» Sasha Waltz & Guests

Jakop Ahlbom Company Vielfalt

Compagnia Finzi Pasca Nuda

21 i 22 February

7:00 pm

Opera Krakowska

ul. Lubicz 48

Duration: 95 minutes

Cast KREATUR

21, 22 February 2023

Kraków Opera

Direction / Choreography Sasha Waltz

Costume Design Iris van Herpen

Music Soundwalk Collective

Light Design Urs Schönebaum

Set Design Thomas Schenk, Sasha Waltz

Dramaturgy Jochen Sandig

Répétition Davide Di Pretoro

Dance / Choreography

Liza Alpízar Aguilar

Jirí Bartovanec

Clémentine Deluy

Peggy Grelat-Dupont

Hwanhee Hwang

Agnieszka Jachym

Annapaola Leso

Dominique McDougal

Lorena Justribó Manion

Nicola Mascia

Sean Nederlof

Virgis Puodziunas

Zaratiana Randrianantenaina

Claudia de Serpa Soares

Assistance Direction and Production Steffen Döring

Technical Direction Reinhard Wizisla

Assistance Technical Direction Moritz Hauptvogel

Light Martin Hauk

Assistance Light Jörg Bittner

Sound Lutz Nerger

Sound Technic Giorgio De Santis

Props Manja Beneke

Costume Direction Sandra Tiersch

Wardrobe Margaretha Heller

Hair / Make-Up Kati Heimann

Tour Management Karsten Liske

Chief Financial Officer Stephan E. Schmidt

Management Direction

Sasha Waltz

Jochen Sandig

Bärbel Kern

Sasha Waltz & Guests is funded by the Senate for Culture and Europe.

In Sasha Waltz’ choreography »Kreatur«, dance is the result of tensions between creatures who share the same habitat. Collective experiences of turmoil, ecstasy and the seeking of shelter merge the dancers into one single creature, which breaks back again into seperate fates, drifting into new conflicts and connections. States of power and powerlessness, dominance and weakness, community and isolation, sickness and desire all appear as facets within nature’s iridescence. The struggling of these creatures with the chaos of their own impulses reflects the private and societal challenges of our present.

»Kreatur« is an interplay of artistic voices which share a decisively interdisciplinary approach. The sculptural, organic as well as technoid costumes were created by Iris van Herpen. The Dutch fashion designer is known throughout the world for her progressive work which combines traditional craft with digital technology. Urs Schönebaum designs lighting concepts for stagings at theatres and opera houses, art exhibitions, performances and installations worldwide, working with artists such as Marina Abramović, Robert Wilson and Michael Haneke. The musicians of Soundwalk Collective (Berlin/New York) create genre-dissolving sound compositions, using methods from the fields of anthropology, ethnography and psychogeography.