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Three Atmospheric Studies
A work by The Forsythe Company, Frankfurt am Main/Dresden
Part I and II: Clouds after Cranach
Part III: Study III
Premiere of the new version 2 February 2006
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Three Atmospheric Studies © Dominik Mentzos
“Three Atmospheric Studies” is a triptych of dances drawing on a wide range of iconographic traditions. It is also choreographer William Forsythe’s most explicit and most political work: a great performance, simultaneously furious and reflective, on one of the central conflicts of our time. Forsythe succeeds in creating imposing images of war purely by means of the human body, however, despite their great clarity he refuses to use these images to articulate a specific political thesis, preferring instead to generate choreography and direction out of the fatal inner energies of the conflict.
Cast
Directed and choreographed by – William Forsythe
Music Part II – David Morrow
Music Part III – Thom Willems
Stage and Lighting Design – William Forsythe
Text by – Dana Caspersen, William Forsythe, David Kern
Costume Design – Satoru Choko, Dorothee Merg
Sound Design, Sound Synthesis – Dietrich Krüger, Niels Lanz
Voice Treatment, DSP-Programming – Andreas Breitscheid, Manuel Poletti in Zusammenarbeit mit Forum Neues Musiktheater Staatsoper Stuttgart
Speaker Part II – Amancio Gonzalez, David Kern, Jone San Martin
Speaker Part III – Dana Caspersen, David Kern, Ander Zabala
With
Yoko Ando, Francesca Caroti, Dana Caspersen, Marthe Krummenacher, Roberta Mosca, Jone San Martin, Elizabeth Waterhouse, Cyril Baldy, Amancio Gonzalez, Ayman Harper, Sang Jijia, David Kern, Ioannis Mantafounis, Fabrice Mazliah, Georg Reischl, Ander Zabala
The Forsythe Company is supported by the city of Dresden and the Free State of Saxony as well as the city of Frankfurt / Main and the Land Hesse.
The Forsythe Company likes to thank Ernst & Young for their support.