Jiri Kylian, Kaguyahime: Paris Opera Ballet

About the Event

The Paris Opera Ballet presents Jirí Kylián's 'Kaguyahime', a work of singular beauty which expresses the choreographer's fascination for Japanese culture.

In a dream‐like atmosphere, Kylián accompanies the passage on Earth of a princess from another world. This artist of pure lines skilfully plays with light and subtly mixes traditional Japanese and Western music to create a fantasy world. The fluid dance is sometimes languorous and enigmatic, sometimes swept up by the frenetic rhythms of percussion and the rolling of drums, translates moods and emotions.

Maki Ishii, Music
Jiří Kylián, Choreography
Michael Simon, Sets and lighting
Ferial Simon, Joke Visser, Costumes
Kodo, Gagaku Ensemble
, and guest percussion Ensemble
Michael De Roo, Conductor