“Divine and bestial”
Dagens Nyheter
“A great show”
Aftonbladet
“Magical”
Svenska Dagbladet
“All edginess and energy, right the way through.”
Göteobrgs-Posten
“Sculptural and ritualistic, rhythmic and gestural”
Aftonbladet
“The applause would not stop.”
Borås Tidning
About Atlas Song
International star choreographers Imre and Marne van Opstal and the singer, musician and composer Anna von Hausswolff combine dance and live music in an innovative, ingenious and poetic production.
The van Opstal siblings are a creative duo from the Netherlands who, after enjoying successful careers as dancers at Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) and the Batsheva Dance Company, are taking dance stages worldwide by storm with their expressive and imaginative choreographies.
Anna von Hausswolff, from Gothenburg, is known for her uncompromising music, where her soulful voice hovers in unusual musical landscapes accompanied by the pipe organ. Since her breakthrough in 2009, she has mesmerised listeners worldwide with her concerts, in which the audience is drawn into her musical world with ritual-like intensity.
Team
CHOREOGRAPHY, COSTUME DESIGN, SET DESIGN Imre and Marne van Opstal
MUSIC Anna von Hausswolff
LIGHTING AND SET DESIGN Tom Visser
Information
Length - 1 h 15 min
Dancers - 10
Musicians - 7
World premiere 23 Aug 2024, Göteborg Opera’s Main Stage.
The Gothenburg Dance and Theatre Festival and the Göteborg Opera’s dance season both opened with the world premiere of Atlas Song, as a celebration of their joint 30th anniversary.
