Zonzo Compagnie Et al.
At the request of Deutsche Oper am Rhein, director and artistic director of Zonzo Compagnie Wouter Van Looy is realising a project that is rooted in the local community of Bruckhausen (De). Composer Jan Van Outryve looked for songs that travelled with the migration flows or were passed on by German culture; from Turkish lullabies via Romanian dances to the Steigerlied of the miners.
Documentary maker Annabel Verbeke and sound scaper Gedeon Depauw provide images and sounds that portray the neighbourhood and interact with the chosen songs. The performance takes place in a UFO, a pop-up theatre developed by architecture collective Raumlabor Berlin. Anneleen De Causmaecker built a miniature city there, against which the Macedonian singer and performer Aleksandra Popovska tells her musical story.
GEDEON DEPAUW sound design JAN VAN OUTRYVE arrangements & concept WOUTER VAN LOOY scenography ANNABEL VERBEKE video ANNA GRUNDMEIER dramaturgy ALESKANDRA POPOVSKA solist ANNELEEN DE CAUSEMAECKER decor
