STEVE REICH PROJECT
A truly trance-inducing performance inspired from three masterpieces by Steve Reich. A string quartet and a dancer will sweep you away in the powerful confrontation of dance and music amidst hypnotic images and soundscapes.Choreographer Isabella Soupart and the MP4 Quartet take on Pendulum Music, Different Trains– 1989 Best Contemporary Composition Grammy Award – and WTC 9/11, bringing forth intimate reflections with worldwide historical drama.The Steve Reich Project is a pulsating fusion of dance, music and video art, a raw, deeply moving statement on the frailty of the human condition.
Concept, direction & choreography Isabella Soupart • Dancer Shantala Pèpe • Interprétation & direction musicale MP4 Quartet (violin Claire Bourdet & Margaret Hermant, alto Pierre Heneaux, cello Merryl Havard) • Video Kurt D’Haeseleer • Light design Jim Clayburgh • Sound design Marc Doutrepont • Set design video Jonathan Sullam • Technical direction Mathieu Vergez.
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Ars Musica (BE) • Les Brigittines (BE)• H&B (BE) • Mons 2015 (BE)
Supported by the Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg – KVS (BE) • Wallonie-Bruxelles International (BE) • Wallonie-Bruxelles Théâtre Danse (BE) • Fédération des Jeunesses Musicales (BE)