On wednesday 18/05 Zwerm will head down to Quimper to perform a new version of Electric Consort at Theatre de Cornouaille, as part of Festival Sonik, in Quimper!
The concert will be preceded by a workshop with local guitarists and students.
Here's a small interview in a local newspaper about the event!
We're currently finishing the last preparations for the premier of Eleanor Bauer and Chris Peck's Meyoucyle on 11/05 at the Nouveau Theatre de Montreuil! Also to be seen later this month at Kunstenfestival des Arts in Brussels!
Eleanor Bauer's newest creation brings together the different poles of her artistic work in a remarkable piece: Meyoucycle , which sounds rather like ‘musical’ spoken with a strange accent. Together with composer Chris Peck, Bauer throws all the ingredients of the musical comedy (song, text, dance, and music) into the blender, resulting in a completely new, hybrid genre. Four performers share the stage with Brussels musical ensemble Ictus. The show is a tribute to the ‘song’, the expressive art form in which poetics directly transport feelings and ideas. As a ‘me-you-cycle,’ the performance is a song cycle written in dialogue between Bauer and Peck about me and you and everything in-between, how we communicate and understand each other. Meyoucycle is a science-fiction concert about ordinary emotions in an age of technological advancement and hyper capitalism.
Tour dates:
11/05 Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis, Nouveau Théâtre de Montreuil
12/05 Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis, Nouveau Théâtre de Montreuil
27/05 Kunstenfestival des Arts, Kaaitheater, Brussels
28/05 Kunstenfestival des Arts, Kaaitheater, Brussels
08/09 Ruhrtriennale, PACT Zollverein, Essen
09/09 Ruhrtriennale, PACT Zollverein, Essen
It's a real pleasure and honour to join the Ictus ensemble in the creation of a new opera by Austrian composer Wolfgang Mitterer at the Opéra de Lille! Ictus joins a stellar cast of singers in this haunting new opera, called Marta.
In the pit with Ictus at Opéra de Lille.
In a world rent asunder by a dreadful melancholy, ruled by a King Arthur who has been rendered powerless, bewildered, some crazy redeemer has made all the children disappear... The only remaining child is the Queen's daughter, Marta, an ageless doll, whose hair is continually being combed by her mother. Within her glass cage, Marta is given over for the adoration of the people: the final vestige of a doomed world. Poised between sleep and fear, between lynching and fires, in the blinding glare of an irradiated world, death is spreading relentlessly.
The premiere will take place on sunday 13/03 with further shows until 21/03 at the opéra de Lille and one reprise in Reims on april 18.
For more info about the opéra and coming performances, click here!
It's an honour and a pleasure to be joining the French ensemble TM+ and the Orchestre de Mulhouse for a new version of Counter Phrases! An original production by Ictus and Rosas, combining video's of Thierry De Mey, choreography by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker and music by composers such as Fausto Romitelli, Jonathan Harvey, Luca Francesconi, Steve Reich and others, creating a wonderful blend of music, video and dance.
Here are the performance dates:
05/02/2016 Maison de la Musique, Nanterre
06/02/2016 Maison de la Musique, Manterre
17/05/2016 Philharmonie de Paris, Paris
24/06/2016 La Filature, Mulhouse
Zwerm's collaboration with legendary guitarist Fred Frith is finally happening, a project I've been looking forward to for a VERY long time!! We've finished rehearsals and it's an incredible pleasure to work with such an inspiring performer and person. The concert will feature five of our own pieces, with Fred Frith as guest performer, as well as a new piece Fred wrote for the occasion and a solo improvisation.
Rehearsing at Handelsbeurs in Gent.
If you're around come hear one of our three concerts in Gent, Antwerpen or Den Bosch:
07/11 November music, Den Bosch
Here's a small audio-trailer:
