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Il Vostro Dipartir

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"Il vostro dipartir – a theatrical essay on dying" explores the themes of saying goodbye and mourning from a historical and contemporary perspective. 

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PERFORMANCES

PETRUSKIRCHE, BERN (2024)

STADTKIRCHE, BIEL (2024)

CONCEPT

COMPAGNIE MERCE & JOHN

CHOREOGRAPHY, DANCE, DRAMATURGY

MICÈLE BENZ, MARIT MELØE, GAIA MAGRANÉ

CHOIR

SUPPLÉMENTS MUSICAUX

CHOIR DIRECTOR, VOCALS

MORITZ ACHERMANN

VIOLINS

SABINE STOFFER; ANDREAS HEINIGER

VIOLA

DOMINIK KLAUSER

CELLO

BEATRICE WENGER

VIOLONE

DINA KEHL

LUTE

SAM CHAPMAN

ORGAN

Featuring works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Maddalena Casulana, Josquin Desprez, Claudio Monteverdi, Henry Purcell, and others, the evening will open a musical and choreographic space for individual mourning and its collective experience. Three dancers, a choreographed choir (the Ensemble suppléments musicaux), and an instrumental ensemble, together with the audience, create this musical and dance space of devotion.

LEE STADLER

COSTUME DESIGN

NICOLE BENZ

LIGHT DESIGN

LOLA ROSAROT

PHOTOS

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DAVID FÜRST, GAIA MAGRANÉ

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