Choreographer Jiri Kylian and his performances are a whole layer of world dance culture. His productions are the pride of the main ballet stages of the world; A-list celebrities fight for the right to performance in them. From the Netherlands Dance Theater (NDT), where Kilian's most famous works were created, not only a whole generation of wonderful artists grew up, but also a whole cohort of now famous choreographers, including Nacho Duato, Paul Lightfoot, Sol Leon, Johan Inger, Jorma Elo.

What is so special about Kilian's dancing? Beginning his career as a dancer in the classical (or neoclassical) paradigm, serving for seven years at the John Cranko Theatre in Stuttgart, Kylian created his own style. Working with the human body as a perfect instrument, brilliantly constructed compositions, emphasized minimalism, amazing musicality, emotions that are expressed primarily through dance, light irony not slipping into pathos, and, of course, his unique dance vocabulary - all this adds up to a style that I want to imitate, but it’s impossible to repeat (although many modern choreographers try). A style similar to painting. Pictures that cannot always be understood immediately, but which are endlessly interesting to look at. Moreover, Kylian is very different. Serious and funny, tragic and ironic, at the intersection of reality and fantasy and sensual.

The TheatreHD special project contains his works from different years, and the “Favourites” allow you to try to put together a puzzle called “Jiri Kylian”, look at it and fall in love.