VERKLÄRUNGEN

As we walk slowly-paced into a cold moonlit forest, an echo of a woman’s voice begins to materialize in the near-distance. As she whispers her unsettles, we find us at the crossroads of social conventions and expectations which end up being dragged as a burden. As the night transfigures, we get to reflect upon compassion and empathy as primal and transformative forces constituting and defining human relations.

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Verklärungen is an contemporary adaptation of the string sextet „Verklärte Nacht“ Op. 4 by the Austrian composer Arnold Schönberg. Based in the homonym poem by Richard Dehmel, this work of programmatic music carefully and precisely draws before us (as if in a symbolism painting), the intricate details of both the dark and subtle landscape and the complex emotional turmoil of the characters. The piece aims to deepen in the posibilities of partnering as movement language, as well as finding interdisciplinary connections between dance dramaturgy and composition.

Choreography

Reinier Badilla • Chiara Görig

Performers

Anna Chiara Görig
Reinier Badilla Martínez