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STORYWATER, Emanuel Gat Dance, 2018

Credits –

Story Water - a work by Emanuel Gat - by Ensemble Modern for 12 dancers and 13 musicians.

Music: Pierre Boulez: « Dérive 2 » for 11 instruments (1988-2006/09)
Rebecca Saunders: « Fury II » concerto for solo double bass and ensemble (2009)
Emanuel Gat/Ensemble Modern: « FolkDance » (2018)

Emanuel Gat Dance
Ensemble Modern

Choreography stage and lights: Emanuel Gat
Conductor: Franck Ollu
Costumes: Thomas Bradley
Light direction: Guillaume Février
Sound director: Norbert Ommer
Live electronics: Felix Dreher

Dancers: Thomas Bradley, Robert Bridger, Péter Juhász, Zoé Lecorgne, Michael Löhr, Emma Mouton, Eddie Oroyan, Genevieve Osborne, Karolina Szymura, Milena Twiehaus, Sara Wilhelmsson, Ting-An Ying.

Musicians: Saar Berger (french horn), Jaan Bossier (clarinet), Paul Cannon (double bass, soloist Fury II), Eva Debonne (harp), David Haller (percussion), Christian Hommel (oboe), Stefan Hussong (accordion), Megumi Kasakawa (viola), Michael M. Kasper (cello), Giorgos Panagiotidis (violin), Rainer Römer (percussion), Johannes Schwarz (bassoon), Ueli Wiget (piano).

Performance History –

Festival d’Avignon 2018
Cour d’honneur du Palais des Papes, Avignon, France

Beethovenfest 2018
Oper Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Tanzfestival Rhein-Main 2018
Frankfurt LAB, Frankfurt, Germany

deSingel, Antwerp, Belgium

Théâtre National de Chaillot, Paris, France

Tanzhaus NRW, Düsseldorf, Germany

A production by Emanuel Gat Dance, Ensemble Modern and Frankfurt LAB e.V.
Funded by Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain, the City of Frankfurt and Ensemble Modern Board of Patrons e.V., with the help of Transfabrik Fund – Franco-German Fund for Performing Arts.
Emanuel Gat Dance is coproduced by Chaillot – Théâtre National pour la Danse, Festival d'Avignon, deSingel international arts campus, Pôle Arts de la Scène – Friche la Belle de Mai. Funded by BNP Paribas Foundation.
Residency at the FabricA of the Festival d'Avignon. Partnership: Kryolan - Professional Make-Up.
Ensemble Modern is coproduced by Beethovenfest Bonn, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm.

Photography by Julia Gat