Barokthegreat
Victory Smoke

Performance / Premiere in German-speaking countries

Dates
10.–12.10.2014

Details
Premiere:
10.10.2014
Wiederholungen:
11.10.2014
12.10.2014
Talk nach der Vorstellung am So 12.10.

Location
MUMUTH
Graz

Production specifics
Erstaufführung im deutschsprachigen Raum

Produktion Xing/Live Arts Week

Koproduktion steirischer herbst & Far°Festival des arts vivants

Residenzen bei Santarcangelo 12 • 13 • 14

Festival Internazionale del Teatro in Piazza & Interzona

Verona

Barokthegreat are without doubt currently one of the most exciting companies on the young Italian dance and performance scene. They recently staged “Indigenous”, a vibrant sound-dance drama that captivated audiences with its uncanny and dark aura. For “Victory Smoke”, repetitive sequences of chords on the electric guitar and the beat of a cymbal make up the incantation for choreographed movement. Dance between focused condensation, ecstatic moments, and the calm before the storm.

In their latest piece, Barokthegreat celebrate the excitement before the victory smoke, that magic moment before you cross the threshold to success. In terms of dramaturgy, they develop their piece on the basis of the idea of hunting. However who exactly is hunting – poachers, head-hunters, ivory or pheasant hunters – is not revealed. And the elation of the victors effaces the identity of their victims, the vanquished. It is this mythical image of capture around which the performers revolve as if in delirium.

“Victory Smoke” is the group’s attempt to redefine the act of physical interaction between hunter and hunted. To this end, they evoke the image of victory which is exaggerated in iconography and sculpture in the history of culture. And they assume that triumph is manifested today in a tormenting form: efficiency, compulsion to achieve, and self-optimisation are dominant factors that, among other things, influence how we behave in relationships.

Konzept / Idee: Leila Gharib
Bühnenbild, Ausstattung, Raumgestaltung: Leila Gharib
Kostüme: Leila Gharib
Konzept / Idee: Sonia Brunelli
Bühnenbild, Ausstattung, Raumgestaltung: Sonia Brunelli
Kostüme: Sonia Brunelli
Choreografie: Sonia Brunelli
Musik: Francesco Fuzz Brasini
Musik: Leila Gharib
Lichtregie: Dafne Boggeri
Mitwirkende / Mitwirkender: Sonia Brunelli
Mitwirkende / Mitwirkender: Marzia Dalfini
Mitwirkende / Mitwirkender: Alessio Mazzaro
Mitwirkende / Mitwirkender: Livia Rossi
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Barokthegreat

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