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Love, Death and the Devil

Campaign: practise seeing beauty

Image 1: The Chessboard Room

In the series LOVE, DEATH AND THE DEVIL the Ben J. Riepe Company opens the first image in a surreal chessboard room. The production with two dancers, two actors and a music composer takes the spectator to rooms filled with abysmal beauty.

The choreography follows the principles of - quick, unwashed, free – and shatters aesthetic conventions.

With the agenda “Practise seeing beauty” the Dusseldorf-based choreographer Ben J. Riepe realises a series of five performances in one year. The individual performances are being developed in a short period of time, thereby prioritising intuitive and elusive elements. The pace is fast, process and effect are instantaneous.

Choreography/Concept: Ben J. Riepe; With: Linda Nordström, Evgeny Pankratov, Alex Alves Tokmitt, Helge Vögler, Lukas Vögler; Lighting: Dimitar Evtimov; Music: Alex Alves Tolkmitt; Costumes: Anna Kleihues.

Supported by the NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZ with funds of the Tanzplans Deutschland of the Kulturstiftung des Bundes, the Kulturamt Düsseldorf, the Kunststiftung NRW, the steptext dance project, Bremen, the tanzhaus nrw, Productiehuis Brabant, Musiklab Brabant, Station Zuid, Tillburg, the van Meeteren Stiftung and Artsite..

World Premiere: 17. April 2008, tanzhaus nrw, Dusseldorf
18. and 19. April 2008, tanzhaus nrw, Düsseldorf

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