ON THE CUSP
group, commission
2019
Choreographer Ian Kaler created for the first time a big stage production for Cullberg. ON THE CUSP is a mix of live-practicing and synchronized movements, a spectrum of emotions and projections. It is a combined live and video work, on a series of different topics. The work presents a collection of portraits, of the individuals, as well as of the group. Every dancer has their own story, and the company connects them. Who are the people in the group, and how do they construct this group? Are they characters or do they want to play a certain role? Shifting from different kind of characters, who are they in private and how does that shape the stage character? The music of electronically synthesized brass sound composed by Planningtorock creates bold, dramatic, playful and deeply moving dance pieces.
The work is a collection of portraits, one of each dancer, and one of the group. What will you create with the company?
“I want to play with a mix of live-practicing and synchronized movements. It will be a combined live and video work, a series of different topics, in different ways. I am very interested in narrative, how little stories can be told through the body. I want to create portraits, of the individuals, as well as a portrait of the group. Every dancer has their own story, and the company connects them. Who are the people in the group, and how do they construct this group? Are they characters or do they want to play a certain role? Shifting from different kind of characters, who are they in private and how does that shape the stage character? Almost like a fake documentary. I will work with screens, and the bodies as screens and stand-ins of representations and imagination. And I will work with creating intensities, let the dancers play inside the system that the group is and generates. Every dancer will have their own mark in terms of character, movement, presence, clothing.. It might turn out to be funny, sad, and a bit ambivalent – I wanna go through a spectrum of emotions and projections. Originally I come from the abstract, going towards how I can tell stories. I want to explore that further in this process.”
Concept, Choreographic framing and direction:
Ian Kaler
Created together with the dancers of Cullbergbaletten Dancers:
Adam Schütt, Anand Bolder, Camille Prieux, Daniel Sjökvist, Eleanor Campbell, Eszter Czédulás, Eva Mohn, Freddy Houndekindo, Gesine Moog, Giacomo Citton, Katie Jacobson, Mohamed Y. Shika, Suelem de Oliveira da Silva, Unn Faleide, Vincent Van der Plas and other dancers of the Cullbergbaletten
Music composed and produced by:
Planningtorock
Set design:
Stephanie Rauch
Lighting design, cinematography and editing:
Imogen Heath
Costume design:
Stéphane Peeps / FAAM Studio
Choreographic assistant:
Stéphane Peeps
Production Management Vienna:
das Schaufenster
Produced by:
Ian Kaler and Cullbergbaletten
Co-produced by:
Tanzquartier Wien, Norrlandsoperan Umeå, PACT Zollverein Essen
Ian Kaler is supported by the Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, Vienna.
Original photos
Vienna:
Eva Würdinger
Stockholm:
Märtha Thisner
Choreographer Ian Kaler created for the first time a big stage production for Cullberg. ON THE CUSP is a mix of live-practicing and synchronized movements, a spectrum of emotions and projections. It is a combined live and video work, on a series of different topics. The work presents a collection of portraits, of the individuals, as well as of the group. Every dancer has their own story, and the company connects them. Who are the people in the group, and how do they construct this group? Are they characters or do they want to play a certain role? Shifting from different kind of characters, who are they in private and how does that shape the stage character? The music of electronically synthesized brass sound composed by Planningtorock creates bold, dramatic, playful and deeply moving dance pieces.
The work is a collection of portraits, one of each dancer, and one of the group. What will you create with the company?
“I want to play with a mix of live-practicing and synchronized movements. It will be a combined live and video work, a series of different topics, in different ways. I am very interested in narrative, how little stories can be told through the body. I want to create portraits, of the individuals, as well as a portrait of the group. Every dancer has their own story, and the company connects them. Who are the people in the group, and how do they construct this group? Are they characters or do they want to play a certain role? Shifting from different kind of characters, who are they in private and how does that shape the stage character? Almost like a fake documentary. I will work with screens, and the bodies as screens and stand-ins of representations and imagination. And I will work with creating intensities, let the dancers play inside the system that the group is and generates. Every dancer will have their own mark in terms of character, movement, presence, clothing.. It might turn out to be funny, sad, and a bit ambivalent – I wanna go through a spectrum of emotions and projections. Originally I come from the abstract, going towards how I can tell stories. I want to explore that further in this process.”
