Knight-Night
The two performers bring together fragmented embodiments of Don Quixotes, not forgetting the infamous sidekick Sancho Panza, sometimes friend, sometimes accomplice, sometimes horse. Identities slip. The narrative explodes. The audience, present on stage, has a sideways saddle onto this queer, feminist quest for the elusive, fleeting figure of a knight under the flags of fiction and reality.
Artist Talk following the performance on Sun 18.02. Tom Engels (artistic director of Grazer Kunstverein) in conversation with Bryana Fritz and Thibault Lac. The talk will be held in English.
is a choreographer, dancer, and writer. She works at the intersection between literature and performance, often in duet with the user interface of OS X. Her work is fed by a continued interest in medieval literature, fan fiction, media studies, and histories of illiteracy. She also collaborates with Henry Andersen under the moniker Slow Reading Club.
a dancer in pieces by Ligia Lewis, Noé Soulier, Daniel Linehan, Mathilde Monnier, Alexandra Bachzetsis, Daniel Jeanneteau and Price, is a recurring presence in the work of American choreographer Trajal Harrell. He also engages in collaborative projects as an author: Knight-Night, co-created with Bryana Fritz; Fool’s Gold, co-created with Tobias Koch; and Such Sweet Thunder, created in collaboration with visual artist Tore Wallert and composer Tobias Koch, and recipient of the Young Choreographer’s Prize at the ImPulsTanz Festival in Vienna.
Credits
Concept, performance Bryana Fritz, Thibault Lac Artistic consulting Stephen Thompson, Mickey Mahar Reading Jazmine Figueroa Lights Alice Panziera Sound Tobias Koch Voice-over Jazmina Figueroa Technical director François Boulet Technical team Vienna Héloïse Evano, Alban Schelbert Special thanks to Kathy Acker, Miguel de Cervantes, Raphaël Chatelain, Nadine Fraczkowski, Jacques Ibert, Ottolinger, Mega Mikaela, Perle Palombe Produced by CND Centre national de la danse Co-produced by Charleroi danse, Cndc-Angers, CCN de Caen en Normandie, CCN – Ballet national de Marseille, CCN d’Orléans, Actoral – festival international des arts & des écritures contemporaines. – Created in March 2022, Cndc-Angers, Festival Conversations
In English and French