NúmEros (II). Compañía Nacional de Danza

The Compañía Nacional de Danza presents NúmEros (II), a programme of three pieces by George Balanchine, Jacopo Godani and William Forsythe that traces the dance of the last century at the Teatro Real.

This programme brings together three choreographies from different periods and styles, all performed by the Compañía Nacional de Danza. The production moves between classical-modern repertoire and contemporary creation, and is staged at the Teatro Real, a venue whose programming focuses on opera.

The evening opens with Serenade, by Balanchine, danced to Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings. For the company it carries a foundational weight, as it was the first Balanchine work it added to its repertoire, in 1983. Next comes Echoes from the Restless Soul, a creation by Godani set to Ravel's piano triptych Gaspard de la nuit, which combines pas de deux, quartets and a virtuoso choral section.

The programme closes with The Second Detail, by Forsythe, a playful and highly physical choreography that works with tempo, group dynamics and off-centre movement. The title, NumEros, combines numen and eros to allude to number as a principle of order: the dancers work with proportions, repetitions, permutations and sequences experienced through the body. The artistic direction is by Muriel Romero and the musical direction by Manuel Coves.