Venues and dates
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Lyon
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Prices
Full price
1st cat 35€
2nd cat 30€
Reduced price
1st cat 29€
2nd cat 25€
Half price
1st cat 17,50€
2nd cat 15€
This double bill celebrates the handover by the visionary William Forsythe, founder of the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company, and the changing of the guard, in the person of Ioannis Mandafounis.
Forsythe opens with Undertainment, a rare new work created live with the performers. Mandafounis follows with Lisa, bringing fresh energy to improvisation. Dancers enter and exit unpredictably, between unison, duet and solitude. Set to Fauré’s music and Mandelstam’s poems, this is an ode to improvisation and living heritage.
Audience
14+
Duration
01:40
Credits
2 pieces with an interval
Undertainment (2025)
Choregraphy William Forsythe Performers Dancers from the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company
Company Choreographic assistant Cyril Baldy Rehearsal director Pauline Huguet Lighting Tanja Rühl Costume design Dorothee Merg
Coproducers Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company with DE SINGEL – International Arts Centre and Romaeuropa Festival With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels.
Lisa (2024)
Choregraphy Ioannis Mandafounis Performers Dancers from the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company Costume design Dorothee Merg Piano Gabriele Carcano Dramaturgy Philipp Scholtysik Choreographic assistant Pauline Huguet Lighting Ioannis Mandafounis
Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company is supported by the regional capital Dresden and the Free State of Saxony, and by the City of Frankfurt am Main and the State of Hesse. The company is in residence at HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts in Dresden, and at Bockenheimer Depot in Frankfurt am Main.