Jelena Kostic - a short odyssey
Jelena Kostic - a short odyssey

A SHORT ODYSSEE | MAN

By Jelena Kostić

In preparation for her full-length performance A MOOD FOR DEEP LONGING Jelena Kostić created a solo for a male dancer centred on a deep-seated belief something bigger than yourself.

In the dance solo A SHORT ODYSSEY | MAN meets a man lost in inner conflict. His desire for freedom is all-consuming, but he is constantly confronted with the promises he made in the past. His devotion is strung together by commitments and ruptures. Will his surrender lead him to the abyss or will he choose to take a leap of faith? In A Short Odyssey | Man desire and destruction find each other in a passionate dance and in the simple truthfulness and melancholy of traditional Eastern European music.

Credits

Premiere

2013

choreography & concept

Jelena Kostić

In collaboration with dancer: Blazej Jasinski

composers

Jeroen Strijbos and Rob van Rijswijk

dramaturgical advice

Thomas Falk, Lou Cope and Pietjan Dusee

lighting design

Ellen Knops and Pim Mans

a production of

Kostić Foundation in co-production with DansBrabant and in collaboration with Strijbos&VanRijswijk