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Missa brevis (1958 /
2006)
Choreographie: José
Limón
’In the ruins of
Poland I found a dance.'(José Limňn)
“He called it an
act of faith. I think that he recognized at that point
that dance was the way he expressed his spirituality."
(Nina Watt)
Premiered
in 1958, Missa Brevis is a piece for 22 dancers set to
Missa Brevis in Tempore Belli by Hungarian composer
Zoltán Kodály and is considered one of Limón’s
masterpieces. Missa Brevis was written by Kodály at the
end of World War II during the siege of Budapest, and is
a Mass in a time of war. Limón's choreography depicts
humanity rising up after near-destruction; it is a
memento to cities destroyed during World War II and to
the human qualities that compel the spirit to rise up in
hope and to survive. |
