Today I bring you the set design by the spanish born architect, artist and engineer Santiago Calatrava, for The New York City Ballet (NYCB). Peter Martins, NYCB artistic director, became intrigued with the idea of architecture as it relates to dance in form and movement. He invited Santiago Calatrava – who is, he says, “his favorite architect” – to create designs for the new ballet program dubbed The Architecture of Dance.



Calatrava’s impressive arch spans the stage and explores the architecture-dance connection – throughout the performance, the company of 20 ballerinas and dancers weave in front, behind, around, and through the skewed opening of the structure, which responds to the vibrations of dancers’ feet hitting the floor.

Is there anything more exciting than two disciplines merging and crossing over, inspiring and informing each other to create a spectacular result which ultimately wouldn’t exist without the other?

I think not.


 


Photos courtesy of The New York City Ballet. Read the original article here.



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