30th Festival 2020
Fringe programme
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Sunday, 08. November 2020 // 4.00 – ca. 6.15 p.m. |
From 14 years |
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Passage Kinos |
(Free entry) |
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»C(h)œurs«
Film recording (from Teatro Real, Madrid, 2012)
Music and dance theatre by Alain Platel
Scenic photo from »C(h)oeurs«
Music: Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner
Conception, staging and choreography: Alain Platel
Musical conduction: Marc Piollet
Choir und orchestra: Teatro Real, Madrid
Dancers: les ballets C de la B, Gent
World première: 12.03.2012, Teatro Real, Madrid // Duration: 110 minutes
Film production: 3sat, Mainz, and Televisión Española, Madrid
With the kind permission of ZDF
Introduction: Arnd Wesemann, journalist, tanz, Berlin
Alain Platel, born in Ghent in 1956, is one of the most important choreographers of our time. In 1984, he founded the company les ballets C de la B in his home city and has been a guest at euro-scene Leipzig with nine pieces, most recently with »Requiem pour L.« in 2018. The concept for the competition »Das beste deutsche Tanzsolo« (»Best German dance solo«) is also his.
In 2012, Alain Platel staged the piece »C(h)œurs« in the opera house Madrid; the title combines the French words cœurs (hearts) and chœurs (choirs). He selected choral works from the two composers Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) and Richard Wagner (1813-1883), who gave the people a voice in their magnificent operas. The charged relationship between the individual and the masses experiences another intensification through dance.