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Bronze by Gold

Production (2015)

In Stephanie Thiersch’s latest production, music and dance, intensities, rhythms and stillness coincide, intertwine and mutually impede each other. The title, “Bronze by Gold”, found in the Sirens episode of Ulysses (J. Joyce), relates to the seductive coexistence and successiveness of contemporary dance, tableaux vivants, string quartet and club music. Each and every one shines, swirls or extinguishes: as a utopian community, seven performers, a string quartet and a DJ are brought to connect with each other, link, pull at each other – playfully and uncomfortably, indulgently and coerced. Bronze by Gold is reminiscent of an eclectic montage. It draws the audience in and shakes up iconic images of a society that celebrates itself, resigns, moves on, and has to survive.
The increasingly pioneering sounds created by the Asasello Quartet, ranging from Beethoven’s “Grand Fugue” to Márton Illés’ “Torso V” and Hikari Kiyama’s “Raga Phi”, are joined by the pounding bass beats and virtuoso scratch techniques of Dj Elephant Power. 12 bodies become vortexes but nevertheless strive to assert themselves and go against the tide. In a world in which everything collocates and everything appears to self-align, they quest to make themselves noticed, each time in a different manner.

Cast

Concept/Choreography: Stephanie Thiersch
Asasello Quartett: Rostislav Kozhevnikov (1. Violin), Barbara Kuster (2. Violin), Teemu Myöhänen (Cello), Justyna Śliwa (Viola);
Dance: Matteo Ceccarelli, Marika Gangemi, Annamari Keskinen, Gyung Moo Kim,
 Colas Lucot, Chang-Ik Oh, Camille Revol
Dance/2nd Cast: Viviana Escalé, Claudia Greco, Michele Meloni, Kepha Oiro, Marcela Ruiz Quintero, Joel Suárez Gómez
Support: Manon Greiner
Electronic Music: DJ Elephant Power
Dramaturgy: Guy Cools
Choreographic-Musical Coaching: Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola
Choreographic Assistence: Viviana Escalé, Valenti Rocamora i Torà
Assistance: Liesa Harzer
Costumes: Fabien Almakiewicz
Stagedesign: Jasper Diekamp
Lightdesign: Nico de Rooij, Jürgen Kapitein
Outside Ear: Aleksandra Gryka
Technical Direction: Fabian Bleisch
Sound: Maximilian Johannson
Photography: Martin Rottenkolber
Production Management: Karolin Henze
Management: Béla Bisom
Un grand merci à Chantal Grand!

Credits
A production by MOUVOIR/Stephanie Thiersch in cooperation with the Asasello Quartet and Dj Elephant Power.

Co-produced by: Beethovenfest Bonn, Tanz im August, Hessisches Staatsballett / Staatstheater Darmstadt & Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf.
In cooperation with the Theater im Pumpenhaus Münster and Freihandelszone Köln.

Funded by: Kunststiftung NRW, NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ (NPN). Co-production funding for dance provided by the federal government commissaries for culture and media on the basis of a decree by the German Federal Parliament; the NRW Ministry for the Family, Children, Young People, Culture and Sport, Cultural Office of the state capital Düsseldorf, RheinEnergieStiftung Kultur, Cultural Office of the City of Cologne.

The performance in Marrakech: is made possible by the support of Kunststiftung NRW, iDAS NRW and the project Shifting Realities.
The performance in Nimes: is made possible by the support of the Ministerium für Familie, Kinder, Jugend, Kultur und Sport des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen

Photography:

Martin Rottenkolber

“The entire insanity of our seeking odyssey through life becomes visible in Thiersch’s amazingly multifaceted and impressive images (…) A terrific experience!” tanznetz.de

“The unleashed sounding bodies are choreographed in a haunting manner. „Bronze by Gold“ leads into absolut exhaustion. Only the DJ keeps on turning his vinyls.” Der Tagesspiegel

“An elaborate piece of dance. Intoxicating until the very last minute.” Westfälische Nachrichten

“Stephanie Thiersch stays true to her own language, to her style. One sees bodies twitching, running and dancing, at a hectic pace or in slow motion. They tear at each other, lick each others arms, scenes that show love, desperation and insanity, themes that bring us back to Beethoven.” Bonner General-Anzeiger

on Tour:

25.10.2018, 19.30 h
bei tanztendenzen - Internationales Festival für zeitgenössischen Tanz und Performance

Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin , Alter Garten 2, 19055 Schwerin, Deutschland
https://www.mecklenburgisches-staatsthea ...

