Together with eight performers, the Asasello Quartet and the orchestra Les Siècles, choreographer Stephanie Thiersch and composer Brigitta Muntendorf have created ›Bilderschlachten‹, a choreographic vision about the end of the world in 2019. The resulting ballet noir rampages unbridled through cultural history and holds up a mirror to the excesses of our civilisation. At PACT during tanz nrw 23, the company will premiere a reworked version of the piece in which the orchestra appears as a holographic image. So seen, the sheer power of the orchestra, the sense of community and interplay between absent-present musicians takes on entire new dimensions.

Choreography, direction: Stephanie Thiersch Musical direction, composition: Brigitta Muntendorf Asasello Quartett: Rostislav Kozhevnikov (1. Violin), Barbara Streil (2. Violin), Teemu Myöhänen (Cello), Justyna Śliwa (Viola) Choreography, performance: Fabien Almakiewicz, Neus Barcons Roca, Alexis »Maca« Fernández, Julien Ferranti, Gyung Moo Kim, Alexandra Naudet, Camille Revol, Felicia Nilsson Choreographic assistance: Marcela Ruiz Quintero Light design, technical direction: Begoña Garcia Navas, Fabian Bleisch Video / digital direction: Navid Razavi Costumes: Sita Messer Sound: Sebastian Schottke Musical Assistance: Mats Thiersch Assistant stage/costumes: Margarete Bartelmeß Production management: Sarah Heinrich Management: Tanja Baran