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Posidonia
YOUNG MOVES
Plattform Choreographie Ballett am Rhein
Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf-Duisburg
Premiere - 30th June 2018 - Theater Duisburg
Choreography & Costumes
Virginia Segarra Vidal
Spatial Structure & Set Design
Christian Odzuck
Music
Posidonia, Océane tranquilete, Mythos Nietleben by Stefan Odzuck
Light
Volker Weinhart
Assistant
Kanade Hamawaki
Ballet Master
Callum Hastie
Assistant Ballet Master
Marlúcia do Amaral
Dancers
Rashaen Arts, Doris Becker, Yoav Bosidan, Rubén Cabaleiro Campo, Alexandra Inculet, Yuko Kato, Boris Randzio, Irene Vaqueiro
About Posidonia
A fictional myth as a narrative frame for an experiment to build a conglomerate of space and time. Based on the movement of bodies, objects and sounds. Fragments of ancient rituals, mythological sagas and epic legends form an imaginary action.
Human bodies moving as if they were under water. Like 'Posidonia Oceanica' (also known as Neptune Grass), a type of sea grass found in the Mediterranean. 'Posidonia' is a dance piece that reflects the uninterrupted flow of life. The dancers flow, following the rhythm of the water, but at the same time they are rooted deep in the seabed. As fluid as water, but with the power of the waves. Their actions carry the ancient wisdom of the myths. Gods and goddesses dancing in the rituals of archaic times.
But these dancing bodies are not completely alone on stage. In order to create a dialogue that intensifies the tension between time, movement and space, another elementary element comes into play. The architectural aspect of the space. The flow of architectural elements, which plays an important role in changing the rules of the game.
Simple contrasts such as symmetry and asymmetry, light and dark, horizontal and vertical. All these elements are essential to architecture and to dance.
Architecture is seen as frozen music. Music that can serve as a framework for dance. When architecture and dance meet on stage, in this particular place, for a performance, they change their relationship. And what happens if the architectural structure is changed? How would the dancers' bodies react? Wouldn't they behave differently if this dimension was changed? It is as if the ancient temples in which they dance their rituals had sunk into the depths of the sea. And only the mystery of these sacred architectural structures remains, forced into movement by the power of the tides.