Ballet / Choreography to Music by Lera Auerbach
11:11*
A one-act ballet / dance work by Terence Kohler for the Royal Ballet of Flanders, created for a choreographic competition in Antwerp and set to selected violin preludes and the Postlude for violin and piano by Lera Auerbach.
Performances
Shown six times in Antwerp between 18 and 21 March 2009. The choreography was presented within a choreographic competition of the Royal Ballet of Flanders.
Music
Selected violin preludes and Postlude by Lera Auerbach. The music was taken from CD and used Violin Preludes Nos. 6, 11, 14, 17, and 23, together with the Postlude for violin and piano.
Recognition
Nominated in January 2010 for the Benois de la Danse at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. The official Benois listing identifies Terence Kohler, 11:11, L. Auerbach, Royal Ballet of Flanders.
Creative Team
- Choreography Terence Kohler.
- Music Lera Auerbach.
- Auerbach Works Used Violin Preludes Nos. 6, 11, 14, 17, and 23; Postlude for violin and piano.
- Music Source Recorded music from CD.
- Company / Context Royal Ballet of Flanders / Koninklijk Ballet van Vlaanderen choreographic competition.
- Location Antwerp.
- Recognition 2010 Benois de la Danse nomination for Best Choreography.
Work Information
Benois de la Danse
- Nomination The choreography was nominated in January 2010 for the Benois de la Danse at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
- Official Listing The Benois record identifies the work as 11:11, with music by L. Auerbach, performed by the Royal Ballet of Flanders.
- Context The XVIII Benois de la Danse took place at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
The Work
11:11, also referenced in catalogue form as 11/11, was created by Terence Kohler within a choreographic competition of the Royal Ballet of Flanders. The work was shown six times in Antwerp between 18 and 21 March 2009.
The choreography uses recorded music by Lera Auerbach: selected violin preludes — Nos. 6, 11, 14, 17, and 23 — together with the Postlude for violin and piano. This places the ballet within the intimate and sharply profiled world of Auerbach’s violin-and-piano writing, where brief forms carry concentrated dramatic pressure.
In January 2010, the choreography was nominated for the Benois de la Danse at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre. The nomination placed Kohler’s work within a major international platform for choreographic recognition and established 11:11 as one of the significant early works in the Auerbach–Kohler collaboration sequence.
The title suggests a temporal and visual threshold: mirrored numbers, alignment, repetition, and suspended coincidence. In relation to Auerbach’s selected preludes and Postlude, the title also points toward a choreography of fragments — short, charged episodes held together by symmetry, recurrence, and the pressure of time.
* Catalogue marker: choreography to music by Lera Auerbach.
Online Materials
References and Production Sources
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PreviewPreview Not Yet Available Status
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RecognitionBenois de la Danse 2010 Benois de la Danse
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BiographyTerence Kohler — Bayerische Staatsoper Bayerische Staatsoper
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ChoreographerTerence Kohler Biography Terence Kohler
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Auerbach ContextAuerbach–Kohler Collaboration Context Grand Piano Series
Materials and Rights
This is catalogued as choreography to music by Lera Auerbach. The identified music consists of Violin Preludes Nos. 6, 11, 14, 17, and 23, together with the Postlude for violin and piano, used from CD. For future staging, archival video, production images, and performance materials, consult Ballet Vlaanderen / Royal Ballet of Flanders, Terence Kohler, and the relevant music publisher or rights holder.
