TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Christopher Hill: From ballet dancer to choreographer
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
Graceful: West Australian Ballet performs “White Swan Pas De Deux”. (JP/Wienda Parwitasari)
A
ustralian choreographer Christopher Hill has lent his skills in classical ballet to young Indonesian dancers to create his latest, most complex piece.
The choreographed piece, titled One Together, was performed by young Indonesian dancers under the banner of the Indonesian Youth Ensemble. It was featured during Historia: The Journey of Ballet in Indonesia, an exhibition at Gedung Kesenian Jakarta playhouse in Central Jakarta, on July 6 and 7.
Ballet.id collaborated with the West Australian Ballet dance company for the event, which narrated the journey of Indonesian ballet – from its beginnings to its present day incarnation.
As a choreographer, Hill’s signature style of “#FutureBallet” takes the tradition of classical ballet and “pushes it into the future”.
“It’s really a mix of contemporary themes and traditional ballet positions but taken beyond the normal constraints and making them a bit more extreme: a bit bigger, moving more, interesting shapes and positions.”
With that in mind, Hill said the latest piece was the most complex he had ever created, owing to the fast-paced beats and frenzied movements.
