Dance, the voice of John Berger, our own texts or projections come together to make up this approach to the world of J.S. Bach.

The piece is based on the musical work Goldberg Variations/Variations by the French-American pianist and composer Dan Tepfer, in which he performs J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations in combination with his own variations improvised on the same harmonies.

On Goldberg Variations/Variations twines together lines of language to make a weaving around the work of J.S. Bach. Dance, the voice of John Berger, texts of their own, the manipulated, multifocal sound of the soundtrack, live voice and video projections combine to create this approach by Mal Pelo to the universe of J.S. Bach. The choreography is attuned to the particular musicality of each performer and the rhythmic and dynamic dialogue between the group and the space.

After presenting María Muñoz Bach all over the world, this piece is the second part of the BACH PROJECT, a trilogy centred around the study of the music of J.S. Bach in relation to choreographic composition.

Cast

Direction 
María Muñoz, Pep Ramis
Directors’ Assistants
Leo Castro, Federica Porello
Creation and Dance
Jordi Casanovas, Enric Fàbregas, María Muñoz, Federica Porello, Pep Ramis, Zoltàn Vakulya, Zuriñe Benavente, Leo Castro
Music
Goldberg Variations / Variations de Dan Tepfer sobre les Variacions Goldberg de J.S. Bach
Poems
John Berger, Juan Gelman
Text
Mal Pelo edition based on Tim Ingold’s fragments, Franck Wilczek and Mal Pelo
Soundscape
Fanny Thollot
Lighting
August Viladomat
Set Design / Construction
Kike Blanco
Costumes
Carme Puigdevall i Plantés
Video Projections
Martí Ramis
Technical Director
Irene Ferrer
Sound Technician
Andreu Bramon
Set Technician
Genís Cordomí
Anathomy / Physiotherapy
Sergi Plà
Photography
Tristán Pérez-Martín
Administration & production
Gemma Massó-Mamen Juan Torres
International relations & Diffusion
AnSó Raybaut (Agente129)

Duration 70 minutes

Production

Production
Mal Pelo

Co-production

Mal Pelo
Teatre Nacional de Catalunya
Dansa Quinzena Metropolitana de Barcelona
Icec-Dept. de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya

Collaborations

L’animal a l’esquena
Théâtre Archipel, Scène nationale de Perpignan.

Première

Teatre Nacional de Catalunya (28 - 31 March, 2019)

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