MOBY DICK; or, The Whale

MOBY DICK;
or, The Whale

After the novel by Herman Melville
Presented by Moved by the Motion
Directed by Wu Tsang

 

Premiere: 12 March 2022, Pfauen
75 minutes, no interval

With this sujet the group Moved by the Motion takes on one of the "Great American Novels": Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Sophia al Maria and Wu Tsang's adaptation, interwoven with extracts by a sub-sub-librarian (Fred Moten), tackles the novel's subterranean currents, encountering a resistant hydrarchy and haptic collectivities of "mariners, renegades, and castaways" (CLR James). Directed by Wu Tsang and scored live by the ZKO to a composition by Caroline Shaw and Andrew Yee with Asma Maroof, the silent film follows the white whale above and below the surface of the water, developing a visual cosmology that resists the exploration and exploitation of the earth under imperial colonialism. The staging of Moved by the Motion interweaves the story of the whaler's 'floating factory' with the early days of the film industry.

 

«Much like Tsang’s previous work, “Moby Dick” has drawn praise for its ability to combine disparate genres and forms, including dance and poetry, into an aesthetically striking artwork that explores lofty ideas about connection and identity.» The New York Times, 20.02.2023

 

© Greg Amgwerd

© Greg Amgwerd

© Greg Amgwerd

© Greg Amgwerd

Tosh Basco
With
Josh Johnson
With
Steven Adjei Sowah
With
Fred Moten
With
Sebastian Rudolph
With
Thomas Wodianka
With
Thelma Buabeng
With
Vincent Basse
With
Ondrej Vidlar
With
Mel Guesson
With
New Kyd
With
Gottfried Breitfuss
With
André Atangana
With
Maja Beckmann
With
Karim Boumjimar
With
Enantios Dromos
With
Timon Essoungou
With
Rene Melliger
With
Wiebke Mollenhauer
With
Daniel Kweku Schmid
With
Stéphanie Scholl
With
Corey Scott-Gilbert
With
Sscopeta Shephard
With
Malik Sievi
With
Rafal Skoczek
With
Directed by
Written by
Sophia Al-Maria
Original Score
Caroline Shaw
Andrew Yee
Asma Maroof
Conductor
Produced by
Laura D’Incau

Co-Produced by
Executive Producers
David  Codikow
Nadja Rangel
Associated Producers
Tosh Basco
Sophia Al-Maria, Stefan Scheuermann
Barbara Higgs
Cinematography
Antonio Cisneros
Movement Direction
Tosh Basco
Choreography
Josh Johnson
Costumes
TELFAR
Kyle Luu
Production Design
Nina Mader
Virtual Production
Bild Studios
Video Design
Fray Studios
Edited by
Jérôme Pensel
Audience Development
Theatre Pedagogy
Production Assistance
Assistant director
Sonja Levy
Stage design assistance
Costume design assistance
Production interns
Yèinou Avognon
Andrina Imboden
Josephine Scheibe
Costume design intern
Naïma Alissa Trabelsi
Script Translation
Sinikka Weber
Alain Angehrn
Concert master ZKO
Willi Zimmermann, Donat Nussbaumer
Violine I, ZKO
Tanja Sonc, Kio Seiler, Jana Karsko, Astrid Leutwyler
Violine I und II, ZKO
Arlette Meier-Hock
Violine II, Voice leading, ZKO
Daria Zappa Matesic, Silviya Savova-Hartkamp, Anna Tchinaeva
Violine II, ZKO
Simon Wiener, Philipp Wollheim
Viola, Voice leading, ZKO
Ryszard Groblewski, Frauke Tometten Molino
Viola, ZKO
Pierre Tissonnier, Manuel Nägeli, Cristian Andris
Violoncello, Voice leading, ZKO
Nicola Mosca, Anna Tyka Nyffenegger
Violoncello, ZKO
Silvia Rohner Geiser, Stefania Verità, Florian Arnicans, Enrico Graziani
Contrabass, Voice leading, ZKO
Seon-Deok Baik, Ivo Schmid
Contrabass, ZKO
Federico Abraham
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