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Oeuvre Choreographer Krisztina de Châtel (working title)

Content of the DVD box set:

The DVD box set (6 DVDs) offers a comprehensive

selection of clips, and complete registrations of de

Châtel’s works specified in the following themes:

- Cooperation with visual artists

- Site specific choreographies

- Combination of dance with new media

- Music as an inspirational source

- Performances related to social issues

- Solos, guest choreographies and dance films

As an extra to the presented works of de Châtel the

DVD box includes photos, a text book and interviews.

Release

The DVD-box set will be released and presented in

October 2008 on the première of the jubilee produc-

tion Giubileo in Lucent Danstheater, The Hague, The

Netherlands.

In 2008 choreographer Krisztina de Châtel and Dans-

groep Krisztina de Châtel celebrate their 30 year

cooperation. On this festive occasion a DVD box will

be issued, containing a comprehensive summary of the

choreographer’s oeuvre.

Dansgroep Krisztina de Châtel

Over the years the Hungarian-born choreographer

Krisztina de Châtel has made more than 50 choreograp-

hies and two dance films. The performances, which

are often set in unusual (outdoor) locations, combine

dance, music and visual art and provide a full evening’s

entertainment.

She is open to new cultural developments and fre-

quently seeks cooperation with other artists like per-

formance artist Marina Abramovic ́. Next to that, she

has initiated projects with new media and virtual space,

skate boys, garbage men, and various other striking

combinations.

In Krisztina de Châtel’s dance performances two

worlds collide as fragile bodies are confronted with

natural elements such as wind, earth and water. But

there is also a struggle within the body itself as passion

and control fight for supremacy. Krisztina de Châtel’s

productions increasingly reflect her views of society, be

it in abstract form.

Krisztina de Chatel

Release beginning 2009