Third Space
Composition commissioned by the City of Munich for the Munich Biennale; financed by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation
A production of Hiatus (Brussels) & Klangforum Wien, in cooperation with ICST - Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology - Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (CH)
Coproduced by the Munich Biennale and deSingel International Arts Campus
With the support of the Flemish authorities, Co-presentation: rainy days and Grand Théâtre de Ville Luxembourg
Klangforum Wien is kindly supported by ERSTE BANK
Composition and concept: Stefan Prins; choreography and concept: Daniel Linehan; choreography and dance: Hiatus; music: Klangforum Wien; musical direction: Bas Wiegers; dramaturgy: Alain Franco; stage design: 88888; video: Damien Petitot; lighting design: Ralf Nonn; costumes: Frédérick Denis; sound design: Florian Bogner and Peter Böhm
With: Hiatus (dance): Gorka Gurrutxaga Arruti, Renan Martins, Anne Pajunen, Victor Pérez Armero, Alexander Standard, Louise Tanoto, Katie Vickers and Klangforum Wien (music): Olivier Vivarés (clarinet), Gerald Preinfalk (saxophone), Anders Nyqvist (trumpet), Ivo Nilsson (trombone), Florian Müller (piano), Krassimir Sterev (accordion), Lukas Schiske (percussion), Yaron Deutsch (e-guitar), Dimitrios Polisoidis (viola), Uli Fussenegger (doublebass)
Working in close collaboration, composer Stefan Prins and choreographer Daniel Linehan create a hybrid music-dance performance concerned with the themes and paradoxes contained in the idea of "private matters". What becomes of the value of privacy in a world of increasing surveillance and increasing public oversharing on social media platforms? And what becomes of our participation in public life, as it starts to include more virtual connections, so that geographic proximity plays an ever smaller role in our idea of a community? What is the meaning of intimacy in this constellation? Is the world really becoming more transparent, or isn't there always something private/hidden/internal that can't be fully exposed to the public's eyes and ears? Third Space triggers these questions
In collaboration with 7 dancers of Linehan's dance company Hiatus, 10 musicians of Klangforum Wien and conductor Bas Wiegers, Linehan and Prins create a "third space" that cannot easily be categorized according to conventional binaries. This space is not entirely real and not entirely virtual, but instead it occupies a territory in between the two. Blurring the distinction between music and dance, they consider bodies, spatial configurations and gestures of the conductor and musicians as part of the choreography, and the sounds made by dancers' movements as part of the musical composition.Structured like a loop that happens twice, Third Space plays with the audience's perspective and perception. In each iteration, the audience will be privy to an entirely different set of information through the mediation of broadcasted video, audio, and live performance. Issues of the power of the mediated image arise. Who or what is in control? Who or what is driving the performance?
Stefan Prins Composition and concept
After receiving his engineering degree Stefan Prins (born in 1979 in Belgium) studied piano and composition at the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp. He received his doctorate in composition from Harvard University under Chaya Czernowin. As a composer he has received several important awards, such as the Berlin Art Award (2016); the ISCM Young Composer Award (2014); the Kranichsteiner Composition Award (2010) and the International Impuls Composition Award (2009). In 2012 the Union of Belgian Music Journalists named him Young Belgian Musician of the Year. Stefan Prins works closely with the Nadar Ensemble, which he co-directs, and is also active as an improvising musician in amongst others the band "Ministry of Bad Decisions". His music is performed by ensembles such as Klangforum Wien, Nadar Ensemble, Ensemble Mosaik and Trio Accanto at festivals such as the Donaueschinger Musiktage; the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik; the Festival Eclat; and Wien Modern.
www.stefanprins.de
Daniel Linehan choreography and concept
Hiatus is the company of choreographer and dancer Daniel Linehan (born in 1982 in the USA). Linehan's choreographic work is intent on softly obscuring the line that separates dance from everything else. He approaches performance-making from the point of view of a curious amateur, testing various interactions between dance and non-dance forms, searching for unlikely conjunctions, juxtapositions, and parallels between texts, movements, images, songs, videos, and rhythms.
Following his studies at Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's dance school P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels, Daniel Linehan has been producing his work from his new home base in Belgium, with the support of the Flemish Government. His more recent creations include Un Sacre du Printemps (2015) and Flood (2017). From 2013 - 2016 he was artist-in-residence at the Opéra de Lille (FR). Currently he is Creative Associate 2017-2021 at deSingel International Arts Campus (Antwerp, BE). His work is shown at theatres and festivals around the world.
www.hia-tus.org
Hiatus choreography and dance
Klangforum Wien music
Bas Wiegers musical direction
Alain Franco dramaturge
88888 stage design
Damien Petitot video
Ralf Nonn Lighting design
Frédérick Denis costumes
Florian Bogner sound design
Peter Böhm sound design
Cast & credits
Composition and concept: Stefan Prins
choreography and concept: Daniel Linehan
choreography and dance: Hiatus
music: Klangforum Wien
musical direction: Bas Wiegers
dramaturgy: Alain Franco
stage design: 88888
video: Damien Petitot
lighting design: Ralf Nonn
costumes: Frédérick Denis
sound design: Florian Bogner and Peter Böhm
With: Hiatus (dance): Gorka Gurrutxaga Arruti, Renan Martins, Anne Pajunen, Victor Pérez Armero, Alexander Standard, Louise Tanoto, Katie Vickers and Klangforum Wien (music): Olivier Vivarés (clarinet), Gerald Preinfalk (saxophone), Anders Nyqvist (trumpet), Ivo Nilsson (trombone), Florian Müller (piano), Krassimir Sterev (accordion), Lukas Schiske (percussion), Yaron Deutsch (e-guitar), Dimitrios Polisoidis (viola), Uli Fussenegger (doublebass)