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Hunter
Liesa Van der Aa | Ensemble B O D I E S
Liesa Van der Aa’s new piece materializes a staged work between concert, performance, and theatre. Drawing on Björk’s album Homogenic as its matrix, particularly on the song “Hunter”, the piece conveys a similar sense of chasing and tension. Set on a basketball court, eight singers form a team subjected to rules, expectations, and constant pressure. Electronic beats, a cappella polyphonies, and collective gestures shape this “game” in which discipline, control, and conformity are continually replayed and renegotiated. Between repetition and mounting tension, the piece reveals the mechanisms of a world where one must keep going at all costs, and perform without failing — until reaching the breaking point.
Program
Hunter
(2025)
french premiere
after Homogenic by Björk
composition, musical direction, libretto, arrangements Liesa Van der Aa
arrangements Boris Van Overschee, Rocco Segers
choreography Jacquelyn Elder
dramaturgy Naomi Beeldens, Anne van de Wetering
set design Bert Depuydt
costume design Wim Muyllaert
Cast
Ensemble B O D I E S
Trinidad Doherty
Tara Nome Doyle
Erika Emerson
Kat Frankie
Barbara Greshake
Jenniffer Kae
Anna-Lucia Rupp
Liza Wolowicz
post-show discussion — wed 23 sept
following the performance
with the artistic team
production Opéra de Neukölln, in collaboration with One Trick Pony
with the support of Hauptstadtkulturfonds Berlin, in collaboration with Musicboard Berlin
présented with Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg - Scène européenne
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