Lighting Design

How can looking result in a different way of listening? That question underlies OPUS , the second choreography by Christos Papadopoulos. The starting point is J.S. Bach's The Art of Fugue , which is dismantled and reduced to its most elementary building blocks.

With a microscopically precise movement language and a focus on individual sounds and melodic lines, dancers and musicians piece together the complex puzzle of Bach's work once again. This growth process unfolds both systematically and organically, allowing us to observe, in a stimulating and surprising way, how music and movement are synchronized.

Especially for the dancers of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, the choreographer is creating a new version of his ensemble piece, thus translating the concept of 'opus'—defined as 'a superior and complex work of classical music, realized according to ancient rules and ideals'—in a distinctive way to the present day.

• A commission of the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

currently on tour