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“Ex nihilo” by Georg Reischl (choreographer) , Christiaan Richter (music)
“Ex nihilo”, a piece for 25 dancers with 7 musicians and 1 conductor by Georg Reischl (choreography) / Christiaan Richter (music), is a great challenge as it brings together the voices of different artists and will find its final form in a live stage performance. In the beginning [...]
more...“Pineapple” by Iván Pérez (choreography) – Benjamin Scheuer (music)
In “Pineapple” Benjamin Scheuer and Iván Pérez reflect on the relationship between dance and music in the choreographic process taking analysis and exploration of structure, texture and rhythm as starting points. The musical score, divided in five sections, seems to set a structure for the piece. The dramaturgy of the [...]
more...Wim Boerman (conductor) on the musical process
Dearest Vera it works! both the composers finished their pieces, an amazing job by Christiaan who had to get in to the project and finish a piece within a month and did manage almost in time. Benjamin was a bit later and wrote a much more complicated piece for the [...]
more...Theoretical Frame: Internationally Mixed – Seminar
Thinking, Doing and Exploring (with) Gender The seminar explores through a combination of practice and theory possibilities to broaden understanding about the body and gender concepts. Working with three texts by Judith Butler, Ann Albright and Adam Benjamin we ask how a gender is to be discovered in bodily formations, [...]
more...Christiaan Richter (composer) on his musical score
“Titania nanotubes for solar energy and catalysis is a development – not in the classical sense, but more like a process. Step by step, the music unfolds into different states. It evolves very gradually, and because of that the music sometimes seems to be almost static. Still, it does need [...]
more...Georg Reischl (choreographer) on his rehearsal process
“In the beginning of the process I will try to get to know the dancers. I will guide them through physical exercises that will allow them to practice coordination, focus, partnering, tempo, skill and I will give them the opportunity to let them show who they are as people and [...]
more...Benjamin Scheuer (composer) on his musical score
In the five scenes I have written for the dance theatre I am working on with Ivan Perez I have tried to reflect the relationship of music and choreography in several different ways. For me it was very important not to write music which always relates to the events on [...]
more...Georg Reischl (choreographer) on his working process
“The main work starts in the studio, where I can get to know the dancers and where we can start working on movement-material together. Of course I have some pre-planned ideas concerning the piece in my head, but usually I try to keep things open at the beginning and focus [...]
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