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Maybe you can’t and shouldn’t try to explain a choreographic work. When asked, “what is the work about?”, the accurate answer would be: “well, I have no idea, we have to wait and see”. The only thing pre-determined when it comes to choreography, the way Emanuel Gat sees and practices it, is the HOW. The WHAT, the WHY, the WHEREOF, are all elements which emerge from the thing as it is happening.
Asking what a choreographic work is about, is like asking what the score is before a football match has even begun. And yet inviting to such a live experience should contain that which has actually already been decided on.
Emanuel Gat’s work with the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company will engage with two of the Lieder from Gustav Mahler’s song cycle “Das Lied von der Erde”. Two parts, with “Der Einsame im Herbst” and the last Lied of the cycle, “Der Abschied”, frame a third central part that is without music. Completely different every time it is being performed, the work follows principles in which the choreographic future cannot be designed, but has to be discovered by the dancers each time they engage with the work. Welcome to this experience!
Biography Emanuel Gat
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Emanuel Gat was born in Israel in 1969 and began working as an independent choreographer in 1994. Over the following ten years, through numerous projects, collaborations and creative processes, Gat developed a unique and personal approach to choreography and dance, which has formed the basis for his artistic vision and creative work ever since. He founded his company Emanuel Gat Dance in Tel Aviv in 2004 and later settled in France. The company has gained international recognition for its unique voice, touring regularly around the world and receiving high critical acclaim.
Biography DFDC
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The Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company is a contemporary dance ensemble under the artistic direction of Ioannis Mandafounis. It combines dance tradition with new perspectives and develops choreographies that inspire people and get them excited about dance. It is based on a unique methodology that enables the dancers to recreate each performance live. This creates a collaborative process that empowers individual artists and directly involves the audience.