the feverish nostalgia of the water children / costume and stage design
work commissioned by SPARK Festival Cologne (Germany), for the piece "the feverish nostalgia of the water children".
The composer Yiran Zhao and the choreographer and dancer Kai Chun Chuang are working as an artistic duo on their new production The feverish nostalgia of the water children.
In their work, the sound material and the composed body movements form the most important aspects, combined with costumes, scenography and light. Thus, the music theatre based on the libretto by Fiston Mwanza Mujila leads to an interdisciplinary piece that questions the conventional boundaries between performative categories such as “musician”, “actor” or “dancer”.
The composition commission for “The feverish nostalgia of the water children” is funded by the Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes NRW.
composition and concept:
yiran zhao
choreography and concept:
kai chun chuang
choreographic consulting:
rose breuss
stage design and costume:
julio escudero
lighting design:
meri ekola
sound design:
oliver frick
libretto:
fiston mwanza mujila
translation of the libretto:
roland glasser
dance:
kai chun chuang
countertenor:
daniel gloger
soprano:
viktoriia vitrenko
ensemble musikfabrik
electronics:
yiran zhao
credits
photography:
top 6 images - @eon.noir
hair and make-up:
@vivien_noir.makeup
rendering and stage images:
julio escudero
costume assistant:
darija pejić
models:
pedro tayette
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