Echoic choir
Residencies
- 19.02 > 28.02.2021
A new collaboration between vocalist Stine Janvin (NO) and choreographer Ula Sickle (CA/PL/BE), Echoic Choir, evokes the ritual of coming together on a dance floor around music in the late hours of the night. Relying on the power of acoustic voices and spatial resonance, the project aims to create a collective and immersive sensorial event, by placing the performers and the audience in a shared space, such as a rave or nightclub. Sound, choreography and the visual aspects of the work, such as light, create a strong synesthetic experience for the audience.
While gathering together in a nightclub has been almost impossible over the past year due to the new reality brought about by the Covid19 pandemic, Echoic Choir takes on the challenge of using ’social distancing’ rules as artistic parameters. The notion of an intimate dance floor is gradually becoming a vague memory. Revisiting this setting and its sensory memories, albeit within new parameters, invites new perspectives on a familiar scenario. The spectators are invited to participate in the work through their listening and their physical presence, embodying a new kind of collective ritual.
Concept, composition : Stine Janvin | Concept, choreography : Ula Sickle | Performance : Michelle Cheung, Roman Ole, Rishin Singh, Annalise Van Even, Stine Janvin & Ula Sickle | Dramaturgy : Persis Bekkering | Costumes : Don Aretino x Muyao Zhang | Lights, sound : tba | Coproduction : Wiener Festwochen (Vienna), STUK House for Dance, Image and Sound (Leuven)
With the support of Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Vlaamse Gemeeschapscommissie Residencies : Kunstenwerkplaats (Brussels), DAAD (Berlin), Dampfzentrale (Bern) Executive production and diffusion : Caravan Production