DANCE & MUSIC THEATRE // “In the beginning was the end moraine. And God came in the form of a massive glacier, folding the Earth and revealing the resources under the ground. And then he withdrew, leaving this landscape in the middle of the world to spirits and heroes…”

For their Music Dance Theater piece, Haggai Cohen-Milo and Margaux Marielle-Tréhoüart BROUGHT musicians, singers, and dancers from around the world to the Lausitz. In the vast, empty spaces of the Danner-Halle on the grounds of the former Telux glassworks in Weißwasser, these artists unleashED the energy that once produced glass for the world. Their performance is a powerful engine transforming raw materials, elements, and energies – a “WE” of possibilities. THE ENSEMBLE DEVELOPED the piece onsite, taking the pulse of the region in their work. Electric guitar, drums, bass, synthesizer, and singing create intensely rhythmic, enchantingly melodic music that merges with the physicality of the dancers, the mesmerizing light, and the perceptions of the audience.

Spirits and heroes will appear along with their myths, legends, half-truths, lies, and swindles. The performance become a map of devouring and devouring landscapes, unfinished history, longed-for homelands, and abandoned dreams. At the same time, the performers gradually feel their way towards new values. Freedom from change will become the freedom to change.

The Lausitz has long been familiar with periods of disruption and transformation. »Gletscher« is a loud, extravagant, and colorful celebration of change. And although the ground beneath our feet may be different, perhaps the heavens above us are always the same.

TEAM

Composer Haggai Cohen-Milo // Choreography Margaux Marielle-Tréhoüart // Komposition, Perkussion, Keyboards James Shipp // choreography, dance Joel Suárez Gómez // dancers Fabien Almakiewicz, Margaux Amoros, Amie Jammeh, Simon Jermyn, Roshanak Morrowatian // singer Caroline Schnitzer // stage design Kang Sunkoo // costume Lauren Steel // light design Emese Csornai, Martin Mulik // assistant director & dramaturgy Michael Höppner // production assistant Isis Stamatakos // costume assistant Emma-Grace Craig Czaikowski // sound Kai Hoffmann // stage master Albrecht Leu // technical direction Sandro G. Frei // production leader Uwe Arsand