On Wednesday 23.04 the premiere of "DeSacre!" - a new performance by Christine Gaigg - will take place at St. Joseph's Chapel in Hofburg - presidential residencies in Vienna. The show will start at 19:30.
The complexity of an art action is great, but also or precisely
when the action only lasts for 40 seconds. If the complexity exceeds the
possibilities of a society a sore point has probably been hit. In the
case of Pussy Riot the sore point of Russian society is obvious, the
result is well-known.
In DeSacre! the choreographer Christine Gaigg interweaves the re-enactment of the Pussy Riot action of 21 February 2012 in the Moscow church of Christ the Saviour with scenes from Le Sacre du Printemps, which was premièred in 1913 by Igor Stravinsky and Vaclav Nijinsky in Paris. Here, in a kind of liturgical sequence, scenes from the original choreography with headings such as »Games of the Rival Tribes«, »Procession of the Sage«, »Dance of the Earth«, »Evocation of the Ancestors« and »The Victim« meet with the action by Pussy Riot and text quotations and commentary on the case.
In the architecture of the St Joseph’s Chapel, which was built in 1772 over several storeys of the Vienna Hofburg and the present-day presidential chancellery, the aspects thrown up also address questions to our society: What is desecration? If one incorporates the divided reactions in Russia and the international support, does the action go beyond pure provocation? Is everything answered with the argument of the sacrosanct?
In DeSacre! the choreographer Christine Gaigg interweaves the re-enactment of the Pussy Riot action of 21 February 2012 in the Moscow church of Christ the Saviour with scenes from Le Sacre du Printemps, which was premièred in 1913 by Igor Stravinsky and Vaclav Nijinsky in Paris. Here, in a kind of liturgical sequence, scenes from the original choreography with headings such as »Games of the Rival Tribes«, »Procession of the Sage«, »Dance of the Earth«, »Evocation of the Ancestors« and »The Victim« meet with the action by Pussy Riot and text quotations and commentary on the case.
In the architecture of the St Joseph’s Chapel, which was built in 1772 over several storeys of the Vienna Hofburg and the present-day presidential chancellery, the aspects thrown up also address questions to our society: What is desecration? If one incorporates the divided reactions in Russia and the international support, does the action go beyond pure provocation? Is everything answered with the argument of the sacrosanct?
CONCEPT, DIRECTION: Christine Gaigg
PERFORMAMCE: Alexander Deutinger, Radek Hewelt, Marta Navaridas, Petr Ochvat, Anna Prokopová, Eva Maria Schaller, Veronika Zott
ROOM: Philipp Harnoncourt
LIGHT: Jan Wagner
DRAMATURGY TEXT: Erich Klein
MUSIC ADAPTION: Florian Bogner
MUSIC: Igor Strawinsky Le sacre du Printemps
CHOREOGRAPHIC ELEMENTS: Vaclav Nijinsky, Pussy Riot
COSTUME: Dorothea Nicolai
ASSISTENCE: Iris Raffetseder
A COPRODUCTION by Tanzquartier Wien and 2nd nature
2nd nature is SUPPORTED by MA 7 – Cultural department of the city of Vienna
Link:
http://www.tqw.at/en/events/desacre?date=2013-04-24_19-30
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