fú – Danced Soundsculptures
KuL: “…With calligraphic precision and undivided attention, dance, sound and rhythm blend into a mysterious, captivating and poetic suite of delicate miniatures. Each soundsculpture stands alone and yet swings with its fellows, remains linked and visible as if through an opaque and pearly sheet of ricepaper…”
Denise Kronabitter
How does an oriental ideogram sound? What image does the meaning it expresses call to mind? Inspired by these musings, Ania Losinger and Mats Eser created the program “fú – Danced Soundsculptures”. Their collection of instruments includes their electroacoustic XALA III and a selected minimal percussion set. They accepted the invitation to the Spanish pavilion and premiered at the World Expo in Shanghai in 2010. In a haunting dramaturgy, the highly modern soundscape blends with Ania Losinger’s poetic and expressive dance creating an unforgettable audio visual experience.
Ania Losinger: Dancer and musician, she dances and plays on the first Floor-Xylophone in the world, the Xala. She developed this unique instrument in 1990/99 together with instrument builder Hamper von Niederhäusern. The Xala is a sounding object made of wood and metal chiming bars. It is played by dancing upon it with flamenco shoes and man-high poles. Today three such instruments exist which differ in size and tonal quality. This invention allows for the complete fusion of music and dance.
Mats Eser: In his activity as a musician, composer and producer he expresses himself within a broad stylistic spectrum. The focus of his interest lies in the wealth of percussive sounds and his ability to artistically place them within a musical context. As a “multi-instrumentalist” he creates ever new and surprising sound mixtures using his marimba, vibraphone, Fender Rhodes, drums, selected cymbals, asian gongs and glass instruments which he has developed himself. The music which emerges has long exceeded stylistic boundaries and is immediate and touching.
Cast:
Ania Losinger: Xala III (elektroacoustic soundboard played by dancing)
Mats Eser: Percussion (drums, bowls, gongs, glass and kalimba/thumb piano)
Composition/Choreography: Ania Losinger & Mats Eser
Version fú&strings with Urs Bumbacher: Violin – Nicola Romanò: Cello
Venues : theaters, festivals, museums, events
Length: 80 Min. with intermission, 70 Min. without intermission oder as a brief performance
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