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Photo: Hans Gerritsen

Choreographer: Jiří Kylián

Whereas Jiří Kylián customarily considers music as the primary source for his choreographies - meaning that he sets his work on a (existing) musical structure - with Steve Reich's composition ‘Drumming’ he felt challenged to give unabridged priority to the dance.

The result became an exciting and head-on flight of eight female dancers:
‘Falling Angels’ is “a piece about our profession”, as the choreographer likes to comment on it.