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Concertgebouw Brugge
Repertoire
- Tania León Raíces (Origins)
- Ravel La valse
- Wayne McGregor and Ben Cullen Williams A Body for Harnasie (based on Szymanowski’s Harnasie) **
Performers
- Wayne McGregor direction and choreography
- Ben Cullen Williams sculpture design, film creation, and AI development
- Company Wayne McGregor original dance
- Edward Gardner conductor
- Robert Murray tenor
- Flemish Radio Choir
Multidimensional masterpiece from star choreographer McGregor.
In Ravel’s La valse and in the dancing musical language of Pulitzer Prize winner Tania León the London Philharmonic Orchestra unleashes its full force. In Harnasie we get more dance, along with algorithms and technology. In this ballet-pantomime Karol Szymanovski’s masterful pen tells the story of a young bride who is abducted by a robber gang on the day of her wedding. Szymanovski’s music and choreographer Wayne McGregor’s amazing multidimensional approach immerse us in a radically new orchestral experience. The story of Harnasie is reimagined through the use of human and digital intelligence, taking the form of a kinetic, sculptural video installation that will be suspended above the orchestra on the stage. Goosebumps guaranteed!
*Co-commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Concertgebouw Brugge.
**Harnasie is an original co-production of NOSPR The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice (initiator), London Philharmonic Orchestra (with support from the Adam Mickiewicz Institute), conceived and produced by Studio Wayne McGregor.
Project partner: Concertgebouw Brugge.
Concert generously supported by Victoria Robey CBE.