MONUMENT 0.6: HETEROCHRONY / Palermo 1559 – 1920

With ›MONUMENT 0.6 : HETEROCHRONY / Palermo 1559 – 1920‹, made with eight performers and a choir,Eszter Salamon strengthens the path she explores with her ›Monuments‹ series. In a fictional connection, she creates on stage an imaginary field between the past and the present, bringing together traces of Sicilian musical archives, choreographed sensations inspired by the mummification rituals of the Capuchin Catacombs in Palermo and historical references to the Sicilian revolution of 1848. The work imagines a continuum between life and death, the cohabitation of the living and the dead, and creates its own utopian body: a dancing, acoustic body. By juxtaposing different historical times, practices and memories, this ›opera acappella‹ also reminds us of past collective struggles and questions what forms of resistance or desire for transformation inspire us today.

Concept and artistic direction Eszter Salamon
Choreography and performance Corey Scott Gilbert, Csilla Nagy, Krisztiàn Gergye, Jessica Simet, Domokos Kovàcs, Olivier Normand, Mario Barrantes Espinoza, Ayşe Orhon
mit einem Amateurchor
Dramaturgy Bojana Cvejić
Vocal direction Johanna Peine, Ignacio Jarquin
Light design Sylvie Garot
Technical Direction Matteo Bambi
Production Botschaft GbR/ Alexandra Wellensiek, Studio E.S/ Elodie Perrin
Coproduction Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers (Nanterre), PACT Zollverein (Essen), HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), KunstFestspiele Herrenhausen (Hannover), Wiener Festwochen (Vienna), CCN de Caen en Normandie in the frame of accueil studio
With the support of KunstencentrumBUDA (Courtrai), de O Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-o-Novo)
Funded by the Regional Directory of Cultural Affairs of Paris – Ministry of Culture and Communication and the German Federal Cultural Foundation