 Event |
Tempest: Without a Body
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| Venue |
ASB Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Umbrella Event |
Auckland Festival 2009 |
| First Date |
5 March 2009 |
| Opening Date |
5 March 2009 |
| Last Date |
5 March 2009 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
An angel with a broken body, wings crumpled and too small for flight, wanders on the landscape of blood and destruction. MAU, in their dance style of ceremonial ecstasy, emerge from the shadows to pray on the ruin of history. Through the frozen eyes of Paul Klee’s Angelus Novus and Giorgio Agamben’s Sacred Man, with a message from Algeria and from the small town of Ruatoki, choreographer Lemi Ponifasio has created a poignant, poetic and frighteningly beautiful reflection on the post 9/11 world. One of the most original and controversial choreographers in the world today, Lemi Ponifasio brings this latest version of his current performance series Tempest, first premiered in Vienna. |
| Description Source |
Programme |
| Primary Genre |
Dance
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| Secondary Genre |
Theatre
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| Related Events |
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| Contributors |
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| Text Nationality |
New Zealand
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| Production Nationality |
New Zealand
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Programme |
2009 Auckland Festival programme |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
155560 |
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