Life is fleeting. One false move – and it could all be over. For Eurydice, for example, who is being led from the underworld by her lover Orpheus. