"I am delighted whenever I hear a new work of yours and take a greater interest in it than in my own. In short, I honor and love you," wrote Ludwig van [...]
photo credit @ICKHEO Master craftsmanship on stage? It sounds strange and fascinating at the same time: While a ceramist and a knot artist perform their work on stage, a magical dance symbolizing their craft is presented in the background - a rare opportunity to experience traditional Korean crafts and dance on stage. Thinking Hands: Dance of [...]
The Theater of Imagination shifts the performance into the minds of the audience: the description of the events is projected onto a screen. The imagined stage action - famous, real productions [...]
Tatiana Chizhikova uses solid and condensed choreographic forms for her works, while their emotional content is rather complex and highly charged. In her new solo performance, she works with a simple [...]
A broad spectrum of musical deconstructions of classical formal models can be heard in this duo recital: Stravinsky's Divertissement (1934) is based on the music to his ballet Le Baiser de la fée, which in turn is inspired by Tchaikovsky's [...]
This is a performance with two dance pieces that wander around in a non-staged environment. The two choreographers and dancers, Tatyana Chizhikova and Yulia Arsen, detach their creations from their original stage versions, relying on the solid choreographic structure, resonant imagery and emotional density to create a shared experience for the viewer. Together they create [...]
This is a performance with two dance pieces that wander around in a non-staged environment. The two choreographers and dancers, Tatyana Chizhikova and Yulia Arsen, detach their creations from their original stage versions, relying on the solid choreographic structure, resonant imagery and emotional density to create a shared experience for the viewer. Together they create [...]
Huge shadows lie over the many scenes of new music in the territory of the former Soviet Union, which is currently once again the scene of violent geopolitical conflicts. The lively exchange of leading composers and performers between Tbilisi and Minsk, Yerevan and Moscow, Tashkent and Kyiv has come to a standstill, the dialog to a standstill. Music is once again in danger of being reduced to national [...]
Boris Filanovsky's "Ob aus Luft" is a musical meditation on loss, inspired by the celebrated cycle of poems by Maria Stepanova. With a perfect blend of stillness and fervor, static and expression, the Swiss artist duo of soprano Maja Bader and pianist Leonhard Dering give the piece a lively interpretation. In the second half of the concert, bass-baritone [...]
There is no correct or incorrect way to remember. But we are constantly being disciplined into particular ways of recollecting: by memory politics, media discourse, our families, our surroundings, our own changing ideas of ourselves, and so on. During crises - and wars as an extreme manifestation thereof - such disciplining becomes even more pronounced. [...]
