Matsukaze
Dance/Music
Description
Description
A moonlit sea stirred by the wind. Pine needles crisscross and intertwine. The lingering spirits of sisters Matsukaze and Murasame remain entangled in the human realm, where they relate their poignant love story to a Buddhist monk… World-renowned for cross-disciplinary collaborations, German choreographer Sasha Waltz fuses minimalist eastern theatre with textured western opera in a fluid choreographic reinterpretation of Japanese Noh classic Matsukaze. The ethereal outcome is a radically new and creative experience, praised as an “unforgettable total work of art”.
Contemporary classical composer Toshio Hosokawa, acclaimed for his original envisioning of Japanese music, here distills the musical essence of Noh theatre in this modern dance-imbued rendition. In doing so, he unleashes both the painfulness and purity of Nature through a crystallised blend of the traditional and avant-garde that encompasses vocal, orchestral and even silent elucidation. As the enigmatic tale unfolds, singers also become dancers entwined in an eerily apocalyptic landscape. At times, a diaphanous web enmeshes the performers beyond time and space while reality is bounded by a wooden frame. In such ways, the vivid stagecraft serves as if a Noh bridge, crossing from now to the after life and taking souls back to the mortal world for ultimate liberation.
Choreographer：Sasha Waltz
Composer：Toshio Hosokawa
Librettist：Hannah Dübgen (Based on Zeami's Noh play of the same name)
Music Director：David Robert Coleman
Conductor：David Robert Coleman
Stage Design：Pia Maier Schriever; Chiharu Shiota
Costume Design：Christine Birkie
Lighting Design：Martin Hauk
Dramaturge：Ilka Seifert
Soprano (Matsukaze)：Miwako Handa
Mezzosoprano (Murasame)：Jihee Kim
Bass (Monk)：Douglas Williams
Baritone (Fisherman)：Kai-Uwe Fahnert
#Vocalconsort Berlin
Soprano：Cecile Kempenaers; Inge Clerix
Alto：Wiebke Kretzschmar; Anja Schumacher
Tenor：Friedemann Hecht; Oliver Uden
Bass：Jan Sauer; Kai-Uwe Fahnert
Dancer/Choreographer：Jiri Bartovanec; Davide Campiani; Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola; Florencia Lamarca; Eha Lopez; Lorena Justrebo Manion; Gyung Moo Kim; Sergiu Matis; Sasa Queliz; Zaratiana Randrianantenaina; Mata Sakka; Shi Xuan; JunkoWada; Zhou Niannian
Rehearsal Director：Luc Dunberry
#Hong Kong New Music Orchestra
Assistant Conductor：Leung Shu-ming
Piccolo, Alto Flute, Bass Flute：Angus Lee Yi-wei
Oboe (doubling cor anglais)：Juan Manuel Garcia-Cano Ruiz
Clarinet (doubling bass clarinet in Bb)：Linus Fung Yat-shan
Clarinet：Leung Chi-shing
Bassoon (doubling contrabassoon)：Leung Tak-wing
Horn：Sarah Au Wing-lam
Trumpet：Jean Laurenz
Trombone：Jason Wang
Tuba：Gary Chong
Piano (doubling celesta)：Linda Yim
Harp：Amy Tam
Percussion：Sabrina Ma; Voland Chow
First Violin：Euna Kim; Pala Garcia; Sunny Yeung; Li Jun-jun
Second Violin：Selena Choi; Saori Nakazawa; Patricia Poblador; Melissa Nino
Viola：William Lane; Alfonso Noriega; Kieran Welch; Fan Yan
Cello：Zhu Mu; Alfian Emir Adytia
Double Bass：Simon Hui; Luo Xu
#Sasha Waltz & Guests
Assistant Director：Steffen Doring
Stage Manager：Friederike Schulz
Lighting Technician：Martin Hauk, Olaf Danilsen
Sound：Lutz Nerger
Props：Gabi Bartels, Athina Tsantekidou
Stage Technician：Daniel Herrmann; Salvatore Judica
Assistant Technical Director：Leonardo Bucalossi
Costume Director：Margaretha Heller
Wardrobe：Margaretha Heller; Gabriele Bujack
Hair & Make-up：Stefanie Kinzel; Katja Weinhold
Tour Manager：Karsten Liske
Technical Director：Reinhard Wizisla
General Manager：Jochen Sandig
Chinese Translation of Surtitles：Joanna Lee; Ciris Leung
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Theatre Yearbook 2016 – Dance, Drama and Xiqu" published by International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong).
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$160
$580
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