SZENE
Salzburg

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• Prism, choreographed by Maya Tor

Optical: A transparent material that bends light and often creates a spectrum.
Figurative: A way of looking at or interpreting something.
 
Waking up
As a new beginning arises
A beginning
Never too far from a dream that occurred around her
A heavy glow
Lit up with
Such a naked joy
The dust on her bare skin
The dust
Of reality
Burned around her
Like white lids
Seeing everything just a little bit too clearly

Co-choreographed by Helen Noé, Nele Vonckx, Laure-Anne Sartorius, Hayun Kim, Chloé Timon, Francisca Ribeiro

• whatever it may be, choreographed by Easton Nguyen

Thoughts into thoughts into words into words and the physical spaces they fill.
Easton Nguyen is a choreographer from the United States who is currently the Artist in Residence at Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, after having completed the International Choreographic Exchange last year.
 
Dancers: Diego Escobar Xavier, Ricardo Filipe Freitas, Montse Gutiérrez Vidal, Dahye Lee, Constantijn Maathuis, Luís Sousa, Miya Yokoyama

• Seagulls don’t exist, choreographed by Mairead Rutter O'Connor

The piece follows a world where romantic traditions are no longer existent in their conventional form. The performers must navigate a chaotic landscape of reimagined intimacy and affection, through absurd acts- like vegetable shaped weddings, joining the ‘pudding club’ or transforming into lobsters. Highlighting the facial nature of conventional romance itself. 
 
Co-choreographed and performed by Eva Moutet, Gabriel Zúñiga Ávila, Laurin Streitberger, Louis Montes, Michalis Demetriou, Sara Sánchez Martín, Stefano Balducci, Valentin Thalmayr, Valeria Tosato.