Olga de Soto An Introduction

Programme

Solo and video documentary in one! Olga de Soto's An Introduction reflects on the issues raised by Kurt Joss's scandalous anti-fascist works. The Green Table left behind.

The Green Table (Der Grüne Tisch), one of the legendary choreographer's most famous, premiered in Paris in 1932 and is considered a milestone in dance history. In it, he showed his strong reaction to Hitler's desire to start a new world war. When Hitler asked Jooss to sack all the Jews from his dance company, he had the entire company emigrate to London.rnrnOlga de Soto bases the performance on images and texts, but above all on interviews with the dancers and some of those who sat in the audience in 1932. A shared memory that she believes is very important not to forget. She also touches on the interpretation and transfer of the work from past to present. How can a work evolve over time, and as part of world history?

The show is in French with English subtitles

An introduction Part of 'Performing the Archives' - a full week at Dansens Hus celebrating the history of contemporary dance.See the full programme here

about Olga de Soto

rnChoreographer, dancer and dance researcher. Trained in classical and modern dance. Born in Spain in 1970, now living and working in Brussels. Has danced in performances by influential international choreographers such as Meg Stuart, Felix Ruckert and Jerôme Bel (all of whom have visited Dansens Hus). For five years she was an assistant and performer in Jerôme Bel's worldwide hit performance The Show Must Go On.

Watch the video: Olga de Soto on her performance