La Biennale di Venezia 15th International Festival of Contemporary Dance
First Sense – Director Wayne Mc Gregor
Venice, 23 July to 1 August
FRIDAY 23 JULY 2021
Arsenale – Sale d’Armi (until August 1st) MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV / JAN FABRE (USA/BE)
Not Once. (2019, 70’)
World premiere art installation with film
conceived, written and directed by Jan Fabre
performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov
film directed by Jan Fabre and Phil Griffin
music and sound design Stef Kamil Carlens
dramaturgy Miet Martens
Arsenale – Teatro alle Tese
(until August 1st) WILKIE BRANSON (UK)
Tom (2020, 60’) European premiere
created by Wilkie Branson
cast Wilkie Branson, Eben Haywood
dramaturg Adam Peck
composer Benji Bower
projection artist Barret Hodgson
sound designer Mat Clark
costume designer Cristiano Casimiro
Ca’ Giustinian – Sala delle Colonne
(until August 1st) RANDOM INTERNATIONAL / WAYNE MCGREGOR (DE/UK)
Future Self (2021, 10’) Italian premiere
installation Random International
choreography Wayne McGregor
original music by Max Ritcher
performed by the dancers of the Company Wayne McGregor: Rebecca Bassett-Graham, Jacob O’Connell
costume design Moritz Junge (originally designed for the production FAR)
20.00
Arsenale – Teatro alle Tese GERMAINE ACOGNY (SN/FR)
Somewhere at the Beginning (2015, 65’) Italian premiere
concept & direction Mikael Serre
choreography Germaine Acogny
assistant choreography Patrick Acognys
set design Maciej Fiszer
costumes Johanna Diakhate-Rittmeyer
music composed and performed live Fabrice Bouillon «LaForest»
video Sébastien Dupouey
lighting design Sébastien Michaud
conversation with Germaine Acogny after the show
SATURDAY 25 JULY
12.00
Arsenale – Sale d’Armi GERMAINE ACOGNY – GOLDEN LION FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
OONA DOHERTY – SILVER LION
Lion awards ceremony
16.00
Arsenale – Tese dei Soppalchi BIENNALE COLLEGE DANCERS
Solo Echo
choreography Crystal Pite (CM)
Far
choreography Wayne McGregor (UK)
with the dancers from Biennale College
conversation with Wayne McGregor after the show
20.00
Teatro Malibran PAM TANOWITZ / SIMONE DINNERSTEIN (USA)
New Work for Goldberg Variations (2017-2019, 75’) European premiere
conceived by Simone Dinnerstein and Pam Tanowitz
choreography Pam Tanowitz
music Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
piano Simone Dinnerstein
lighting / visual design Davison Scandrett
costume design Reid Bartelme & Harriet Jung
performed by Pam Tanowitz Dance
conversation with Pam Tanowitz after the show
SUNDAY, JULY 25
20.00
Arsenale – Tese dei Soppalchi BIENNALE COLLEGE DANCERS
Solo Echo
choreography Crystal Pite (CM)
Far choreography Wayne McGregor (UK)
second performance
MONDAY, JULY 26
20.00
Arsenale – Teatro alle Tese IRATXE ANSA / IGOR BACOVICH (ES)
Al desnudo (2020, 55’) Italian premiere
choreography and performance by Metamorphosis Dance Company
visual artist Danilo Moroni
music Philip Glass, Johan Wieslander
music arranger Miguel Angel Burgos
lighting Danilo Moroni
stage design Iratxe Ansa, Igor Bacovich and Danilo Moroni
wardrobe Carmen Granell
conversation with Iratxe Ansa, Igor Bacovich after the show
TUESDAY, JULY 27
18.00
Arsenale – Tese dei Soppalchi MARCO D’AGOSTIN (IT)
Best Regards (2020, 60’) Italian premiere
with Marco D’Agostin
sound design, graphics LSKA
texts Chiara Bersani, Marco D’Agostin, Azzurra D’Agostino, Wendy Houstoun
light design Giulia Pastore
conversation with Marco D’Agostin after the show
