The performance is presented by 12 Bulgarian dancers working under the direction of Orlando Rodriguez /Venezuela/ and Caterina Catarzi /Italy/ from the dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests, Germany.
IN C is an experimental, constantly evolving process that rethinks the dialogue between dance, music and space. The movements are 53 different body shapes that are similar to an alphabet of a new language. The number is not accidental, it is taken from the 1960s musical composition scheme on which the performance is based. The movements go necessarily chronologically. Always starting with the first and ending with the last, fifty-third figure. The dancer is free to choose how many times to repeat each figure, and how long to stay in it until deciding to move on to the next. During this process, they shape the space of their movement themselves. This is what makes IN C a structured improvisation whose performance on each stage becomes unique.
“In C” composed by Terry Riley, presented under license from G. Schirmer Inc. and Associated Music Publishers, copyright holders. Performed by Bang on a Can All-Stars. From the album Terry Riley: In C (CA21004). Recording credits to Cantaloupe Music. Recorded at the World Financial Center in New York in 1998.
Maya Beiser, lead; David Kosin; bells, vibraphone; Steve Gilewski, bass; Scott Canney, mandolin; Michael Lowenstern, soprano saxophone; Wu Man, Chinese lute (pipa); Lisa Moore, piano; Todd Reynolds, violin; Mark Stewart, electric guitar; Danny Tunik, chimes, marimba; Evan Ziporin, clarinet
The original production “In C” was created by Sasha Waltz & Guests. The world premiere was on March 6, 2021. Created on Radialsystem. Sasha Waltz & Guests is funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe.
Concept, choreography: Sasha Waltz, Music: Terry Riley, Costume Design: Jasmine Lepore, Lighting design: Olaf Danilsen, Concept, dramaturgy: Jochen Sandig
The original production “In C” was created and presented by Davide di Pretoro, Edivaldo Ernesto, Melissa Figueiredo, Juanhi Huang, Anapaola Leso, Michal Mualem, Zaratiana Randrianantenaina, Aladino Rivera Blanca, Orlando Rodriguez, Joel Suarez Gomez.
Photo credits @Cahaya Eleven and @Gergana Encheve Photography
2022-2023
