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Westward Ho! / Scheme of Things / Vox Balaenae donderdag 06.12.2012 Westward Ho! / Scheme 20.00 Concertzaal 19.15 Inleiding door of Things / Vox Balaenae Gloria Carlier Tero Saarinen Company (Finland) & Ensemble intercontemporain (Frankrijk) Belgische première Programma en uitvoerders Westward Ho! Scheme of Things Vox Balaenae Tero Saarinen: choreografie, kostuumontwerp Tero Saarinen: choreografie Tero Saarinen: choreografie, dans Tero Saarinen Company: ensemble Mikki Kunttu: lichtontwerp Mikki Kunttu: lichtontwerp Mikki Kunttu: licht- en decorontwerp Ville Konttinen: technische directie Henrikki Heikkilä, Pekka Louhio, Erika Turunen: kostuumontwerp Erika Turunen: kostuumontwerp Marco Melchior: klanktechniek Heikki Vienola: dans Sini Länsivuori: assistentie choreografieP Marco Melchior: klankontwerp Eero Auvinen: lichttechnicus Tero Saarinen Company: productie Henrikki Heikkilä, Satu Halttunen: Klaus Eklund: tourtechnicus repetitor Solisten van Ensemble Tipi Taskinen, Anni Laanti I premiere: 18 februari 1996, Dansens Hus, Annika Hyvärinen, Mikko Lampinen, intercontemporain Atelje Teatro: uitvoering kostuums Stockholm Jarkko Lehmus, Natasha Lommi, Hidéki Nagano: piano Scheme of Things en Vox Balaenae muziek: collage (GavinBryars, Jesus’ blood Pekka Louhio, Maria Nurmela: dans Pierre Strauch: cello never failed me yet; Moondog, The Message) Sophie Cherrier: fluit opname: Gavin Bryars, Tramp met strijkorkest originele productie: Nederlands Dans Theater 1 Moondog, Louis Hardin (NDT1), 5 februari 2009, Lucent Danstheater, Satu Halttunen, Henrikki Heikkilä, Den Haag Sini Länsivuori: assistentie choreografie — pauze — Tero Saarinen Company premiere: 5 november Tero Saarinen Company: productie 2011, Automne en Normandie, Saint-Étienne- du-Rouvray, Le Rive Gauche in samenwerking met Arts 276 / Automne en Normandie; Red Brick project / CCN Roubaix muziek: Nord-Pas de Calais – Carolyn Carlson collage (Biosphere, Jeff Buckley, Trey Gunn, Higher Intelligence Agency, premiere: 5 november 2011, Automne Jarmo Saari) en Normandie, Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, opnames: Le Rive Gauche, Frankrijk Biosphere: Freeze-Frames, © Touch Music [MCPS] George Crumb (1929) Biosphere & Higher Intelligence Agency: Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) (1971) Snapshot Survey, Headphone records 2003 - Vocalise (… for the beginning of time) Jeff Buckley: You and I, © 1998 Sony Music - Variations on Sea-Time Entertainment Inc. Sea Theme Trey Gunn: The Ghosts Listen, © Trey Archeozoic [Var. I] Gunn [BMI] / Jarmo Saari: Atonal Glass, Proterozoic [Var. II] © Jarmo Saari Paleozoic [Var. III] Mesozoic [Var. IV] — korte pauze — Cenozoic [Var. V] - Sea-Nocturne (… for the end of time) Belgische première DANS CON in samenwerking met Cultuurcentrum Brugge MET TEMPO LIVEMUZIEK Uw applaus krijgt kleur dankzij de bloemen van Bloemblad. Biografieën Westward Ho! / Scheme of Things / Vox Balaenae Danser en choreograaf Tero Saarinen (FI) Ensemble intercontemporain (FR), opgericht Tero Saarinen is in de eerste plaats een gezelschap NDT1. Hier koos Saarinen voor begon zijn carrière in 1985 bij het Finse in 1976 door Pierre Boulez met ondersteuning fascinerende solodanser. Maar hij inspireerde een collage van melodieën van verschillende Nationale Ballet. Drie jaar later werd zijn van de toenmalige Franse staatssecretaris voor ook gerenommeerde choreografen die voor muzikanten. Zo ondersteunt hij de uitwerking solocarrière sterk gestimuleerd toen hij de cultuur Michel Guy, bestaat uit 31 solisten hem stukken op maat hebben geschreven, van de gekozen thema’s via melancholie, eerste prijs hedendaagse dans won op het die de liefde voor hedendaagse muziek, van zoals Jorma Uotinen en Carolyn Carlson. hunkering en tragikomedie. Concours International de Danse de Paris. de jaren 20 tot vandaag, gemeenschappelijk De beroemde Amerikaanse choreografe van Nadien verliet hij het Finse Nationale Ballet hebben. Opgericht als kernformatie, wijden Finse afkomst gaf ook haar mythische solo ‘Tijdens het creëren van dit werk wilde ik onze om nieuwe invloeden in de hedendaagse dans ze zich aan de in de statuten beschreven Blue Lady aan hem door. In 1996 verkoos gedragspatronen bestuderen.’, zegt Saarinen. in West-Europa en Japan te bestuderen, en in opdracht van verbreden, overbrengen en Tero Saarinen zich meer toe te leggen op ‘Ik vroeg me af of er een vooraf gedefinieerde 1996 stichtte hij zijn eigen dansgroep, de Tero creëren. Onder de muzikale leiding van de choreografieën en stichtte hij zijn eigen formule aan de basis lag van het leven en de Saarinen Company. Tot nu toe maakte hij zo’n Finse Susanna Mälkki werken ze aan de zijde gezelschap. Sindsdien creëerde hij meer dan menselijke relaties. Waarom maken we altijd 30 creaties die allemaal totaalervaringen zijn: van componisten aan het