Ballet "Silent Echo"
Memory, loss, closeness, and the traces of human encounters are the themes of the ballet "Silent Echo," which will be performed on Sunday, January 17, at 6 p.m. in the Main Auditorium of the Wiesbaden State Theater.
Under the title “Silent Echo,” three very distinct choreographic styles come together: the haunting “I’m afraid to forget your smile” by the multi-award-winning Dutch choreographer duo Imre & Marne van Opstal, the electrifying duet “Midnight Raga” by Marco Goecke, and the monumental “The Mass Ornament” by the Spanish choreographer Fran Díaz.
Three works, three choreographic worlds—and yet they are united by a common question: What remains when the moment has passed? Imre & Marne van Opstal open the evening with “I’m afraid to forget your smile.” In their moving fusion of contemporary dance, live choral works, and atmospheric stage and lighting design by Tom Visser, the moment of letting go becomes a suspended state of transition. The voices of the Schiersteiner Kantorei lend the choreography an additional, immediate presence. Works by composers such as Arvo Pärt and Eric Whitacre create a sonic space in which grief, memory, and devotion intertwine.
Midnight Raga
"Midnight Raga" marks a radical shift in mood. Marco Goecke, one of the most influential and internationally sought-after choreographers of our time and winner of the Nijinsky Prize, creates in his duet a highly intense encounter between two bodies. Deep midnight blue meets the music of Indian composer Ravi Shankar and Goecke’s unmistakable, nervously shimmering movement language. An intimate duet that oscillates between closeness and distance, tenderness and explosive energy.
The Mass Ornament
The program concludes with “The Mass Ornament” by Fran Díaz. Set to Henryk Górecki’s relentlessly driving *Concerto for Harpsichord and String Orchestra*, Op. 40, Díaz shapes the dancers into a high-energy collective body. Precision, dynamism, and individual impulses merge into a fascinating choreographic organism in which order and self-sacrifice, individuality and community, come into direct conflict.
Further dates:
- Sunday, January 17, 6:00 p.m.
- Friday, January 22, 7:30 p.m.
