Opportunity
An interactive music-and-dance production
© ACHTBRÜCKEN | Musik für Köln
Commissioned by the ACHTBRÜCKEN | Musik für Köln Festival, and created in collaboration with the US choreographer Stephen Wynne, 'Opportunity' is a dance project for a multigenerational audience which surmounts the barrier between stage and auditorium by encouraging audience members to become participants themselves.
Live music, electronic music and dance are interactively integrated within a specially installed sound dome. The interplay of audience participation with the music and dancers creates a unique musical experience.
Work details / premiere
Live music, electronic music¹, dance
Audience participation
(¹Multichannel setup with audiotapes and 'Sound dome' 3-D sound system)
Choreography: Stephen Wynne
Music and musical direction: Reto Stadelmann
Dance students from the Cologne Hochschule für Musik und Tanz
Musical ensemble Die Kartei
Audience
Sebastian Schottke: Sound direction
Organiser/promoter: ACHTBRÜCKEN | Musik für Köln
Collaborative partners: Contemporary Dance Centre, Cologne Hochschule für Musik und Tanz
ZKM Center for Art and Media (Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe)
Commissioned by ACHTBRÜCKEN | Musik für Köln
Premiered: 9 May 2013, Theater am Tanzbrunnen, Cologne
Finalist of the YEAH! Award 2015, 'Best of' Young Music Productions in Europe
Videos
Clip of dance rehearsal with choreographer Stephen Wynne
Opportunity — Achtbrücken trailer