KASSEL, FRANKFURT - Chronotopia Tour Germany/Sweden, March 2010
Von: nescivi
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The German/Swedish Chronotopia <http://www.chrissalter.com/projects.php#Chronotopia tour
14.3.2010, Schauspielhaus/Staatstheater - Kassel (D) - 12. Internationales Tanzfestival Kassel - opening
17.3.2010, Vara Concert Hall - Vara (near Gothenburg) (S)
26th,27th,28th, March - Mousonturm,Frankfurt (D)
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http://www.chrissalter.com/projects.php#Chronotopia
http://www.nescivi.nl/?p=122
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Chronotopia:
Chronotopia is a dance theater re-imagining of the one of the oldest
Indian epic poems: the Tamil epic Silappatikaram. Attakkalari's multi-
media dance production is an episodical journey, which explores the
movement of five performers through a physical and emotional landscape
of contemporary life: birth, love, marriage, war, devastation, death
and transformation. Establishing a link, between the landscape and the
emotional as well as spiritual mindset of the protagonist, images from
ordinary human existence encounter the intervention of inexplicable
forces.
A series of 9 meter tall columns holds a series of 6 Cold Cathode
Florescent Lights encased in acrylic cylinders which form a matrix of
36 individually controllable lighting elements. Additionally, three
wirelessly controlled CCFL's are mounted into pedestals which are
carried around the stage by the performers and function as sacred
objects in the work's dramaturgical structure.
The stage scenographic environment consists of the lighting system in
front of which is suspended a large scale, semi translucent projection
screen upon which is projected a series of five iconic yet, visually
abstract textures. Top and side cameras analyze the flow of motion
from the dancers and are used to provide simultaneous input to both
the lighting and projection systems. The lighting responds to the
performers' motion by either triggering set patterns, directly
coupling with the dancers or creating abstract traces based on
different rhythmic and temporal patterns.
The lighting scenography is inspired by both the abstract images of
bodily gestures that are prevalent in traditional Indian dance forms
such as Bharatnatyam as well as by the ubiquitous appearance of
florescent lighting fixtures in everyday life in India.
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Angeregt durch das tamilische Epos „Chillapatikaram“ erforscht die
Multimedia-Tanz-produktion die menschliche Existenz. Im Zentrum der
Choreographie steht ein weiblicher Charakter, dargestellt von drei
Tänzerinnen. Diese Protagonistin begibt sich auf eine Reise durchs
Leben. Jeder Ort, jede Landschaft hat eine eigene Stimmung, die sich
in ihr vereinen und facettenreiche Bilder der Psyche widerspiegeln.
„Chronotopias“ einzigartiges abstraktes Bewegungsvokabular verkörpert
auf faszinierend vielfältige Art und Weise menschliche Lebensumstände.
Es spiegelt sie wider in einen Prozess, in dem sich die lineare Zeit
und die räumliche Klarheit der einzelnen Episoden wie in einem Fluss
immer wieder auflösen: Mal zart, mal wild, mal ineinander fließend,
wie in einem Traum. Nichts ist so, wie es scheint, und doch ist alles
real.
So entwickelt sich die Choreografie zu einer emotionalen und packenden
Ode an die Sinne; eine magische Tour de Force durch die Reise des
Lebens.
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Collaboration with Attakkalari Center for Movement Arts, Bangalore, India
Choreography: Jayachandran Palazhy
Interactive scenography: Chris Salter | Chris Ziegler
Interaction research/design (light): Marije Baalman | Chris Salter
Interaction design (video) : Chris Ziegler
Theatrical Lighting; Thomas Dotzler
Lighting programming: Marije Baalman
Lighting system design: Elio Bidinost | Harry Smoak | Marije Baalman
Sensing research/development : Joseph Malloch | Marije Baalman
Sincerely,
Marije Baalman
