DANCE
Lucinda Childs
Lyon Opera Ballet
In 2026, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival is presenting DANCE by Lucinda Childs with the Lyon Opera Ballet, in collaboration with the China Shanghai International Arts Festival.
Created in 1979, DANCE relies on a perfect balance between movement, music and visual art. Working with composer Philip Glass—whose melodic structures mirror the clarity of her choreographic language—Lucinda Childs shaped a glissando of airy gestures that shift through minute variations. This infinite flow of signs traces geometric patterns on the floor and echoes throughout the space. Artist Sol LeWitt completes the equation with a film installation projected onto a transparent screen, doubling the stream of gestures across the stage. DANCE is a visual and sensory vertigo. It takes the audience into the very heart of motion, deployed on a map whose lines dream and melt together, where everything seems to slide and float through a fluid, timeless land.