Two years ago, the renowned New York composer Michael Gordon (Bang on a Can) wrote a gripping piece called ‘8’ for the Amsterdam Cello Octet, an adventurous collective of cellists who embrace new music and interdisciplinary performances. Dunja Jocic was immediately inspired by the music. The eight cellos sound like an autumn storm as it roars to life and then dies back down. The many colour tones encapsulated in the music, from extremely bright to deepest black, have been transformed by Jocic into a choreography for two dancers, surrounded by a moving video landscape created by designer Filip Mikic. Using motion capture video, the movements, images and sounds of the dancers and musicians are transformed into an overwhelming sight and sound storm.
Artistic Team
Direction & Choreography: Dunja Jocic
Composition: ‘8’ by Michael Gordon
Performed by Cello Octet Amsterdam: Alistair Sung, Claire Bleumer, Esther Torrenga, Geneviève Verhage, Rares Mihailescu, René van Munster, Sanne Bijker, Sanne van der Horst
Performers: Ornella Dufay Linares, Kalin Morrow
Video artist: Filip Mikic
Technical realisation: Henk-Jan Berkhof/ Mr. Bean
Costumes: Dunja Jocic
Stills: Marinus Groothof
Arcus Cloud is a collaboration of Bird Productions, Cello Octet Amsterdam and Grand Theatre Groningen
‘8’ is written by Michael Gordon commissioned by Cello Octet Amsterdam with the support of November Music and Cello Biënnale Amsterdam.
Press about Arcus Cloud
Arcus Cloud is a collaboration of Bird Productions, Cello Octet Amsterdam and Grand Theatre Groningen
‘8’ is written by Michael Gordon commissioned by Cello Octet Amsterdam with the support of November Music and Cello Biënnale Amsterdam.
“Magical unity of dance, music and projections. Enchanting.”
Dagblad van het Noorden
“The fusion of music, images and dance results in a gesamtkunstwerk in which you can lose yourself completely, with your eyes open. A fever dream from which you wake up after an hour.”
Theaterkrant