Nederlands Dans Theater: A Near-Perfect Evening at the Kennedy Center
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| Shoot the Moon. Photo by Rahi Rezvani. |
There is something profound about the simple. Such is the driving force behind the Nederlands Dans Theater’s (NDT) program currently playing at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Three shockingly different dances fill this two hour program and, while the dancers wrap themselves about in complex positions regularly, the emotions portrayed are always simple and translate brilliantly. Artistic Directors Paul Lightfoot and Sol León are to be commended for their diverse and cutting-edge selections.
The first piece moves the audience before the curtain even rises. Set to a Philip Glass piece, movement II from Tirol Concerto, the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra elevates the orchestrations to great heights. Such highs are only complimented when the curtain rises to reveal a simplistic facade of a room interior. It could be any room anywhere, and thus the audience is transported to whatever location they have felt the longing portrayed throughout the number.
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