SUITE CUBIC
Bach for baroque cello, beatbox and dance
With the principle that music equals movement, equals noise, the 3 artists Johann Sebastian Bach’s first two suites for cello solo analyze and put them back together for the unusual trio of baroque cello, beatbox and dance. The result is a work that uses the different art forms as instruments of equal value and thus allows Bach’s sounds and compositional structures to appear in a completely new way.
„How would Bach be as a performance artist today?“
23. + 24. + 25. 9. 2022
Villa Elisabeth, Berlin
artistic director, concept: Julia Kursawe
choreography, dance: Yui Kawaguchi
beatboxing, live looping: Daniel Mandolini
arrangements, baroque cello: Julia Kursawe
costume: Alice Erika Hoffmann
lights and technical direction: Fabian Bleisch
sound: Jordi Kuragari
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 Eisenach – 1750 Leipzig)
Suite for Violoncello solo in G-Major and d-minor, BW 1007 and 1008
Prélude – Allemande – Courante – Sarabande – Menuett 1 + 2 – Gigue
A production of Julia Kursawe, co-production Yui Kawaguchi | Mendora GbR.
2022 Funded by: Fonds Darstellende Künste aus Mitteln der
Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien im Rahmen von NEUSTART KULTUR.
In cooperation with Kulturbüro Elisabeth and with friendly support from Heidi Gröger.