Artistic Direction, Conception & Realization: Showcase Beat Le Mot / Music/Composition: Maya Dunietz / Music/Performance: Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop / Performance: Liisa Saaremäel, Kristina Preimann, Kristel Zimmer, Edgar Vunš, Karl Birnbaum, Markus Andreas Auling, Herman Pihlak (Von Krahl Theatre) / Set and Costume Design: Knut Klaßen / Technical director: Bart Huybrechts / Artistic Collaboration: Christopher Hahn, Daniel Meir, Eva Hartmann, Misha Shenbrodt, Atia Trofimoff, Daniel Meir / Production management: Olaf Nachtwey (Showcase Beat Le Mot), Jaak Prints, Anu Almik (Von Krahl Theatre)
Showcase Beat Le Mot
Sieg über die Sonne
- Music
- Performance
German /
English /
Estonian /
with German consecutive interpretation /
Russian /
Over 100 years ago, avant-garde artists dreamed of a radical art form of the future with “Victory over the Sun.” Now Showcase Beat Le Mot is reviving this lost work – with an explosive interplay of sound, body and colour, together with Maya Dunietz, the Von Krahl Theatre and the soloist ensemble Kaleidoskop.
In 1913, a group of Russian avant-gardists around Kazimir Malevich set out to break with all traditions and conventions. “Victory over the Sun” was intended to be the first futuristic opera to herald a new era in art and society. But the premiere ended in scandal and the piece was cancelled after only one performance. Only fragmentary sketches have survived. It is therefore hardly surprising that the opera lives on in cultural memory as a historical work rather than a piece with contemporary relevance. “Victory over the Sun” was and is a provocation – a dream of a universe without a centre.
For their new production, the performance collective Showcase Beat Le Mot is launching a European collaboration that explores both old and new provocations. Together with performers from the Von Krahl Theatre Tallinn, composer Maya Dunietz from Tel Aviv and the Berlin soloist ensemble Kaleidoskop, Showcase Beat Le Mot unfurls the sun sails and Braal antennas to listen to echoes of a future that was dreamed of in the past.
Cast
Dates
Current
Credits
Production: Showcase Beat Le Mot. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Funded by: German Federal Cultural Foundation, Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, Goethe-Institut international coproduction fund.
Location
HAU2
Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 BerlinThere 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.
