By Ken Ossola
Dim Light of Dawn is a tribute to the genius that was Sergei Rachmaninoff. Talented Swiss choreographer Ken Ossola leads us into the mind of the famous Russian composer and pianist, exploring the light and darkness that inhabit us all. It is a lyrical and romantic new work full of emotion.
The sun rises. The first glimmers of the day appear, nestled in a sea of blue. Nature awakens from its sweet somnolence. In the distance, Rachmaninoff’s melancholic and powerful piano can be heard. Dim Light of Dawn offers the spectator a contemplation of light and darkness, a lyrical and romantic new work, filled with emotion.
I feel like a ghost wandering in a world grown alien. I cannot cast out of the old way of writing and I cannot acquire the new. I have made an intense effort to feel the musical manner of Today, but it will not come to me.Sergei Rachmaninoff
Tomorrow, at dawn, when the fields bleach in the sun, I will set out. I know it’s me you’re waiting for. I will pass through the forest and pass by the mountains: I can’t be separated from you any more. I will walk with my eyes fixed only on my thoughts, Without a sideways glance, strange and solitary, For my back will be bent and my hands will be crossed In sadness, and the day will be like night to me. I won’t look at the gold of evening as it falls, Nor the sails in the distance descending on Harfleur, And when I arrive, I’ll put flowers on your tomb, A bouquet of holly and some heather that’s in bloom.
Victor Hugo, The Contemplations, 1856
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Marija Djordjevic
Marc Parent
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