Premiere of Etudes: Dance as a work of art and life meters in Gießen!

Premiere of Etudes: Dance as a work of art and life meters in Gießen!

Gießen, Deutschland - pour , a place full of creative energy, will become the center of choreography on December 20 with the premiere of the dance piece "Etudes" by Max Levy . In an impressive interplay of dance, music and visual elements, five dancers from the Stadttheater-Ensemble will take the audience on a journey into the world of Etudes. This type of art not only embodies the technique of dance, but also addresses the struggle for perfection and the often underestimated meaning of repetition. The performance takes place in the small house of the city theater Gießen, where Levy, who was born in Tokyo and is now based in Frankfurt, has developed both choreography and video installation aspects and sound landscapes that will captivate the viewer. This was already underlined in a press conference, in which Constantin Hochkeppel, the head of the dance division, spoke of the "power of the pictures" that Levy brings into his works. He describes Levys virtuoso forms of movement as impressive and complex.

a sound of the opposites

The musical background is another highlight of this piece. Levy's collaboration with the Palestinian-Canadian composer John Kameel Farah brings baroque motifs to the 21st century. Farah picks up compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach and connects them with electronic sounds and oriental influences. The result is referred to as "baroque middle-eat-cyber punk", which gives the piece a particularly dynamic and emotional depth. After the premiere, Farah will play live on the piano, followed by a DJ set by rehearsal manager John Ross.

In addition, Max Levy is not only known as a choreographer, but also has a moving story. So Weddingweiser.de reported on the foundation of his X-ray device factory on Leopoldplatz and provided interesting insights into his family environment and his professional career. This context encloses both its artistic beginnings in the classic ballet and the fate of his family, which lived through some private tragedies during and after the world wars. These biographical elements could also flow in current work in Levy's and enrich the depth of his dance art. So pouring is not only a stage for a creative expression, but also for the personal heritage of an extraordinary artist.