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Performances

A performative opera about six frequencies

11. – 14.

JAN
2022

LINDA SAMARAWEEROVÁ / ROBERT JÍŠA

Durst

©

Durst, Filmstill, © Judith Stehlik

Libretto / evening programme as PDF download

Our emotions are mighty demons that inhabit a secret garden in the midst of a dark forest. After having analysed the paradox of “auspiciousness” in her last piece, choreographer Linda Samaraweerová now turns her attention to mankind’s inability to deal with essential emotions. In Durst (engl. thirst), she illustrates how our society’s fatal relationship with the dark side of our affects and the corresponding cognitive-compulsive behaviour has become a considerable mechanism of our time. Together with composer Robert Jíša, author Elke Laznia, artists Violetta Ehnsperg, Karl Karner and Laura Samaraweerová, Linda Samaraweerová creates an aesthetic, trans-disciplinary experimental setting to explore the dark side of society’s compulsive behaviours. Durst is a complex and subversive statement that takes on norms and the contemporary cultural taboo which enables reason to be replaced by emotions precisely because living in denial lets the emotional side pass unchecked.

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Time

19:30–21:30

Location

Online

Duration

120 Min

Price

-

Additional Information

Verfügbar bis Fr, 14.01., 19.30 Uhr Mit deutschen und englischen Untertiteln
  • Artist Bio

    Linda Samaraweerová

    studied at the dance and performance school P.A.R.T.S in Brussels. Since 2005, she has been collaborating with artist Karl Karner, developing choreographic work for theatres, museums and galleries inspired by sculpture, installations, performance art, dance, theatre, video art and film. She has been a regular guest performer at Tanzquartier Wien since 2009. Other venues include steirischer herbst, brut Wien, ImPulsTanz, Donaufestival, LENTOS Museum Linz, Neue Galerie Graz, KM – Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst und Medien. Her projects have also been presented in other countries, such as France, Czech Republic, Romania, Italy, Sri Lanka, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Germany and Switzerland. karner-samara.com

    Robert Jíša

    studied under Kenneth Greenhouse at Berklee College of Music. He works internationally as a composer and lives in the Czech Republic. He has received several awards for his film scores, including his symphonic composition The Illumination Voices. His influences include Giacinto Scelsi, Henryk Górecki, Krzysztof Penderecki, Bohuslav Martinů, Brian Eno. He has been collaborating with Austrian choreographer Linda Samaraweerová since 2014. Together they have presented their work at various cultural institutions and festivals in Austria, including steirischer herbst, Donaufestival and Tanzquartier Wien. robertjisa.com
  • Credits

    Konzept, Choreografie, Regie, Performance
    Linda Samaraweerová

    Komposition
    Robert Jíša

    Videoinstallation, Dramaturgie, Regieassistenz
    Laura Samaraweerová

    Libretto
    Elke Laznia

    Performance, Choreografie
    Ondine Cloez

    Sänger*innen
    Andre Angenendt, Liia Krasilovskaia, Jean-Max Lattemann, Maria Mysachenko, Denise Seyhan, Johanna Zachhuber

    Tänzerin, Tanzimprovisation
    Verena Herterich

    Orchester
    Musica Florea

    Bühnenbild
    Violetta Ehnsperg

    Kostüme
    Violetta Ehnsperg, Karl Karner

    Lichtdesign
    Victor Duran

    Fotografie, visuelles Konzept
    Judith Stehlik

    Künstlerische Beratung, vermittelnde Texte
    Cornelia Offergeld

    Englische Übersetzung
    Hannah Laznia

    Kamera
    Judith Stehlik

    Schnitt, Farbkorrekturen
    Radim Kotěšovec, Linda Samaraweerová

    Maske
    Sara Idranyi – Eine Produktion von KASAL in Koproduktion mit Tanzquartier Wien. Mit freundlicher Unterstützung der Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien und des Bundesministeriums für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport. Dank an Huggy Bears, Digitalstore Vienna, Digirental.

  • Events

    • JAN
      11

      19:30 – 21:30

      Linda Samaraweerová / Robert Jíša

      Durst

      Time

      19:30 – 21:30

      Location

      Online

      Duration

      120 Min

      Price

      -

      Additional Information

      Verfügbar bis Fr, 14.01., 19.30 Uhr Mit deutschen und englischen Untertiteln
    • JAN
      12

      19:30 – 21:30

      Linda Samaraweerová / Robert Jíša

      Durst

      Time

      19:30 – 21:30

      Location

      Online

      Duration

      120 Min

      Price

      -

      Additional Information

      Verfügbar bis Fr, 14.01., 19.30 Uhr Mit deutschen und englischen Untertiteln
    • JAN
      13

      19:30 – 21:30

      Linda Samaraweerová / Robert Jíša

      Durst

      Time

      19:30 – 21:30

      Location

      Online

      Duration

      120 Min

      Price

      -

      Additional Information

      Verfügbar bis Fr, 14.01., 19.30 Uhr Mit deutschen und englischen Untertiteln
    • JAN
      14

      19:30 – 21:30

      Linda Samaraweerová / Robert Jíša

      Durst

      Time

      19:30 – 21:30

      Location

      Online

      Duration

      120 Min

      Price

      -

      Additional Information

      Verfügbar bis Fr, 14.01., 19.30 Uhr Mit deutschen und englischen Untertiteln

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  • ©

    Durst, Filmstill, © Judith Stehlik

  • ©

    Durst, Filmstill, © Judith Stehlik

  • ©

    Durst, Filmstill, © Judith Stehlik

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