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Open in the appOceans ---------- Choreographies by Damien Jalet & Kyle Abraham Breakwater created at the Paris Opera in 2020 First time at GTG River Without Banks world premiere of the Grand Théâtre de Genève Ballet Duration 1h40 including intermission Recommended from age… Oceans ---------- Choreographies by Damien Jalet & Kyle Abraham Breakwater created at the Paris Opera in 2020 First time at GTG River Without Banks world premiere of the Grand Théâtre de Genève Ballet Duration 1h40 including intermission Recommended from age 10 Cast Breakwater Choreography Damien Jalet Associate choreographer Aimilios Arapoglou Set design, costumes JR Lighting Fabiana Piccioli associate of Elena Gui for the revival Music Koki Nakano Additional music Olafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm River Without Banks Choreography Kyle Abraham Set design and lighting Dan Scully Costumes Reid & Harriet Design Music Leo Svirsky Choreographic assistants Stephanie Terasaki and Donovan Reed Pianists Leo Svirsky, Reinier van Houdt and Réginald Le Reun Grand Théâtre de Genève Ballet Work A line of kneeling bodies curves and undulates to the rhythm of piercing pulses. From their torsos and limbs emerges a succession of grey waves that rise, break and beat tirelessly against an imaginary dyke. The arpeggios of a virtuoso piano soon swell their flows into autonomous whirlpools, before calm succeeds the storm (Breakwater). — From two pianos flows a deep and shimmering sound river, whose waves seem to spread to the surrounding space which trembles and crinkles in a play of watercolour hues. Caught in this infinite current, couples form and dissolve, their relationships shift and transform, leading to delicate separations or renewed unions (River Without Banks). The Oceans diptych brings together two choreographic pieces inspired by the energy and metamorphoses of water in motion. Created in 2020 at the Paris Opera, Damien Jalet's hypnotic Breakwater, conceived in collaboration with artist JR, enters the repertoire of the Grand Théâtre Ballet. To music by Koki Nakano, its nine performers bring to life a human wave, a symbol of…