[Purgatorio] Popopera

2008

After their kaleidoscopic HELL, Emio Greco and Pieter C. Scholten continue their journey through Dante’s La Divina Commedia with a [purgatorio] diptych.

In [purgatorio] POPOPERA, Bang on a Can composer Michael Gordon enriches the typical Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten research on the relationship between dance and music using structural elements from rock music. Six dancers intertwine with gleaming black electric guitars. A cross? A third arm? A lump of suffering? Dancers mutate into instruments. Raging guitars become fragile flesh and blood sound-boards. Chained by strings a crowd of dancers seeks purification in a redeeming rhapsody. [purgatorio] POPOPERA blends raw unpolished musicality with fine physical virtuosity and dissolves the borders of music and dance.

Credits

World premiere: June 19, 2008, Holland Festival, Amsterdam
Choreography, ligthing and sound concept: Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten
Composition: Michael Gordon
Music and dance: Ty Boomershine, Victor Callens, Vincent Colomes, Emio Greco, Nicola Monaco, Marie Sinnaeve, Suzan Tunca
Vocals: Michaela Riener/Stefanie True
Guitar coaches: Taylor Levine, Bryce Dessner, Paul van Utrecht, Wiek Hijmans
Set design: Marc Warning
Lighting design: Henk Danner
Projections: Joost Rekveld
Costume design: Clifford Portier
Development sound system: Will-Jan Pielage
Productie: ICK
Co-production: Holland Festival, Amsterdam (NL); Théâtre de la Ville, Paris (F); Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, Amiens (F); Festival d’Avignon, Avignon (F); Teatro Duse, Bologna (I); Torino Danza, Torino (I); The Joyce Theater’s Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Fund for New York, Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts, Maryland (USA)
Realized in collaboration with: MAPP International Productions, New York (USA) and ATER, Modena (I)

Trailer

PURGATORIO magazine, Price: € 7,50

Pretext. Image. Scent. Text. And context.
A synergy of various artistic energies clustered around the theme of purgatory. That is what the [purgatorio] magazine, closely linked with the EG | PC performances [purgatorio] POPOPERA and [purgatorio] IN VISIONE, has to offer. The work of the choreographers and the artistic team feeds the essence of the magazine. In its turn, the magazine perfumes the creation process as an interactive forum. A purifying reciprocity.

Published by ICK in close cooperation with art director and artist, Isabelle Vigier.
Available in Dutch, English and French. ISBN 978-90-810813-4-4
Price: € 7,50
To order this publication, send an e-mail to info@ickamsterdam.nl

Purgatorio Popopera CD, Prijs: € 7,50

CD with music of the performance [purgatorio] POPOPERA

Produced and Mixed by Damian leGassick. Recorded and Edited by Willjan Pielage and Floriaan Ganzevoort. Guitar Emio Greco, Ty Boomershine, Victor Callens, Vincent Colomes, Nicola Monaco, Marie Sinnaeve, Suzan Tunca. Voice Michaela Riener. Recorded at Maison de la Culture d'Amiens, 25-02-2008 - Music by Michael Gordon. Michael Gordon's music is published by Red Poppy Ltd. (ASCAP) and distributed worldwide by G. Schirmer Inc. (http://www.schirmer.com) © 2008 Cantaloupe Music, LLC and Emio Greco | PC

Price: € 7,50
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