Eszter Salamon "AND THEN"
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Thu 21.02.2008 | 21.30 h
Fri 22.02.2008 | 13.00 h + 16.30 h
Ballhof eins
90 min
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Imagine finding a photo album on the street. You open it and see the faces of people you have never seen before; pictures of holidays, familiar gestures and poses, strangers smiling at you as if you were a relative or close friend, as if these pictures were intended for you… Doesn’t it feel strange, eerie even, to become so involved in a stranger’s life like this, quite by chance? On a stage which opens and closes, folds out and folds together on two or three levels between now and then, eight people tell stories and sing the soundtrack to their lives and their time. Nothing connects them. What is it, then, that has brought them together?
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Following her classical dance training in Budapest, Eszter Salamon worked in France with various choreographers, 1992-2000. In 2001 she created “What a Body You Have, Honey” and with Xavier Le Roy the piece “Giszelle”. She created “Reproduction” in Podewil (Berlin), where she was artist in residence and received the Villa Médici’s "Hors les Murs" award in 2004. In 2005 she staged "Magyar Tàncok" in Lyon, followed by "Nvsbl" in 2006. In 2007 she presented "AND THEN" and with A. Martinez the a-capella concert /performance, "Without you I am Nothing".
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Further information: www.eszter-salamon.com
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With | Aude Lachaise, Bojana Cvejic, Eszter Salamon. Concept + dramaturgy | Eszter Salamon, Bojana Cvejic. Camera + editor | Minze Tummescheit. Assitant editor + effects | Arne Hector. Lighting concept |
Sylvie Garot. Sound concept | Peter Lenaerts, Peter Connelly. Music | Peter Lenaerts, ‘aisikl. Technical direction | Olivier Schwal. Stage assistant | Marie-Marine Pouderoux. Production managers | Barbara Greiner, Alexandra Wellensiek.
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Co-producers | Festival d’Automne (Paris), Les Spectacles Vivants-Centre Pompidou (Paris), Les Subsistances/Residence (Lyon), PACT Zollverein - Choreographisches Zentrum (Essen), KunstenFestival des Arts (Brüssel), Centre National de la Danse (Paris), Tanzquartier Wien
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Supported by | Botschaft, Centre Chorégraphique de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon, Hauptstadtkulturfonds Berlin, Hebbel-am-Ufer (Berlin) und Flórián Mühely - Mozgó Ház Alapítvány. With assistance from | IDEE, Kulturprogramm 2000 der Euro-päischen Union.
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Thanks to | Ferenc Salamon, Erzsebet Salamon, Sarolta Salamon, Gyöngyi Salamon, Xavier Le Roy, Hudi Lázló, Team CCN Montpellier, Team Les Subsistances, Jocelyne Fracheboud, Paulette Dantoine, Théatre le Sémaphore, Théatre le Polaris, Gilles Grand und Francis Ehrhardt (ENBA Lyon)