Reflexes & Reflections 2025
To mark 30 years as a professional choreographer, dance artist Emanuel Gat has devised an ode to freedom: in “Freedom Sonata”, together with a group of dancers of diverse heritage and styles, he re-examines the form of the sonata. Gat develops complex scores based on the music of Ludwig van Beethoven and Kanye West, which the dancers make their own live on stage. Here freedom is neither anarchy nor consumerism, instead it comes from playing by rules that have been negotiated collectively. And it must be celebrated; because nothing is easier, Gat reminds us, “than stripping people down from any sort of freedom, liberty or natural right.”
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Freedom Sonata Tänzer*innen auf der Bühne
By Emanuel Gat
German premiere
Artistic Team
Emanuel Gat – Choreography, Scenography, Lighting DesignCreated with and interpreted by
Tara Dalli, Noé Girard, Nikoline Due Iversen, Pepe Jaimes, Gilad Jerusalmy, Olympia Kotopoulos, Michael Loehr, Emma Mouton, Abel Rojo Pupo, Rindra Rasoaveloson, Sara Wilhelmsson
Guillaume Février – Technical Director
Frédéric Duru – Sound Design
Marie-Pierre Guiol – Company Management
Mélanie Bichot– Production Management
Music
Ludwig van Beethoven – piano sonata #32 Ut minor opus 111, second movement, played by Mitsuko Ushida and recorded in 2006
Kanye West – The Life Of Pablo (2016)
Additional information
Coproduction: Festival de Marseille 2024, Chaillot Théâtre National de la Danse, Théâtre de la Ville, Sadler’s Wells, Pôle Arts de la Scène – Friche la Belle de Mai, Torino Danza, Festspielhaus St Pölten, Concertgebouw Bruges – Festival December Dance, Comédie de Genève, Grand Théâtre de Provence.
Creation residencies: KLAP Maison pour la Danse, Scène 44, Grand Théâtre de Provence.
Emanuel Gat Dance receives the support of Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication - DRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Région Sud - Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Conseil Départemental des Bouches du Rhône.
An introduction (in German) takes place in the Upper Foyer half an hour before each performance.
Creation residencies: KLAP Maison pour la Danse, Scène 44, Grand Théâtre de Provence.
Emanuel Gat Dance receives the support of Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication - DRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Région Sud - Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Conseil Départemental des Bouches du Rhône.
An introduction (in German) takes place in the Upper Foyer half an hour before each performance.
Dates
March 2025
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