W’Art?! “Tree of Codes” - Olafur Eliasson, Wayne McGregor, Jamie XX
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wan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Beauty or the Nutcracker are all classical ballet that everyone knows. They have marked the dance world and they will continue to be performed over the years. However, people also like change and discovering new representations.
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ree of Codes made the change and included a huge artistic dimension to the dancing performance. Combining music, scenography and choreography, Tree of Codes is a real laboratory of experimentation. Bringing together the dancers of the Company Wayne McGregor and the Paris Opera Ballet, this piece is the product of an artistic collaboration in which space, bodies and architecture interact. The work opens up the spectators’ field of perception by immersing them in a disturbing play of mirrors created by the artist Olafur Eliasson and a techno-pop sound space conceived by the musician Jamie xx.
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ll choreographers have a personal style. But it would be hard not to recognise a ballet by the British choreographer Wayne McGregor – those sleek, hyper-extended distortions, the extreme articulation of the body, the unexpected twists and turns of movement. 22