onderzoek van de dertig stukken, onder meer in opdracht van opnieuw dezelfde fouten, soms van generatie een combinatie van een unieke choreografie, instrumentale technieken en aan projecten andere instellingen. Bij de vele persoonlijke op generatie? Maar ik dacht ook aan het toeval sterke vertolkingen, opvallende visuele die muziek met dans, theater, film, video en choreografieën voor zijn eigen gezelschap in menselijke relaties en hoe moeilijk het is om aspecten en vaak livemuziek. beeldende kunst verbinden. Elk jaar geeft en voor andere dansgezelschappen in contact te maken met anderen. De werktitel het ensemble compositieopdrachten en verschillende landen komen nog enkele van het stuk was Bad Timing. Maar bestaat er De Tero Saarinen Company is vandaag voert het de creatie van nieuwe werken uit, repertoirestukken, zoals Petrouchka en Hunt – wel zoiets als de juiste timing?’ een van de belangrijkste Noord-Europese die aansluiten bij de meesterwerken van de zijn eigen versie van Le Sacre du Printemps. dansgezelschappen en was in bijna 40 20e eeuw. De muzikale vertoningen voor De attitudes die vaak terugkeren in menselijke landen te zien. De compagnie zette een jonge mensen, de specialisatiecursussen Westward Ho! relaties zijn het thema van Scheme of Things. internationaal opleidingsprogramma op voor jonge instrumentalisten, dirigenten en De avond begint met Westward Ho!, dat wordt Tero Saarinen choreografeert hier de meest poten. Tero Saarinen maakte ook creaties voor componisten als ook de talrijke acties tot beschouwd als Tero Saarinens internationale extreme bewegingen, die mensen van elkaar andere prominente dansgezelschappen zoals sensibiliseren van het publiek, getuigen van doorbraak. Dit stuk, dat in première ging in scheiden of met elkaar verbinden: van het het Nederlands Dans Theater, de Batsheva een diep en internationaal gewaardeerd 1996, geeft een bevreemdend melancholisch, engagement tot de vlucht, van het in bezit Dance Company, het Ballet van de Opéra engagement. Sinds 1995 resideert Ensemble zacht humoristisch beeld van vriendschap, nemen tot het afstand doen. Een architectuur de Lyon en het Finse Nationale Ballet. intercontemporain in Cité de la Musique egoïsme en verraad. Westward Ho! werd van emoties gekleurd door vervoering, in Parijs. Het ensemble wordt gefinancierd beïnvloed door de tekst van de Amerikaanse verwachting, omhelzing en conflict, met Meer info vindt u op www.terosaarinen.com door het Franse ministerie van Cultuur en kunstenares Laurie Anderson: extreme gevoelens zoals angst of opoffering. Communicatie en krijgt bijkomende steun van De Finse kunstenaar, die deel uitmaakt van de stad Parijs. There is no pure land now. de sterchoreografen die werden gevraagd No safe place. door het beroemde Nederlands Dans Theater, Meer informatie over het ensemble, alsook And we stand here on the pier, waarvoor hij onder andere Scheme of Things de biografieën van solisten Sophie Cherrier, watching you drown. creëerde, wilde dit stuk doorgeven aan Hideki Nagano en Pierre Strauch vindt u terug de dansers van zijn eigen gezelschap. De op www.ensembleinter.com (Er is geen zuiver land nu. beleving en het tijdsbesef, het geheugen Geen veilige plaats. en de kwalitatieve interpretatieverschillen Ensemble intercontemporain geniet de steun We staan hier op de pier, worden hier heraangepakt in dienst van een van de Europese Commissie en kijken hoe je verdrinkt.) werkproces dat een onderzoek voert naar de taal van de dans. Op de scène lijken de Scheme of Things lichamen te reageren op de plastische effecten De avond vervolgt met het ensemblestuk van de lichtgevende panelen die de ruimte met de steun van Norden – Nordic Culture Point, Scheme of Things. Saarinen creëerde dit stuk structureren. Nu eens vastgegrepen, verteerd het Fins Cultureel Instituut voor de Benelux en in 2009 voor het toonaangevende Nederlandse door het licht, vervagen ze en verdwijnen ze. de Ambassade van Finland in Brussel De wereld van George Crumb Dan weer omhuld door het licht, openbaren In de interpretatie van Saarinen wordt een George Crumb, geboren in Charleston Hij toonzette diverse teksten van de Spaanse ze zich in al hun kracht. Zoals de stem van Jeff enkele danser omgeven door de muziek, live op 24 oktober 1929, is een Amerikaanse dichter Federico Garcia Lorca. Voorbeelden Buckley – wiens muziek wordt gebruikt in de uitgevoerd door drie solisten van het Ensemble componist van moderne en avant- hiervan zijn Ancient Voices of Children – een score bij dit stuk – met zijn doorleefde blues intercontemporain. Vox Balaena is de eerste gardemuziek. Zijn werk wordt getypeerd door liederencyclus uit 1970 voor twee zangers weifelend tussen ‘kreten en gefluister’. Of zoals samenwerking van Tero Saarinen Company het gebruik van ongebruikelijke klankleuren en klein ensemble waaronder ook een
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