel

  • The Trio - Lara Delfino, Nelson López Garlo and Kauan Soares

  • Orazio di Bella and Dukin Seo

Video URL
Full music program

IN C by Terry Riley