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A pianistic séance
"We live from possibilities and die from realities." Hans Kudszus, "Yes, No Words"
The pianist and composer Søren Gundermann (Frankfurt-Oder) presents an evening between concert and theater together with puppet maker and performert Frank Soehnle (Tübingen). In a dialogue between music and animated objects, they tell stories from inside the piano about memory, longing and forgetting, about unknown nocturnal growths of sounds and movements. Together they create images of the merging of things and the blossoming of new possibilities.
"If there is a sense of truth, there must also be a sense of possibility" Robert Musil, "The Man Without Qualities"
Frau von Goldberg varies reality.
She has different variations of her biography ready.
And about what might have happened to her husband.
She has invited guests, including a puppeteer and a pianist, both specialists in uncovering hidden stories, to examine her mysterious piano. It should contain far more than the usual interior made of wood, metal and felt.
String creatures – animals of the touch – winged horses.
Premiering December 1st, 2022
Duration 60 minutes, no break - for audiences aged 10 and over
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Puppets and puppeteer | Frank Soehnle |
Compositions and piano | Søren Gundermann |
Choreography | Karin Ould Chih |
Costumes | Sabine Ebner |
Light | Christian Glötzner |
Technical requirements
STAGE SPACE
- Stage area at least 6 x 5m (width x depth) · Rising rows of seats for spectators
(Insight into the wing interior is desirable) - · Stage height at least 3.00m
- · Room that can be darkened
- · Dark stage floor
- · Hanging option for aisles on the front right and rear left
- · Dark walls or black curtains (black box)
- · Distance from the first row of seats to the edge of the stage at least 1.5 m
PIANO
- Semi-concert grand or concert grand - black, tuned
Lid must be removed
(free view of the interior of the wing from all sides) - Piano bench/piano stool
LIGHTS & SOUND
- Lighting control desk with 12 channels (without hall light) for manual control
- · 1 x 1000 watt ETC profile spotlight
12 x 500/650 watt Fresnel
(2 special spotlights are brought along) - Complete sound system, connection for laptop
- Stage help for assembly and dismantling
- Wardrobe for two people
If no light and sound system is available, we can bring both.
TIME
• duration 60 min – no interval
• set up 5 hours – break down 45min
Essential – please take note!
- It must be possible to darken the stage area completely (blackout)
- Maximum audience capacity: 150 personsThe performance is suitable for youth and adults
- Please discuss all variations with us in advance.
Your contact for technical questions:: Christian Glötzner, Tel. +49 176 71297676