Especially for Bilbao, Eric Gauthier has come up with a trio of group pieces that add up to a perfect artistic showcase for the Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart.
The first part combines two contrasting choreographies from the Swan Lakes programme: Marie Chouinard’s LE CHANT DU CYGNE: LE LAC turns the company’s women dancers from oppressed swans into outspoken rebels with an in-your-face feminist message. Hofesh Shechter’s decidedly cool SWAN CAKE, on the other hand, seems like a danced study in swarm behaviour, set to an immersive score of his own making.
After the interval, another treat awaits. All 16 company members unite for Ohad Naharin‘s cult classic MINUS 16. Like in a kaleidoscope, the choreography combines diverse episodes, musical material and moods which Naharin continually re-arranges and modifies. The result is an intense and fitting finale to a tailor-made programme celebrating three masters of contemporary dance.
GAUTHIER DANCE-THEATERHAUS STUTTGART
PROGRAM
SWAN LAKES & MINUS 16
March 22 & 23, 2024
Teatro Arriaga, Bilbao
Marie Chouinard: LE CHANT DU CYGNE: LE LAC
Choreography and Staging, Costumes, Lighting & Video Design: Marie Chouinard
Music: Louis Dufort
The show includes: “Un violador en tu camino”, courtesy of Colectivo LASTESIS
Hofesh Shechter: SWAN CAKE
Choreography and music: Hofesh Shechter
Ohad Naharin: MINUS 16
Choreography: Ohad Naharin
Gauthier Dance//Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart
Artistic director Gauthier Dance: Eric Gauthier
Company Coach: Egon Madsen
Ballet Masters: Cesar Locsin, Luis Eduardo Sayago
Company management: Inga Kunz
Artistic management: Daria Mosunova, Maria Strom
Technical production management: Holger Reuker
Artistic coordination of stage and costumes: Gudrun Schretzmeier
Dancers: Bruna Andrade, Andrew Cummings, Anneleen Dedroog, Karlijn Dedroog, Barbara Melo Freire, Luca Pannacci, Garazi Perez Oloriz, Arnau Redorta Ortiz, Shai Ottolenghi, Rina Pinsky, Izabela Szylinska, Sidney Elizabeth Turtschi, Locke Egidio Venturato, Giovanni Visone, Shawn Wu, Shori Yamamoto
Take the chance to discover it at Teatro Arriaga.