La La Land - The Göteborg Opera

La La Land
DANCE PERFORMANCE BY ALEXANDER EKMAN AND MEDHI WALERSKI.
The Göteborg Ballet
Welcome to the right part of your brain, your
here-and-now conscience. La la land is inspired
by the work of neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor and
explores what happens when “now” is void of
meaning, beginning and end.
In Ekman’s and Walerski’s playful La la land we meet a group of individuals on a selfhelp course. Using therapeutic exercises they try to find the path to becoming “better
human beings”. Using a combination of dance, spoken dialogue and twisted humour
the two choreographers create an accurate and humorous image of mankind’s constant
struggle to develop. The music is a collage from Chopin, Puccini, Akron/Family and
the pianist Bernard Matracki, who performs his own compositions onstage.
CHOREOGRAPHY, SETAND COSTUME DESIGN
LIGHT DESIGN
ALEXANDER EKMAN
and MEDHI WALERSKI
JOAKIM BRINK
MUSIC
W A MOZART: From Sonata in C
major, Andante, Rondo
Live piano performed by BERNARD
MATRACKI: Hackspettsmatra, Cisskirurgi, Fredéric Chopin: Nocturne in
E flat major Op. 9.
VINCENZO BELLINI: Casta Diva
from the opera Norma
From the album The Very Best of
Maria Callas (Angel Records, 2001)
AKRON/FAMILY: Part of Corey
From the album Akron/Family
(Young God, 2005)
COMEDIAN HARMONISTS:
Die großen Erfolge –
Das Original Menuett. (EMI)
THE BOY LEAST LIKELY TO / P.
OWEN, J. HOBBS: Be Gentle With
Me From the album Be Gentle With
Me (19 Recordings Ltd, 2006 Publisher: Bonniers)
MATMOS / M. SCHMIDT, D. DANIEL:
Supreme Balloon
From the album Supreme
Balloon (Matador, 2008)
WORLD PREMIERE May 8 2010 for
The Göteborg Ballet
DANCERS 17 and 1 musician
LENGTH 47 minutes
DOWNLOAD PHOTOS
http://sv.opera.se/press/bilder/metamorfos-2009-2010/
Photographer: Mats Bäcker
LINK TO VIDEO
http://vimeo.com/27903134
CONTACT
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PHOTO: MATS BÄCKER