Arvo Pärt, courtesy of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs


I'm trying to get some information together on this theme. Can you help me with examples of the use of Arvo Pärt's music in dance, with as much of the information as you know, please:

Title of dance work
choreographer
Title of music
Company(s) who have performed the work
Appx length
Appx dates
If you saw it, your thoughts on the work

To start the ball rolling:

"Unrest"
Richard Alston
Fratres
Rambert Dance company
15 minutes
2001

Hasn't stayed in my mind apart from the use of the music. Elegant and restrained said one review from the time.

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"Myrrh and Cinnamon"
Guy Weizman
Fur Alina
Club Guy & Roni
60 minutes
2005

A super expressive work from a technically strong company. Based on "The song of Songs", Part's music is only a small part of the entire score, but his music inspired the choreogrpher to find other spiritual music from Estonia for the remainder of the work.

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"Tabula Rasa"
Ohad Naharin
"Tabula Rasa"
Many companies incl NDT and Hubbard St
20 min
1988

The music has a fast section and a beautiful slow section. The two sections of the music and the dance do not fit together easily, IMHO.

Any others, please?

I'm sure I have seen works with Arvo Pärt music, Nacho Duato's?, Tony Fabre's?, one of his dancers ???.

As soon as I have a bit more time I search and let you know.

Please do, Carolina. Looks as though no one else has ever seen a dance work with a score by Arvo Pärt. Please prove me wrong!

Here I'm with two but keep on searching as I'm sure I know more....

Title of dance work : ARBOS
choreographer : Ohad Naharin
Title of music : ?
Company(s) who have performed the work : Sydney Dance Company, Compañia Nacional de Danza of Spain (Nacho Duato)
Appx length : ?
Appx dates : Sydney 1989, Santander (Spain) 1997
If you saw it, your thoughts on the work : Haven't seen


Title of dance work : NIGHT SONGS
choreographer : Patrick de Bana
Title of music : ? Music of Arvo Pärt and Alberto Iglesias
Company(s) who have performed the work : Both, I & II, Compañia Nacional de Danza of Spain (Nacho Duato)
Appx length : ?
Appx dates : Madrid 1998 and Barcelona 2000
If you saw it, your thoughts on the work : Seen in Barcelona but to be honest I don't remember very well. Probably I liked it as I susually like De Bana's works

Hope it helps and I'll try to be here again soon

Didn't Ulysses Dove make a beautiful ballet for the Royal Swedish Ballet using Part's music? It was on PBS a few years ago. I can't find any information regarding it on the net.

Thanks folks! Keep the references coming.

There was a performance by Club guy & roni (Neatehrlands) and Estonian NYYD Ensemble in February 2005 in Kanuti Gildi SAAL (Tallinn, Estonia), where the latter played alive Pärt's "Aliinale". The performance was called Myrrh and Cinnamon.

You can find more information on Kanuti Gildi SAAL webpage.

...yes I said yes I will Yes.

Oh, sorry. Wrong Ulysses.

Thanks for that info, kurinuku. I found the description very intriguing:

I've seen several - he's big at NYCB - Christopher Wheeldon has used Part music in some recent ballets::


AFTER THE RAIN

Music: Tabula Rasa (1977) (First movement - "Ludus") and Spiegel Im Spiegel (1978)
by Arvo Pärt
Choreography © Christopher Wheeldon
Premiere: January 22, 2005, New York State Theater, New York, NY
Original cast: Wendy Whelan, Sofiane Sylve, Maria Kowroski, Jock Soto, Edwaard Liang, Ask la Cour


LITURGY

Music by Arvo Part
Choreography by Christopher Wheeldon
Premiere: May 31, 2003, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater
Original cast: Wendy Whelan, Jock Soto
Average length of ballet: 11 min.


One of my teachers in NY also used Avro Part music in a piece for one of the ballet school's recitals.

Kate

Very helpful, Kate.

Hi, I'm new here, saw your question and got into investigating with this result until now.
I remember seeing many dances with the music Tabula Rasa from Arvo Part. But my momory... So I browed the internet and found this:
Sorry for the incomplete data, a lot of websites don't have good information on the componist of title of the piece they dance on!

