INVASION – The Offenbach Project (2019/2023)
In the context of the Jacques Offenbach jubilee in 2019 celebrating the composer’s 200th birthday Emanuele Soavi incompany – commissioned by Kölner Offenbach-Gesellschaft and the cultural office Krefeld – examines his myth as socio-critical entertainment machine in various contemporary formats.
INVASION
Nominated for the Cologne Dance Award 2019
Jacques Offenbach, contemporary and electronic music, contemporary dance and fashion, past and present, art and entertainment – all of this comes together and produces a kind of friction. Together with sound artist Stefan Bohne, two cellists and pieces from Comme des Garçons, Emanuele Soavi and his ensemble invite to a fascinating performance discovering exciting fragments of Offenbach’s life and work. Inspired by his rather unknown work “Voyage to the Moon“ INVASION changes from Utopia to reality, intimacy to exposure, intoxication to decadence, self-determination to self-numbing, creating choreographic movement patterns for the balance of power between society and the individual. The musical conception interweaves duets for cello by Jacques Offenbach with the piece ‘Fluchten’ by contemporary composer Bernd Preinfalk, dedicated to the cellist Anja Schröder, and demanding electronic sounds by Stefan Bohne.
Niew version September 29/30, 2023 TanzFaktur Köln
Choreography Emanuele Soavi in collaboration with dancers Kevin Beyer, Federico Casadei, Taeyeon Kim, Lisa Kirsch, Lorenzo Molinaro, Mohamed Moodimbi Music Jacques Offenbach, Bernd Preinfalk Live-Sound Stefan Bohne Cello Aglaja Camphausen, Anja Schröder Set, Costume Heike Engelbert Lighting, Technical director Roman Sroka Dramaturgy, Stage Management Achim Conrad Project Management, Mediation Miriam Leysner Press and Public Relations Anne-Kathrin Reif
Co-produced by TanzFaktur and funded by Kulturamt der Stadt Köln
LARMES BOUFFES – A performance course
This performance course made of dance and music is a sequel to Soavi’s series on special formats for special venues: From hotels rooms, parks and museums to the Kölner Philharmonie and – for move! in town (commissioned by the cultural office Krefeld) – straight into the exceptional building of the Faculty of Design at the University of Applied Science and its adjacent courtyards.
Premiere INVASION 28.08.2019 Orangerie Theater Köln
Premiere LARMES BOUFFES 13.07.2019 MOVE! In town / Hochschule Niederrhein Krefeld
Choreography Emanuele Soavi in collaboration with dancers Federico Casadei, Abine Leao Ka, Lisa Kirsch, Giulia Marino, Mihyun Ko, Michele Nunziata Assistant Taeyeon Kim Cello Katharina Apel- Hülshoff, Anja Schröder, Ulrike Zavelberg Sound Stefan Bohne Costume Heike Engelbert Lighting, Technical direction Hannes Grethe, Jan Wiesbrock Production management and Dramaturgy Achim Conrad
Photos Joris-Jan Bos
For further information on the Offenbach-Jubilee see www.yeswecancan.koeln