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MusicTheatreSamples
Contemporary music theatre in samples
MusicTheatreSamples is a series of four music theatre productions which examine the contemporary strategy of artistic recycling. The piece "Life and Times" by the Nature Theater of Oklahoma (NYC) is based on a recorded telephone conversation lasting several hours in which an anonymous woman tells her life story in chronological order. The composer Robert M. Johanson has adapted this material into an opera with a small cast which musically interprets the woman's vocal tone, rhythm, speed and linguistic style.
For his piece "Global Design", Christian von Borries' has created a new libretto of "Western art music" based on texts by three economics specialists. Musicians can apply via YouTube to participate in the performance which will be presented later on YouTube, as well.
The music theatre piece "El Gallo" by the Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes in Mexico City is based on the rehearsals of a fictitious chorus competition. The improvisations by the actors and musicians from the rehearsals will be compiled and presented in the final piece.
In "Hip Hop Hype History", Barbara Weber examines the origin of sampling which began in the Hip Hop scene of the 1970s. The performance will feature German Hip Hop musicians re-enacting famous battles in the roles of their heroes, enemies and ideals.
All four projects highlight a new quality of contemporary art production - embracing existing material, reinterpreting it, integrating one's own ideas and increasingly blurring the boundary between creation and copy, or consumption and production.
Artistic director: Amelie Deuflhard
With works by: Pavol Liska (US), Kelly Copper (US), Claudio Valdés Kuri (MEX), Christian von Borries, Barbara Weber (CH).
Venue and schedule:
Kampnagel Hamburg, 1 May - 1 October 2009
For his piece "Global Design", Christian von Borries' has created a new libretto of "Western art music" based on texts by three economics specialists. Musicians can apply via YouTube to participate in the performance which will be presented later on YouTube, as well.
The music theatre piece "El Gallo" by the Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes in Mexico City is based on the rehearsals of a fictitious chorus competition. The improvisations by the actors and musicians from the rehearsals will be compiled and presented in the final piece.
In "Hip Hop Hype History", Barbara Weber examines the origin of sampling which began in the Hip Hop scene of the 1970s. The performance will feature German Hip Hop musicians re-enacting famous battles in the roles of their heroes, enemies and ideals.
All four projects highlight a new quality of contemporary art production - embracing existing material, reinterpreting it, integrating one's own ideas and increasingly blurring the boundary between creation and copy, or consumption and production.
Artistic director: Amelie Deuflhard
With works by: Pavol Liska (US), Kelly Copper (US), Claudio Valdés Kuri (MEX), Christian von Borries, Barbara Weber (CH).
Venue and schedule:
Kampnagel Hamburg, 1 May - 1 October 2009
Contact:
Kampnagel Internationale Kulturfabrik
Jarrestraße 20
22303 Hamburg
www.kampnagel.de
