Press
“With sensitivity and without didactic exaggeration, Johan Inger and the dancers offer an hour of dance that bears an important, thought-provoking message.” Göteborgs-Posten
“It is strangely moving to see young, vital dancers’ bodies portraying disintegration.” Dagens Nyheter
“In one duet, the dancers’ lips are glued to each other. Beautiful. Life is stronger than death.” Borås Tidning
“A ritually pounding rhythm that causes the bodies burst with defiance.” Dagens Nyheter
“Overall, ‘Dust and disquiet’ is filled with images that, like living tableaux vivants, create charged events.” Svenska Dagbladet
About
Johan Inger has created works for eminent dance companies worldwide. He has been artistic director of Cullbergbaletten and house choreographer at the Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT). His latest work in Gothenburg was the evocative Falter (2010), involving nine dancers and 64 ropes.
The inspiration for the creation Dust and Disquet came to Johan Inger in Spain where he’s been living for many years:
“In 2021, there was a volcanic eruption in La Palma. It became so symbolic when the lava started seeping down the volcano. First there was a church being swallowed by the lava, then a school and so on. It went so slowly, but you knew exactly what was going to happen and nothing could be done. I found it symbolic for our time and it became the starting point of the creation.
Without sounding too dystopian, I want to ask the question: Are we too self-destructive? Will we be able to solve the challenges humanity is facing?”
Team
CHOREOGRAPHY Johan Inger
SET DESIGN EstudiodeDos (aapee): Curt Allen Wilmer and Leticia Gañan Calvo
COSTUME DESIGN Bregje van Balen
LIGHTING DESIGN David Stokholm
NEW MUSIC Amos Ben-Tal/@offprojects
ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER Yvan Dubreuil
COMPOSERS (RECORDED MUSIC) Arvo Pärt, Pete Harden
Information
Dancers – 20
Running time – 45 min
World premiere
31 March 2022, GöteborgsOperan
Music
Besides newly composed music by Amos Ben-Tal, Dust and disquet also includes recorded music by Polar Prize-winner Arvo Pärt (”Fratres” and ”My heart is in the Highlands”) and Pete Harden.
