Op. ∞
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Performers:
Richard Siegal (choreographer, dancer / The Bakery; former member of Ballet Frankfurt)
Eric-Maria Couturier (solo cellist / Ensemble Intercontemporain)
Kenneth Flak (dancer)
Technology:Frederic Bevilaqua(Programmer, Institute for music/acoustic research and coordination-IRCAM)
Jean-Philippe Lambert(Programmer, Institute for music/acoustic research and coordination-IRCAM)
Music:Aki Ito (composer)
Lighting: Gilles Gentner - Date/Time :
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2008-12-20 (sat)19:00
2008-12-21 (sun)14:00
- Venue :
- Studio A /
- Admission :
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Tickets available from 10.5 Sun
[Admission]
Advanced tickets ¥2,000
“any” members & special discounts ¥1,700
Tickets at the door ¥2,300
Set ticket with "meet the artist" (12.5 Fri - 12.7 Sun) ¥3,300
"any" members & special discount ¥3,000 (available until 12.4 Thu)
*"meet the artist" is a performance in a central shopping area by theater director Akira Takayama (Port B) and media artist/creator Kohji Setoh (flow).
[Japanese only]
*The set ticket is only available by phone or direct reservation at the ticket counter. -
Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion
Tickets Information［YCAM］: +81-83-920-6111
A crossover between dance, media technology and live cello performance:
Japanese premiere of an experimental performance exploring the relationship between sound and the human body
"Op. ∞", an experimental dance piece created in collaboration between artists from Germany, France and Japan, is shown as part of YCAM's fifth anniversary program.
With Richard Siegal, reputed as a "dancer with amazing physical ability" in William Forsythe's (then) Ballet Frankfurt, and Eric-Maria Couturier, solo cellist for the contemporary classical chamber orchestra "Ensemble Intercontemporain", two world-leading artists have teamed up with researchers from the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM), to explore possible new connections between sound, technology and the human body.
The piece is performed by two dancers and a cellist. Based on an "IF/THEN" system originally developed by Richard Siegal, both protagonists will approach the relationship between body and sound in a particularly scientific and at once artistic way.
The performance in Yamaguchi will be the first and only occasion the piece is staged in Japan. Look forward to experiencing an amalgamation of physical expression and technology that will be another landmark in YCAM's continued pursuit of cutting-edge artistic expression.
Japanese premiere of an experimental performance exploring the relationship between sound and the human body
"Op. ∞", an experimental dance piece created in collaboration between artists from Germany, France and Japan, is shown as part of YCAM's fifth anniversary program.
With Richard Siegal, reputed as a "dancer with amazing physical ability" in William Forsythe's (then) Ballet Frankfurt, and Eric-Maria Couturier, solo cellist for the contemporary classical chamber orchestra "Ensemble Intercontemporain", two world-leading artists have teamed up with researchers from the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM), to explore possible new connections between sound, technology and the human body.
The piece is performed by two dancers and a cellist. Based on an "IF/THEN" system originally developed by Richard Siegal, both protagonists will approach the relationship between body and sound in a particularly scientific and at once artistic way.
The performance in Yamaguchi will be the first and only occasion the piece is staged in Japan. Look forward to experiencing an amalgamation of physical expression and technology that will be another landmark in YCAM's continued pursuit of cutting-edge artistic expression.
Stage performance revolving around the "IF/THEN" system's focus on the link between body and gesture
This piece was conceived using the "IF/THEN" open-source system in order to create an interactive relationship between sounds, visuals, and body movements.
The "IF/THEN" system is a game with simple rules and gestures, following such basic principles as, "If you do X, then I do Y" or "If I do Y, then you can do either Z or N." Each gesture of one of the performers limits the other's reaction to a predefined set of gestures, so that the performance progresses like a dialogue. In concrete terms, the dancer hears the musician's sound, and the musician perceives the dancers' movements, while a third (visual) layer that emerges at once out of this conversation provides the two artists with hints regarding the next step.
The implementation of this system reflects the piece's rather scientific approach to the mutual connection between the human body and sound, resulting in a new type of performing arts originating from dancers' and a cellist's movements, and the sounds they trigger.