Noetic / Le Sacre du printemps
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui - Pina Bausch
In Noetic, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui investigates the instinctive impulse, peculiar to mankind, to capture every detail of both the inner experience and the outer cosmos in structures and at the same time the will to break free of them. The choreographer translates the endless, uncertain search for what lies behind these systems into apparently mechanical patterns that are constantly alternated with his fluid and cyclic language of movement. The melancholy associated with this quest is also expressed in Szymon Brzóska's minimalist music, which surprises with the use of oriental instruments.
Performances in Antwerp of Noetic/Le Sacre du printemps are cancelled. A number of crucial people within the production team have been infected with the coronavirus.
Therefore it is no longer feasible to stage the performance in Antwerp at the level the public expects. All performances at Theatre 't Eilandje between 21 and 30 January have therefore, with pain in our hearts, been cancelled.
The performances in Ghent are sold out.
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The insatiable quest translating being human into movement is also found in the work of the iconic choreographer Pina Bausch. "Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost," Bausch quoted a girl she met in Greece and who urged her to dance again and again. The original treatment of Le Sacre du printemps takes that thought to the extreme: a young woman is selected, as a spring sacrifice for the gods, to dance until death.
Igor Stravinsky started a revolutionary upheaval in music history with his explosive composition in 1913.
Pina Bausch, in turn, created a milestone in dance history with her tour-de-force version of Le Sacre in 1975: a universally moving and unparalleled masterpiece.
NOETIC Original production GöteborgsOperansDanskompanii - première Göteborg, 8 maart 2014 LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS Oorspronkelijke productie Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch - première Wuppertal, 3 december 1975 De herinstudering van 'Le Sacre du Printemps' is een coprodutie van Opera Ballet Vlaanderen en de Pina Bausch Foundation in samenwerking met Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. Opvoeringsrechten choreografie: Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt. Vertegenwoordiging van de Pina Bausch Foundation, Wuppertal, Duitsland. Choreography@verlagderautoren.de / Opvoeringsrechten muziek: Boosey & Hawkes, Londen, Verenigd Koninkrijk
2h incl. intermission
Free introduction 45 minutes before the start of all performances and a free talk after the performances on Sunday 30 January and Sunday 13 February.
Themedays on Saturday 29 January (Antwerp) and Saturday 12 February (Ghent).
Film Pina on Sunday 16 January (Cinema Cartoons Antwerpen) and Sunday 23 January (Studio Skoop Gent)
The creators
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Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Choreography
Szymon Brzoska
Composition
Antony Gormley
Set
Les Hommes
Costume design
David Stokholm
Lighting design
Adolphe Binder
Dramaturgy
Miriam Andersén
Singer
Shogo Yoshii
Taiko drums, Kokyū, Fue
