Dexter Foto: (c) PR Dresdner Musikfestspiele: Schostakowitsch Meets Hip Hop 'Revolta'
Dresden, Kulturpalast — Main Hall
About the Event
A dynamic dance performance by Geneva Camerata and Krump dancers, featuring music by Shostakovich and Olga Trofimova. The Geneva Camerata presents a unique encounter between the world of krump – a hip‐hop dance style that originated in the suburbs of Los Angeles – and one of the greatest masterpieces in music history, Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony. The musicians of the orchestra simultaneously become part of the dance choreography, which was developed by the director and choreographer Kader Attou and the choreographer Grichka to the haunting music. Based on the rhythmic intensity of Shostakovich's Fifth and the virtuosity of four dancers, the performance uses the physical movement of the Krump as an expression of self‐liberation and symbolizes revolt and the fight against brutality. The result is a moving Gesamtkunstwerk that powerfully invites us to look at various current social issues such as tolerance, courage and freedom from a new perspective.
Program
- Olga Trofimova – Birds Dancing in a Tree of Light
- Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 (arr. Jonathan Keren)
Cast / Production
Hendrickx Krump — Dancer
Dexter Krump — Dancer
Melissa Krump — Dancer
Grichka Choreografie and Krump — Dancer
Kader Attou Regie and Bühnenbild
Geneva Camerata
David Greilsammer Conductor
Address
Kulturpalast, Schlossstr. 2, Dresden, Germany — Google Maps
