CONCEPT, CHOREOGRAPHY, SET DESIGNER, LIGHT DESIGNER:
Jo Strømgren
MUSIC:
Johann Sebastian Bach
SOUND DESIGNER:
Jo Strømgren
COSTUMES:
Bregje Van Balen
ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHERS:
Angela Dematté, Nataša Novotná
PERFORMERS:
Laura Moreno Gasulla, Natalia Adamska, Rita Pires, Rei Masatomi, Barnaby James Packham, Gene David Goodman
PRODUCTION:
Pavlína Macháčová
PRODUCER:
National Moravian-Silesian Theatre
CO-PRODUCTION:
A coproduction with Jo Strømgren Kompani
WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF:
MKČR, Moravskoslezský kraj, Statutární město Ostrava
PREMIERE:
Světová premiéra 18.května 2024,
Divadlo „12“, Ostrava
DURATION:
60 min
In a burgundy-red salon, a cellist prepares for a concert with a group of dancers. The music, Bach’s cello suites, follows its own abstract logic where associations can flow freely: one thought leads to another, and no interjections are wrong.
The performance takes the shape of a chamber play where associations seem to take some complicated turns for the cellist herself. As always with Jo Strømgren, the narrative is rich with imagination and pointed humor, but this time without any specific theme or storyline. Here, dance and music take the leading role.
Prepare for a rare encounter with dance, without an explicit meaning.
Jo Strømgren
Educated as a dancer. Freelance choreographer with a vast range of commissions for ballet companies and contemporary ensembles. Frequently engaged as a theatre director, predominantly with Henrik Ibsen plays. Member of the Writer’s Guild of Norway with a long list of plays produced by national and municipal theatres in Scandinavia.
