Bliss

Bliss
Company Premiere 2022 / New York City Center
Choreography: Johan Inger
Staging by Yvan Dubreuil
Scenery Design by Johan Inger
Costume Design by Johan Inger & Francesca Messori
Lighting Design by Peter Lundin
Music by Keith Jarett

For this large-scale ensemble piece,  Swedish choreographer Johan Inger uses the legendary “Köln Concert” by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett; music that many consider to be the epitome of virtuoso improvisation. Rather than translating the music one-to-one into movement, it is more the feeling of Jarrett’s iconic music—free, soaring and ecstatic—that Inger translates into beautifully crafted dance, sending not only listeners, but audience members into a state of bliss.