SPIRIT in Gothenborg
SPIRIT
GOTHENBOURG/SWEDEN: The coming world premiere of the GöteborgsOperans Danskompani – a unique program withcreations by two of the absolute masters of contemporary dance: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Saburo Teshigawara.
SPIRIT World Premiere 8 March
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Noetic
Creation by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui: Multiple award winning and constantly topical Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui‘s rartistic identity has been influenced by many years of involvement in the Belgian dance company Les Ballets C de la B, whose work belongs among the most exciting things to have happened within dance in recent decades
. His dance company, Eastman, is attributed the title of European cultural ambassadors in 2013.
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui creates Noetic, along with a distinguished team of Antony Gormley, actually one of the most wellknow sculptor, fashion designer duo Les Hommes, and composer Szymon Bróska
. The creation explores man’s instinctive need to structure every detail of our existence, and our longing to break free of the rules and discover what lies beyond them.
Commissioned music. GöteborgsOperans Danskompani. The Göteborg Opera Orchestra.
Metamorphosis
Creation by Saburo Teshigawara
Saburo Teshigawara´s Metamorphosis, inspired by Kafka‘s novels, is an art work filled with pain and breathtaking beauty. At its centre is the body’s constant changes, the cells’ constant renewal – the metamorphosis: “Even when we believe we are completely still, our bodies are moving
. That movement is life. To stop is to die. Life is like cycling – if you stop you lose your balance and fall over. Life is balance in motion.”
GöteborgsOperans Danskompani. The Göteborg Opera Chorus.
The two famous choreographers create unique works on the season’s theme of Mind & Spirit. GöteborgsOperans Danskompani explores our consciousness and its possibilities
. Reality beyond reality. Mind and spirit, body and energies challenge and forces us to new discoveries.
Performances: Premiere 8 March
13, 14, 16, 19, 22, 23, 26, 29 March
4, 6, 9, 12 April 2014
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Please enjoy our review from Cherkaoui´s company visit with “4D” to Bærum Kulturhus a few days ago at:
http://www.kulturkompasset.com/2014/02/betagende-cherkaoui-i-baerum-kulturhus/
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Northern (de) Lights
World Premiere 25 April
A platform for enhancing contemporary Nordic dance. Five short creations by choreographers based in northern Europe.
Artistic Director Adolphe Binder of the GöteborgsOperans Danskompani About the season’s theme Mind & Spirit.