Tom Weinberger creates works in the border between theater and dance, often with surreal and absurdist elements. He uses spoken text, sound effects and projections to enhance his scenes, in a fragmented flow with ironic flashes. A mosaic of sharp contrasts: strong physical expressions, love, warmth, sarcasm and chaos.
Press quotes
“An extroverted, fragmented story about not letting life lie there, waiting to be lived.” Aftonbladet
“The dancers shine with resilience, focus and commitment.” Tanz
“Weinberger and the dancers play effortlessly with the present, with roles, with us in the audience. I think it's brilliant.” Borås Tidning
“Musically driven, distinctly visual and with an expression as powerful as precise in the slightest movement. And which when they become violent still always contain a measure of complexity that gives a kind of hope and warmth.” Svenska Dagbladet
“A rebellious work that plays with its own form and which in a postmodernist spirit refers directly to the situation that is taking place on stage by adding multiple levels.” Svenska Dagbladet
Team
CHOREOGRAPHY, DIRECTION, DRAMATURGY, SCRIPT Tom Weinberger
COMPOSER Matan Daskal
SET DESIGN, LIGHTING DESIGN Petri Tuhkanen
COSTUME DESIGN Bregje van Balen
SOUND DESIGN Jonathan Assarsson
ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER Sarah Gordon Butler
Music
Circle #1 by Matan Daskal
La Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona, performed by Los Panchos
Circle #2 by Matan Daskal
Viola da Gamba Suite in D Minor: I. Arpeggiata by Carl Friedrich Abel, performed by Paolo Pandolfo
La Playa by Trio Mariani
Circle #3 by Matan & Yonatan Daskal
Sarabande (Sol Mineur) by J. S. Bach, performed by Jordi Savall
Information
Running time: 50 minutes
Dancers: 12
World premiere: 3 November 2023, Göteborg Opera Main Stage
