Prometheus dis.order
A cooperation between TYE Shows (Nick & Clemens Prokop), BALLETT AM RHEIN & TONHALLE DÜSSELDORF
As part of the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birthday - BTHVN2020
Premiere - 3rd September 2021 - Tonhalle Düsseldorf
Multimedia Staging & Concept
Nick & Clemens Prokop (TYE Shows)
Costumes
Stefanie C. Salm
Speaker
Stefan Wilkening
Music
Charles Ives - The Unanswered Question (Two Contemplations No. 1)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus op. 43
with
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
Conductor
Alexandre Bloch
Choreography
Virginia Segarra Vidal
Ballet Master
Uwe Schröter
Dancers
Michael Foster, Philip Handschin, Marjolaine Laurendeau
About Prometheus dis.order
Prometheus is Frankenstein, he created, so the myth goes, the first human beings: flawed pre-series models. Beethoven's ballet music, itself a compositional experiment, illustrates these awkward attempts to walk. For BTHVN 2020, the Tonhalle brings the titan Prometheus to the centre and puts him on the couch. In a spectacular staging, the real reason for the failure becomes clear. And Beethoven's music takes on a new dimension as a rollercoaster ride through a world in turmoil.