21.00
Teatro Piccolo Arsenale OLIVIER DE SAGAZAN (FR)
La Messe de l’Âne (The Donkey’s Mass) (2021, 60’) World premiere
direction Olivier de Sagazan
created with and performed by Olivier de Sagazan, Leila Ka, Alexandre Fandard, Shirley Niclais, Stephanie Sant, Eleonore Melchio
light design Pacome Boisselier
conversation with Olivier de Sagazan after the show
WEDNESDAY, JULY 28
20.00
Teatro Malibran HERVÉ KOUBI / NATACHA ATLAS (FR)
Odissey (2020, 60’) Italian premiere
choreography Hervé Koubi
assistant to the choreography Fayçal Hamlat
original score Natacha Atlas, Samy Bishaï, Imed Alibi
musicians Natacha Atlas, Samy Bishaï / Emma Welton, Imed Alibi
choreographic artists from the Compagnie Hervè Koubi Badr Benr’guibi, Tomi Cinej, Abdelghani Ferradji, Pasquale Fortunato, Vladimir Gruev, Lhastsun Le, Manon Manfrici, Nadjib Meherhera, Angèle Methangkool-Robert, Mourad Messaoud, Houssni Mijem, Ismail Oubbajaddi, Noa Sade, El Hossaini Zahid
artistic advisor Bérengère Alfort
light design Lionel Buzonie
set design Guillaume Gabriel
costumes Guillaume Gabriel
conversation with Hervé Koubi after the show
THURSDAY, JULY 29
20.00
Arsenale – Teatro alle Tese YIN FANG / XIEXIN (CN)
Entropy (2021, 60’) European premiere
choreography Yin Fang
with the dancers of the XieXin Dance Company: Xie Xin, Fan Xiaoyun, Wang Qizhi, Shu Yaohui, Ma Siyuan, Iris Tu, Tang Ying, Wang Shaoyu
technical director & lighting design Gao Jie
composer Sylvian Wang
live music Sylvian Wang, Janette Lee, Weibin Du
stage design Hu Yanjun
costumes Xuzhi
conversation with Xie Xin after the show
FRIDAY, JULY 30
16.00
Arsenale – Tese dei Soppalchi BIENNALE COLLEGE CHOREOGRAPHERS – DANCERS
new creation (2021) World premiere
inspired by the Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts of the Venice Biennale
conversation with the choreographers after the show
20.00
Teatro Piccolo Arsenale OONA DOHERTY (UK)
Hard to be soft – A Belfast Prayer (2017, 45’) Italian premiere
conception and choreography Oona Doherty
with Oona Doherty (episodes 1-4), John Scott (episode 3), Sam Finnegan (episode 3), 3 local young men (episodes 1-3), 8 local young female dancers (episode 2)
sound design & composition David Holmes
set & light design Ciaran Bagnall
photography & film Luca Truffarelli
projection Jack Phelan
set design construction Peter Lorimer
conversation with Oona Doherty after the show
SATURDAY, JULY 31
18.00
Teatro Piccolo Arsenale OONA DOHERTY (UK)
Hard to be soft – A Belfast Prayer (2017, 45’)
second performance
20.00
Arsenale – Tese dei Soppalchi BIENNALE COLLEGE CHOREOGRAPHERS – DANCERS
new creation (2021)
inspired by the Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts of the Venice Biennale
second performance
conversation with the choreographers after the show
SUNDAY, AUGUST 1
16.00
Arsenale – Teatro alle Tese SOON-HO PARK (KR)
Balance & Imbalance (2010, 27’) Italian premiere
Judo (2014, 26’) European premiere
choreographer Soon-ho Park
sound editor Juheon Kim
stage director Sungmin Won
with the dancers of the Bereishit Dance Company
conversation with Bereishit Dance Company / Soon-Ho Park after the show
20.00
Teatro Malibran (LA)HORDE & RONE (FR)
Room with a view (2020, 80’) Italian premire
artistic concept Rone and (La)Horde
music Rone
direction and choregraphy (La)Horde – Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer, Arthur Harel
with the Ballet National de Marseille
stage design Julien Peissel
light design Eric Wurtz
costume stylist Salomé Poloudenny