In his most ambitious stage work to date, Boris Charmatz amasses a choreographic storm of movements assembled by more than 20 dancers each executing thousands of actions over an hour.
Each gesture is unique, not to be repeated, and evaporates as soon as it is completed. Alluding to the ephemeral nature of dance, Charmatz’s work—which is set to Mozart’s Requiem, a glorious meditation on death—is a statement on the transient nature of being. The inspiration for 10000 Gestures came to Charmatz while he was staging his piece, Levée des Conflits Extended, at the Museum of Modern Art in 2013, which was a study in permanence and immobility.
Charmatz set out to create the opposite effect in 10000 Gestures, he told The New York Times: “I envision a choreographic forest in which no dancer ever repeats any of the gestures, each of which will be shown only once and will vanish as soon as it has been executed, like an ode to the impermanence of the art of dance.”
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Boris Charmatz: 10000 Gestures
First Preview: Sep 2, 2018
Opening Date: Sep 27, 2018
Closing Date: Sep 28, 2018
Running Time: 01:10
Playing @
NYU Skirball
566 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY 10012
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 13
Performance Schedule
THURSDAY & FRIDAY @ 7:30 PM
Choreography
- Boris Charmatz
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Box Office
Shagan Box Office in the lobby of NYU Skirball, 566 La Guardia Place (just south of Washington Square South).
Hours: Tues - Sat, noon to 6pm and two hours before show times. -
Seating
860 seats. -
Elevator\Escalator
Elevator. -
Assisted Listening System
Infrared listening devices available for most performances. Please make a request to the house staff upon arrival. -
Wheelchair Info
Wheelchair seating available on all levels.
