Adam Linder

The WANT

Music
Dance

English / approx. 90 min

Bernard Marie-Koltès described his 1985 work “In the Solitude of the Cotton Fields“ like an encounter between a bluesman and a punk. Perhaps more than an exploration of mercantile activity or the transaction of late-night cruising, his play is a speculation on the individual’s capacity to know another.

Adam Linder, whose work has regularly been presented at HAU, has made an opera with a score by Ethan Braun and stage by Shahryar Nashat.

His new creation is inspired by Koltes’ preoccupation with ‘the deal’. “The WANT“ is an exchange sung by four performers, with a libretto that is littered with interjections from Jacques Derrida to Missy Elliott. Linder approaches the business of language as the Self’s gateway drug between rational thought and rhapsodic expression. Doesn’t the interplay of language rendered in vocal music parallel the dynamics of various markets? The singers, actors and dancers Jess Gadani, Justin F. Kennedy, Jasmine Orpilla, and Roger Sala Reyner are ‘Offerors’ and ‘Offerees’ enrobed as the key archetype of mercantile Europe. Engaging a virtuosic performativity, these players embody the spiritual tradition of that figure: a constant trade between a reflexive mind and sensuous being.

After the performance on December 15 there will be an artist talk with Adam Linder, Ethan Braun and Alexandra Holtsch.

Cast

Direction: Adam Linder / Music: Ethan Braun / With: Jessica Gadani, Justin F. Kennedy, Jasmine Orpilla, Roger Sala Reyner / Stage Design & Light: Shahryar Nashat / Costumes: Adam Linder / Libretto in collaboration with: Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer / Dramaturgic Consultancy: Ariel Efraim Ashbel / Sound Engineer: Sam Jones / Saxophone: Sam Gendel / Instrumental-/Audio-Samples: Steven Takasugi & Ethan Braun / Technical Director: Sebastian Zamponi / Sound Technician: Torsten Schwarzbach / Lights Technician: Martin Beeretz / Management: Andrea Niederbuchner / Production Assistant: Anna von Glasenapp / Graphic Design: Lina Grumm - HIT Studio / With special thanks to: Jarrett Gregory & Steffen Martin

Dates

Past

Premiere
Thu 13.12.2018, 20:30 / HAU2
Fri 14.12.2018, 20:30 / HAU2
Sat 15.12.2018, 20:30 / HAU2
Sun 16.12.2018, 19:00 / HAU2

Credits

Production: Adam Linder. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Kampnagel Hamburg. Funded by: Hauptstadtkulturfonds (Berlin).

Location

HAU2

Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 Berlin

There are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Four relaxed seats are available in the first row of HAU2. Tickets for wheelchair users and accompanying persons can also be booked via the ticketing system. If you need help, please contact our Ticketing & Service team at +49 (0)30 259004-27 or send us an email to
tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de.

Travelling to HAU2 via U Hallesches Tor:

If you are coming from Hallesches Tor underground station, you will have to use an alternative footpath from Wilhelmstraße / Hallesches Ufer junction, which is separated from the carriageway by a construction fence – the actual footpath is currently closed. Please note: the alternative route is also used by cyclists. Pedestrians should keep to the right. We therefore currently recommend that visually impaired or blind visitors come to the HAU with an accompanying person.

Arrival HAU2 via U Möckernbrücke:

When you leave Möckernbrücke underground station, please stay on the footpath on the canal side until you reach Hallesches Ufer / Großbeerenstraße junction – the opposite side is currently closed due to construction work.

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