The Sebastian Weber Dance Company, known for its energetic, visually stunning tap dance, returns to HELLERAU this time with a large band. "Glitz" is a dazzling concert performance with a large cast and excellent live music. Sebastian Weber and company go back to the beginning of their own passion for dance: dancing in clubs, at parties, at dawn. The piece is loud and colourful, celebrating the culture of the night, the intoxication of utopia. A passionate, defiant, witty, poetic homage to the transformative power of pop.

Biography

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Photo: Jörg Singer

Sebastian Weber began his career in New York under the tutelage of legendary tap dance masters such as Chuck Green and Buster Brown. Between 1998 and 2017, he developed numerous productions that combined tap dance with contemporary music, dance, theatre and performance. He has received the Leipzig Movement Art Prize twice and has performed internationally in Europe, Asia and the USA. in 2017, he founded the Sebastian Weber Dance Company, which reinterprets the sound of tap dance as well as its visual language. This was followed by international guest performances, excellence funding and a residency at the Hessian State Ballet. in 2019, the production "Cowboys" was honoured with the Saxon Dance Award.

Cast & Credits

DanceMaria Busquets, Gaëtan Farnier, Atalia Galina, Vilma Kananen, Nimrod Poles, Fran Žuglić, Gui Yuexuan
Live musicWerner Neumann (g) Steffen Greisiger (key) Dominik Gershkovich (key) Tom Friedrich (dr) Luca Genze (b)
Choreography, 
Artistic direction		Sebastian Weber
Musical directionSteffen Greisiger
CompositionSteffen Greisiger, Werner Neumann, Dominik Gershkovich
CostumeNele Sternberg
Production managementGina Zimmermann
Touring managementJordi Oliva Codina
PhotosJörg Singer, Sebastian Weber
ProductionSebastian Weber Dance Company gGmbH
Co-productionHessian State Ballet as part of the Rhine-Main Dance Platform, HELLERAU- European Centre for the Arts, Theater Hameln.