Une introduction

Olga de Soto turns her attention to The Green Table, Kurt Jooss’s landmark ballet, premiered in Paris in 1932 and celebrated both for its powerful political and pacifist message and for Jooss’s response to the first antisemitic laws introduced by Hitler following his rise to power in 1933. On an empty stage, accompanied only by a screen displaying archival images and video footage, de Soto recounts her research into the work. She explores what comes before and after the performance—its creative journey and enduring legacy—unfolding an investigative process shaped by questions, discoveries and unexpected lines of enquiry.