2014 / 2018    installation consisting of 4K / HD video and photography 
color, mute, looped   original length: 20' 24" / cycle (excerpt 09' 12")

The work features ephemeral and imagined places, which are stage sets of classical ballet pieces, including The Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and The Nutcracker. The video is composed of still images photographed at the rehearsal hours of the productions at the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam. The well-known pieces are presented with décor and partly with the lighting but without performers and music. These representations that are supposed to serve dance and music become then the subject. The order of the set’s movements is in accordance with the original script of the pieces, but the length is significantly shortened. Shown together are five black and white photographs of the same theater.