Åbne Scene
JOYFUL MUSIC TO CELEBRATE LIFE
James Black / Between Feathers Ensemble / Tanečno Collective
Åben arbejdsvisning / open worksharing
DA
Joyful Music to Celebrate Life er et interdisciplinært projekt med seks performere – tre musikere og tre bevægelseskunstnere – skabt af komponist og kunstner James Black.
Projektet udforsker nogle af livets mest dybtgående spørgsmål gennem musik, dans, video og tekst. Værket udvikles i et tæt samarbejde mellem komponisten og performerne under flere intensive residensforløb og tager udgangspunkt i det grundlæggende spørgsmål: Hvad vil det sige at være i live?
I forbindelse med forløbet i Åbne Scene vil kunstnerne interagere med et publikum, som tidligere er blevet interviewet om dette spørgsmål. Senere vil ideerne fra residensforløbene blive formet til en sammenhængende performance.
EN
Joyful Music to Celebrate Life is an interdisciplinary project with six performers – three musicians and three movement artists – created by composer and interdisciplinary artist James Black.
The project delves into some of life’s most profound questions through music, dance, video, and text. Developed collaboratively by the composer and performers during several intensive residency periods, the work begins with a fundamental question: What does it mean to be alive?
During the residency in Aarhus, the artists will engage with an audience previously interviewed on this question. Later, the ideas explored during the residencies will be shaped into a cohesive performance.
Composer: James Black
Choreographer: Andrej Štepita
Dancers: Tanečno Collective
Flute: Audrey G. Perreault
Accordionist: Maria Mogas Gensana
Percussion: Hannes Schöggl
Photo: Valeria Maltseva
SUPPORT: Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport of Austria & NOW! Oper der Gegenwart