U.S. Premiere
Stifters Dinge
Heiner Goebbels
December 16, 2009 - December 20, 2009
Wade Thompson Drill Hall
In this astonishing work, German composer and director Heiner Goebbels takes as his inspiration the writings of the 19th-century Romantic author Adalbert Stifter, who predicted many of the ecological challenges that face us today. However, Stifter is only the starting point for this extraordinary meditation on how to enter the unknown and the unfamiliar: five pianos as in-motion sculptural works with no performers, the writings of Claude Lévi-Strauss, Malcolm X, and William S. Burroughs, songs from Papua New Guinea, haunting projected imagery, and wind and mist are all combined in a unique, fantastical environment.
Performances
Wednesday–Thursday at 8:00pm
Friday at 7:00pm and 10:00pm
Saturday at 3:00pm, 7:00pm, and 10:00pm
Sunday at 2:00pm
Run Time
This performance is approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes without intermission.
"... equal parts musical performance, theatrical presentation, art installation and environmental space."
The New York Times
"The Park Avenue Armory has become a favored space for grand avant-garde productions. Next comes Stifter's Dinge, a multimedia exploration (complete with five player pianos) of Romanticism and ecology by the dynamic German composer and arranger Heiner Goebbels."
The New Yorker
"The abstract avant-garde has seldom looked, or sounded, more vital, more dramatic or more accessible."
The Financial Times
Gallery
Artists & Creatives
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Concept, Music, and Direction
Heiner Goebbels
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Set Design, Lighting, and Video
Klaus Grünberg
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Programming
Hubert Machnik
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Sound Design
Willi Bopp
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Assistant
Matthias Mohr
Production Credits
Presented in association with Lincoln Center and Park Avenue Armory.
Originally produced by Théâtre de Vidy, Spielzeit’europa/Berliner Festspiele, Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg, schauspielfrankfurt, T & M—Théâtre de Genevilliers/CDN, and Pour-cent culturel Migros.
Co-commissioned by Artangel London.
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