Mozart Requiem continues in the tradition the Ballet d’Europe has made its own, affirming the precious and all too often threatened nature of life within the modern world. It thus seeks out life in its darkest depths: death. For the choreographer, the future is built from memories of the past, not in the sense of conservatism but in the sense of faithfulness. To this end, he expresses the sense of the message carried in Requiem by setting it in today’s world rather than commemorating Mozart’s birth, creating a direct link between the music and the body rather than choreographing to Mozart’s Requiem. The choreography of Mozart Requiem aims to develop the body within the music, in an open permeability between dance and music. The dancers’ movements in Mozart Requiem have been meticulously studied to render them precise and natural, devoid of embellishment. They thus carry the memory that characterises living things, for which the non-essential constitutes a waste of energy.

Choreographer: Jean-Charles Gil

Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Requiem in D minor K626

Set, lighting and costumes: Jean Michel Bruyère