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The City Will Crumble
6th March 2012 to 11th March 2012 - 8pmVenue: Main House
Nyctolopic
presents
The City Will Crumble
– a new physical theatre piece
with original music, inspired by Film Noir –
Millions
of people walk the streets of the dark city. Sometimes they notice one another;
most of the time they pass each other by, driven on by the unrelenting rhythm
of the city itself. How can one woman believe that her individual story
matters, when the city makes everyone interchangeable, substitutable, and
disposable?
Ana
Marambio’s choreography and David Holyoake’s music revive the dark megacity for
London in 2012. The slipping, vanishing, and corruption of the individual
against the forces of the impersonal city were a central theme of Film Noir. We
live in times with strong parallels to that era and the anxieties brought on by
the shocks of social, economic and technological upheavals. This new piece
expresses them in original movement bristling with energy and a haunting new
musical score.
“…excellently choreographed scenes of torture
and distress” (Extra! Extra! on Ana Marambio’s earlier work)
The
Courtyard Theatre, London, 6th-11th March 2012 at 8pm
Duration: approximately one hour
Preview trailer: http://www.nyctolopic.org/thecitywillcrumble
Concept,
script and production: Ana Marambio, David Holyoake, Martin Sandbu
Choreography:
Ana Marambio
Music
composition: David Holyoake
Videography: David Wall
Rehearsal
director: Diego Poupin
Performers:
Elina Akhmetova, Lisa Depuis, Alejandro Franco, Ilona Kannewurf, Ana Marambio,
Diego Poupin, Mariana Taragano
Sound
design: mattmode and David Holyoake
Musicians: David Holyoake (direction and
piano), mattmode (soundscape), Lisa Depuis (voice), Sacha Yolande McCulloch
(cello), Dan Robinson (percussion), Paul Silver (sax), Chris Guy (sax)
Graphic design: David Wall
Photography: Keira Cullinane and David
Wall
Production assistant: Michelle Smith
Support
from the Jerwood Space, Movingeast,
and the Embassy of Norway in London is gratefully acknowledged.
