Louis Andriessen: Workers Union

Friday, 24 February 2023   |   20:30 - 22:00

Louis Andriessen: Workers Union

The play between light and dark in nature has always fascinated people.

It is an example of our desire to understand the world around us and the laws to which it is subject. The mystery that surrounds the night and its expression in music and movement is one of the pillars of the performance LA NOCHE ETERNA (The Eternal Night). It is this sound of eternal night that choreographer Samir Calixto and has brought together the prestigious Ensemble Black Pencil, joining forces in the desire to create a performance based on existing compositions (which unite pieces from the baroque and contemporary repertoire) and a new choreography. Together they will create an intricate fabric of images that make tangible our archetypal relationship to the dark side of nature.

LA NOCHE ETERNA, a physically intense and profound performance – characteristic of Calixto’s oeuvre – enhanced by the musical richness and artistic individuality of the Ensemble, promises to be a dialogue with the unknown: not only from the desire to bring light to the darkness, but as one exercise in accepting the night as part of our existence.

Concept, choreografie: Samir Calixto
Dansers: Quentin Roger & Erika Poletto
Music by: Louis Andriessen, Wim Henderickx, Louis Aguirre, Erik Valdemar Sköld, Cinzia Nistico and 17th century secular music.

La Noche Eterna is a coproduction of Matter Affects (NL), Ensemble Black Pencil (NL), Zwolse Theaterrs (NL), Schouwburg de Lawei (NL) & Scenario Pubblico (IT)

  • Composer(s) Louis Andriessen
  • Title(s) of the Work(s)

    Workers Union

  • Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra Black Pencil

Date

Feb 24 2023
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Time

20:30 - 22:00

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Location

Rotterdam, Theater R'dam
Rotterdam, Theater R'dam
Schouwburgplein 25 3012 CL Rotterdam
Website
https://www.theaterrotterdam.nl

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