In February 2012, the Letter Piece Company will premier A to Zzz, an hour-long work for six performers featuring physical action, music, text and light design.
The title announces the concept: A to Zzz moves through the alphabet, with each letter representing something. That something might be a person (F = Fred Flinstone), a topic (S = samba) or a principle (V = variation). The passage through the alphabet provides a scaffold, a solid reference point for an otherwise unpredictable journey full of constant surprise, imagination, digressions and ruptures!
The work draws on a broad and unexpected range of everyday, popular and art culture: the movement of ballet, break dance and body language; the music/sound of abstract textures, field recordings and 80s pop; and the lighting of the rock concert, motorway, and bedside lamp.
Tour:
Vooruit Gent, 16-17 februari 2012 (opening)
Concertgebouw Brugge, 9 september 2012
STUK - Transit, Leuven, 26-27 oktober 2012 om 22u
Credits:
concept and creation: Shila Anaraki and Matthew Shlomowitz
musicians/performers: Shila Anaraki, Tom Bruwier, Marc Knoop, Tom Pauwels, Matthew Shlomowitz, Tomma Wessel.
lightdesign/performer: Tom Bruwier
Costumes: Philine Rinnert
Choreographic advice: Adva Zakai
thanks to:
Jan Van Gijsel, Herman Venderickx en Ictus
co-produced by Vooruit (Gent), Pianofabriek kunstenwerkplaats (Brussel) & Concertgebouw (Brugge)
supported by STUK (Leuven)