Seeing a crucifixion painted by Lucas Cranach, Forsythe drew a parallel with current events in the latter-day Middle-East. Mingling dance, theater and opera of sorts, this triptych follows a hopeless mother trying to understand why her son has disappeared, and borrows its pervasive energy from the conflicts it depicts. No doubt it is the choreographer’s most politically committed work to date.
Three Atmospheric Studies
Part I and II, Clouds after Cranach
Part III, Study III
Choreographed, directed, lit and designed by: William Forsythe
Music Part II: David Morrow
Music Part III: Thom Willems
Text: Dana Caspersen, William Forsythe, David Kern
Costume design: Satoru Choko, Dorothee Merg
Sound design: Dietrich Krüger, Niels Lanz
Voice processing (DSP program): Andreas Breitscheid, Manuel Poletti with the collaboration of Forum Neues Musiktheater Staatsoper Stuttgart
Speakers Part II: Amancio Gonzalez, David Kern, Jone San Martin
Speakers Part III: Dana Caspersen, David Kern,
Ander Zabala
Performed by The Forsythe Company: Yoko Ando, Cyril Baldy, Francesca Caroti, Dana Caspersen, Amancio Gonzalez, David Kern, Marthe Krummenacher, Ioannis Mantafounis, Fabrice Mazliah, Roberta Mosca, Nicole Peisl, Georg Reischl, Christopher Roman, Jone San Martin, Yasutake Shimaji, Elizabeth Waterhouse, Ander Zabala
Produced by The Forsythe Company
Co-presented by Théâtre National de Chaillot and Festival d’Automne à Paris
With the support of The Lepercq Foundation
October 4 to October 7
