Strasbourg 1518

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Event Strasbourg 1518
Venue ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland Central, New Zealand
Umbrella Event Auckland Arts Festival 2021
First Date 19 March 2021
Opening Date 19 March 2021
Last Date 20 March 2021
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description A story of revolution through dance, this electrifying production explores one of history’s most fascinating mass movements — the dancing plague of 1518. Living in poverty and under the rule of the patriarchy, the people of Strasbourg revolted one summer against oppression by taking to the streets. No ordinary protest, their uprising was a fever of dance on a scale never seen before – nor again – that lasted for months. Depicted as collective madness in painting and folklore, this pulsating dance-theatre work interprets events from the inside out, revisioning them not as an illness but cathar
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Dance
Secondary Genre Theatre
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Contributors
Name Function Notes
Lucien Johnson Composer
Michael Parmenter Dancer
Lucien Johnson Director
Lucy Marinkovich Director
Alex Efimoff Photographer
Works
Text Nationality New Zealand
Production Nationality New Zealand
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web https://www.aaf.co.nz/event/strasbourg-1518
Programme 2021 Auckland Arts Festival programme
Event Identifier 155674
Dataset AusStage