Anna Konjetzky & Co
“Songs” and “absence,” the two main words in the title, are the content and program of this work.
From a feminist perspective, "Absence" examines the things that are missing, invisible, disappear in the gaps, want to be said or not, and questions whether absence is "merely" a lack of desire or inability to see. "Songs" points to a formal exploration, both of the song form and album structure itself, and, in the longer term, of the performance structure, which can range from individual songs to the entire album.
It is about the composition, the physical, sonic, spatial composition of an evening that functions like a polyphonic parkour: polyphonic, polyphonic, an autonomy and independence of the voices.
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Press comment:
“… conceived like an album, permeated with powerful images, cleverly positioned as feminist.”
– Yvonne Poppek/Egbert Tolle, Suddeutsche Zeitung, November 6, 2023
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Duration: approx. 70 minutes
Language: English
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Choreography, Artistic Direction & Stage: Anna Konjetzky / Co-Creation & Dance: Sahra Huby, Amie Jammeh, Sotiria Koutsopetrou, Jin Lee, Quindell Orton, Martha Pasakopoulou, Hannah Schillinger / Music: Sergej Maingardt / Costume Design: Dimos Klimenof / Video Design: Ann Slote / Lighting: Ramona Lehnert / Production Manager: Elsa Busing / Press: Simone Lutz
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Production Anna Konjetzky & Co. Coproduction ARGEkultur Salzburg | Delta Pi Athens
Supported by: Department of Culture of the State Capital of Munich, NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK – Co-production Funding for Dance of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Bavarian State Association for Contemporary Dance (BLZT) with funds from the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and the Arts, Cultural Foundation of the Stadtsparkasse Munich, LICHTHOF Foundation
With the kind support of Tanztendenz München eV