The evening begins with a world premiere by Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, where the Göteborg Opera Orchestra plays the music live. The world premiere is combined with Solo Echo choreographer Crystal Pite's international success Frontier in a new version.
Dance
Dusk to Dawn
I Cannot Love Without Trembling by Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber. Frontier by Crystal Pite.Dance exploring the power of the body and the longing of the mind.
Duration
Ca 2 hrs (including 40 min interval)
Stage
Main Stage
Genre
Dance
Price
420–475 kr
Accessibility
An evening programme of light and darkness – interspersed with shadows. The Göteborg Opera Orchestra plays the music and viola soloists participate on stage.
I cannot love without trembling
By Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber
Choreographer Bobbi Jene Smith became known to a wider audience when she was featured in the documentary Bobbi Jene in 2017. The film won several awards, including Best Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival. Together with Or Schraiber, she has created works for, among others, the Paris Opera and the Royal Ballet in Copenhagen.
With GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, they want to depict the relentless force that drives humans to, despite their fragility, fight to keep hope alive. Humans do what they can to avoid becoming numb, to continue opening themselves to life.
Conductor Nathan Brock conducts the Göteborg Opera's Orchestra. The viola concerto that gave the dance work its title is composed by Cassandra Miller.
“For the first fifteen minutes, we dance in silence. It is just us and the audience. The silence amplifies even the smallest shift, the smallest gesture, making the space itself breathe. We hear each other’s and the audience’s breath, feel the room’s vibration. In the silence, everything is heightened—every movement, every microscopic shift in energy.”
— Auguste Palayer, dancer
Rehearsals for ‘I Cannot Love Without Trembling’
The Göteborg Opera Orchestra
VIOLA SOLOIST Emil Jonasson/Franziska Wenzel
Frontier
Crystal Pite
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Physical introductions
13 April 16:45–17:30 (meet in the foyer at 16:35)
15 April 17:45–18:30 (meet in the foyer at 17:35)
Get to know the performance and gain insight into the language of dance! GöteborgsOperans Danskompani's physical introductions involve audience participation. By participating, you gain a deeper understanding of the performance you will see. The introduction is led by dancers from GöteborgsOperans Danskompani and is held in English. Comfortable clothing is recommended but not necessary. Read more about physical introductions
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