24.10.2018, 19 h
bei tanztendenzen - Internationales Festival für zeitgenössischen Tanz und Performance

Oper Stettin, Korsarzy 34, 70953 Stettin, Polen
http://tanztendenzen.de/

22.10.2018, 19.30 h
bei tanztendenzen - Internationales Festival für zeitgenössischen Tanz und Performance

Theater Greifswald, Robert-Blum-Straße, 17489 Greifswald, Deutschland
http://www.theater-vorpommern.de/theater ...

16.10.2017, 19.30 h

Oper Köln, Staatenhaus 3, Rheinparkweg 1 , 50679 Köln, Deutschland
https://www.oper.koeln/de

13.10.2017, 19.30 h
Auftakt Festival Urbäng

Oper Köln, Staatenhaus 3, Rheinparkweg 1 , 50679 Köln, Deutschland
https://www.oper.koeln/de

06.05.2017, 20 h
Festival tanz nrw 17

PACT Zollverein, Bullmannaue 20a, 45327 Essen, Deutschland
www.pact-zollverein.de

30.03.2017, 20 h

Théâtre de Nîmes, 1 place de la Calade, 30017 Nîmes, Frankreich
https://theatredenimes.com/

29.03.2017, 19 h

Théâtre de Nîmes, 1 place de la Calade, 30017 Nîmes, Frankreich
https://theatredenimes.com/

06.03.2017, 20 h

On Marche - Festival International de Danse à Marrakech, Marrakesch, Marokko
www.taoufiqizeddiou.com

12.12.2015, 20 h

Theater im Pumpenhaus, Gartenstraße 123, 48147 Münster, Deutschland
https://www.pumpenhaus.de/

11.12.2015, 20 h

Theater im Pumpenhaus, Gartenstraße 123, 48147 Münster, Deutschland
https://www.pumpenhaus.de/

05.12.2015, 19.30 h

Internationale Maifestspiele; Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Christian-Zais-Straße 3, 65189 Wiesbaden, Deutschland
http://www.staatstheater-wiesbaden.de/sp ...

04.12.2015, 19.30 h

Internationale Maifestspiele; Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Christian-Zais-Straße 3, 65189 Wiesbaden, Deutschland
http://www.staatstheater-wiesbaden.de/sp ...

27.11.2015, 19.30 h

Staatstheater Darmstadt, Georg-Büchner-Platz 1, 64283 Darmstadt, Deutschland
www.staatstheater-darmstadt.de

26.11.2015, 19.30 h

Staatstheater Darmstadt, Georg-Büchner-Platz 1, 64283 Darmstadt, Deutschland
www.staatstheater-darmstadt.de

02.10.2015, 20 h

Beethovenfest Bonn, Halle Beuel, Siegburger Straße 42, 53225 Bonn-Beuel, Deutschland
www.beethovenfest.de

01.10.2015, 20 h

Beethovenfest Bonn, Halle Beuel, Siegburger Straße 42, 53225 Bonn-Beuel, Deutschland
www.beethovenfest.de

23.08.2015, 20 h

Tanz im August, RADIALSYSTEM V - Halle, Holzmarktstr. 33, 10243 Berlin, Deutschland
www.tanzimaugust.de

22.08.2015, 20 h
PREMIERE

Tanz im August, RADIALSYSTEM V - Halle, Holzmarktstr. 33, 10243 Berlin, Deutschland
www.tanzimaugust.de

04.07.2015
Offene Probe

Staatstheater Darmstadt, Georg-Büchner-Platz 1, 64283 Darmstadt, Deutschland
www.staatstheater-darmstadt.de

13.05.2015
Offene Probe

tanzhaus nrw, Erkrather Str. 30, 40233 Düsseldorf, Deutschland
https://tanzhaus-nrw.de/de