Alex Franz Zehetbauer transforms the format of the classical concert of vocalist at the piano, presenting an experimental performative approach that frees itself from the codes of the recital. Traversing different moods and registers, from poetic lullaby to folk song to pop rendition, An Evening with investigates the multiple roles of songs and their cultural impacts. In this performance, from which emanates an enchantment that sometimes slips into the absurd, he creates a closeness at once strange and familiar, stretching the song into various choreographic postures.
After the performance on Friday, the audience is cordially invited to linger over a cocktail hour with Alex Franz Zehetbauer
Alex Franz Zehetbauer transforms the format of the classical concert of vocalist at the piano, presenting an experimental performative approach that frees itself from the codes of the recital. Traversing different moods and registers, from poetic lullaby to folk song to pop rendition, An Evening with investigates the multiple roles of songs and their cultural impacts. In this performance, from which emanates an enchantment that sometimes slips into the absurd, he creates a closeness at once strange and familiar, stretching the song into various choreographic postures.
After the performance on Friday, the audience is cordially invited to linger over a cocktail hour with Alex Franz Zehetbauer
| Concept, songs, choreography and performance | Alex Franz Zehetbauer |
| Text collaboration | Jen Rosenblit, Dez Miller |
| Dramaturgical advice | Jen Rosenblit |
| Outside ear & recording | Christian Schröder |
| Performance doula | Claire Lefèvre |
| Piano coaching | Han-Gyeol Lie |
| Light design | Joe Albrecht |
| Outside eye | Liv Schellander |
| Documentation | Ipek Hamzaoglu |
| Production management | mollusca productions |
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| A co-production by | Verein Wilhelmina and brut Wien/FREISCHWIMMEN Network in collaboration with Wien Modern |
| With the kind support of | the City of Vienna’s Department of Cultural Affairs, FREISCHWIMMEN, die Produktionsplattform für Performance und Theater, represented by brut Wien, FFT Düsseldorf, Gessnerallee Zurich, HochX Theater und Live Art Munich, LOFFT – DAS THEATER Leipzig, Schwankhalle Bremen, SOPHIENSÆLE Berlin and Theater Rampe Stuttgart, managed by SOPHIENSÆLE GmbH. FREISCHWIMMEN is funded by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media via the „Verbindungen fördern“ programme of the Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste e.V. FREISCHWIMMEN is further supported by Pro Helvetia, Schweizer Kulturstiftung and the Canton of Zurich’s Department of Cultural Affairs, supported by German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, The Brick Theater, ACT OUT, a project of IG Freie Theaterarbeit, funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs, and Kunstraum Eindorf |