1. Title of dance work: Solo 5.0
choreographer:Nanine Linning
Title of music: unknown
Company(s) who have performed the work: Scapino Ballet Rotterdam (solo for Mirjam ter Linden)
Appx length: unknown
Appx dates: ?
If you saw it, your thoughts on the work: didn't see it


2. Title of dance work: solo
choreographer: Nanine Linning
Title of music: unknown
Company(s) who have performed the work: dancer: Caroline Harder
Appx length: unknown
Appx dates: unknown
If you saw it, your thoughts on the work: didn't see it


3. Title of dance work: Arbus
choreographer Nohad Naharin
Title of music: Arbus?
Company(s) who have performed the work Netherlands Dance Theater (NDT)
Appx length: ?
Appx dates: April 18th 1997
If you saw it, your thoughts on the work: didn't see it


4. Title of dance work: Déjà Vu
choreographer: Hans van Manen
Title of music: Fratres
Company(s) who have performed the work: NDT
Appx length: unknown
Appx dates: June 1, 1995
If you saw it, your thoughts on the work: didn't see it


5. Title of dance work: QUEENS OF GOLUB
choreographer: Ohad Naharin
Title of music: Fratres, Pro et Contra, Cantus
Company(s) who have performed the work: NDT
Appx length: unknown
Appx dates: October 19th 1989
If you saw it, your thoughts on the work: didn't see it

6. Title of dance work: SOFTLY, AS I LEAVE YOU
choreographer: Paul Lightfoot
Title of music: Berliner Messe, Spiegel im Spiegel (among music by others)
Company(s) who have performed the work: NDT
Appx length: ?
Appx dates: November 17th 1994
If you saw it, your thoughts on the work: didn't see it


7. Title of dance work: SON CHEMIN
choreographer:Patrick Delcroix
Title of music: Festina Lente (among music by others)
Company(s) who have performed the work: NDT
Appx length:?
Appx dates: November 11th 1994
If you saw it, your thoughts on the work: didn't see it


8. Title of dance work: Tabula Rasa
choreographer: Ohad Naharin
Title of music: Tabula Rasa
Company(s) who have performed the work: NDT
Appx length: ?
Appx dates: January 11th 1997
If you saw it, your thoughts on the work: didn't see it


9. Title of dance work: WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN
choreographer: Jiri Kylian
Title of music: Fünf Stücke für Orchester (among music by others)
Company(s) who have performed the work: NDT
Appx length: ?
Appx dates: June 1st 1993
If you saw it, your thoughts on the work: didn't see it


10.Title of dance work: A WOMAN CAN TAKE YOU.....
choreographer: Martin Muller
Title of music: First Symphony (among music by others)
Company(s) who have performed the work: NDT
Appx length: ?
Appx dates: September 9th 1993
If you saw it, your thoughts on the work: didn't see it


11.Title of dance work: For Many Days Now
choreographer: Itzik Galili
Title of music: Spiegel im Spiegel
Company(s) who have performed the work: Galili Dance
Appx length: ?
Appx dates: 1993
If you saw it, your thoughts on the work: didn't see it


12.Title of dance work: Uhlai
choreographer: Itzik Galili
Title of music: ?
Company(s) who have performed the work: Galili Dance
Appx length: ?
Appx dates: 1995
If you saw it, your thoughts on the work: didn't see it


13.Title of dance work: OJALA
choreographer: Jean Louis Barning
Title of music: unknown
Company(s) who have performed the work: Stichting van de Toekomst
Appx length: ?
Appx dates: 15 April 2004
If you saw it, your thoughts on the work: didn't see it


14.Title of dance work: Wonderful World
choreographer: Truus Bronkhorst
Title of music: Speigel im Spiegel (among other music)
Company(s) who have performed the work: stichting van de toekomst
Appx length: ?
Appx dates: 4 Januari 1995
If you saw it, your thoughts on the work: didn't see it


15.Title of dance work: Ypogeio - Apogeio
choreographer: Gesh Mihov
Title of music: ?
Company(s) who have performed the work: Thessally Ballet (from Greece)
Appx length: ?
Appx dates: 28 November 2002
If you saw it, your thoughts on the work: didn't see it

16.Title of dance work: For many days now
choreographer: Itzik Galili
Title of music: Spiegel im Spiegel
Company(s) who have performed the work: Galili dance
Appx length: ?
Appx dates: ? premiere in Amsterdam The Netherlands
If you saw it, your thoughts on the work: didn't see it


websites I used:
http://www.clubguyandroni.nl/index2.htm
NDT: http://www.ndt.nl/en/ndt.asp
Galili dans: http://www.nnd.nl/engels/index2.html
Truus Bronkhorst: http://www.truus-bronkhorst.com/menu.html
The National Ballet: http://www.het-nationale-ballet.nl/index.php?lang=uk

Funny: same question: Click here

greetings and good luck with your quest.

Thank you, jetty, and welcome!

My enormous thanks, Jetty. That is VERY interesting and extremely helpful. You are a *star*.

Looking forward to your future postings on CriticalDance.

Found it at last!

DANCING ON THE FRONT PORCH OF HEAVEN "ODES TO LOVE AND LOSS" \ ULYSSES DOVE (1992). MUS.: ARVO PART. ROYAL SWEDISH BALLET