Concept, Choreographic framing and direction:
Ian Kaler
Created together with the dancers of Cullbergbaletten Dancers:
Adam Schütt, Anand Bolder, Camille Prieux, Daniel Sjökvist, Eleanor Campbell, Eszter Czédulás, Eva Mohn, Freddy Houndekindo, Gesine Moog, Giacomo Citton, Katie Jacobson, Mohamed Y. Shika, Suelem de Oliveira da Silva, Unn Faleide, Vincent Van der Plas and other dancers of the Cullbergbaletten
Music composed and produced by:
Planningtorock
Set design:
Stephanie Rauch
Lighting design, cinematography and editing:
Imogen Heath
Costume design:
Stéphane Peeps / FAAM Studio
Choreographic assistant:
Stéphane Peeps
Production Management Vienna:
das Schaufenster
Produced by:
Ian Kaler and Cullbergbaletten
Co-produced by:
Tanzquartier Wien, Norrlandsoperan Umeå, PACT Zollverein Essen
Ian Kaler is supported by the Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, Vienna.
Original photos
Vienna:
Eva Würdinger
Stockholm:
Märtha Thisner
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Choreographer Ian Kaler created for the first time a big stage production for Cullberg. ON THE CUSP is a mix of live-practicing and synchronized movements, a spectrum of emotions and projections. It is a combined live and video work, on a series of different topics. The work presents a collection of portraits, of the individuals, as well as of the group. Every dancer has their own story, and the company connects them. Who are the people in the group, and how do they construct this group? Are they characters or do they want to play a certain role? Shifting from different kind of characters, who are they in private and how does that shape the stage character? The music of electronically synthesized brass sound composed by Planningtorock creates bold, dramatic, playful and deeply moving dance pieces.
The work is a collection of portraits, one of each dancer, and one of the group. What will you create with the company?
“I want to play with a mix of live-practicing and synchronized movements. It will be a combined live and video work, a series of different topics, in different ways. I am very interested in narrative, how little stories can be told through the body. I want to create portraits, of the individuals, as well as a portrait of the group. Every dancer has their own story, and the company connects them. Who are the people in the group, and how do they construct this group? Are they characters or do they want to play a certain role? Shifting from different kind of characters, who are they in private and how does that shape the stage character? Almost like a fake documentary. I will work with screens, and the bodies as screens and stand-ins of representations and imagination. And I will work with creating intensities, let the dancers play inside the system that the group is and generates. Every dancer will have their own mark in terms of character, movement, presence, clothing.. It might turn out to be funny, sad, and a bit ambivalent – I wanna go through a spectrum of emotions and projections. Originally I come from the abstract, going towards how I can tell stories. I want to explore that further in this process.”
Concept, Choreographic framing and direction:
Ian Kaler
Created together with the dancers of Cullbergbaletten Dancers:
Adam Schütt, Anand Bolder, Camille Prieux, Daniel Sjökvist, Eleanor Campbell, Eszter Czédulás, Eva Mohn, Freddy Houndekindo, Gesine Moog, Giacomo Citton, Katie Jacobson, Mohamed Y. Shika, Suelem de Oliveira da Silva, Unn Faleide, Vincent Van der Plas and other dancers of the Cullbergbaletten
Music composed and produced by:
Planningtorock
Set design:
Stephanie Rauch
Lighting design, cinematography and editing:
Imogen Heath
Costume design:
Stéphane Peeps / FAAM Studio
Choreographic assistant:
Stéphane Peeps
Production Management Vienna:
das Schaufenster
Produced by:
Ian Kaler and Cullbergbaletten
Co-produced by:
Tanzquartier Wien, Norrlandsoperan Umeå, PACT Zollverein Essen
Ian Kaler is supported by the Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, Vienna.
Original photos
Vienna:
Eva Würdinger
Stockholm:
Märtha Thisner