le corps, l'oeil & la plume : Benoit-Swan Pouffer

 

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, New York City 

Choreography by Benoit-Swan Pouffer

Music: The Cold Song ( Henry Purcell from the opera King Arthur, 1691 ) by Klaus Nomi

 

What Power art thou,
Who from below,
Hast made me rise,
Unwillingly and slow,
From beds of everlasting snow

See’st thou not how stiff,
And wondrous old,
Far unfit to bear the bitter cold.

I can scarcely move,
Or draw my breath,
I can scarcely move,
Or draw my breath.

Let me, let me,
Let me, let me,
Freeze again…
Let me, let me,
Freeze again to death

 

Merci Artemis