A collective creation, Naharin’s Virus is, in a way, a dialogue between Naharin’s choreographic style and the Batsheva dancers’. Its starting point is the text Publikumsbeschimpfung (Offending the Audience) by the Austrian playwright Peter Handke. An aesthetic manifesto, it is also a political piece: it is worth noting, for instance, that it features traditional music written by a Palestinian composer.

A carefully negotiated balance between frenzy and meditation, a frail and unstable whole saturated with an enigmatic opacity and symbolism, Last Work is also a politically committed, ethically-charged piece reflecting on war, peace, oppression and coercion. While dance is stretched up to its limits, Naharin’s choreographic gesture calls for a new outlook on our contemporary world, its violence, itpossibilities, its future.

Filmed at Chaillot-Théâtre National de la Danse

1 DVD
Running time: 129 min (Naharin’s Virus: 63 min - Last Work: 66 min)
Original language (Naharin’s Virus): FR
Subtitles: ENG
Booklet: FR/ENG | 28 pages
Video: NTSC, Color, 16:9 | Audio: PCM 2.0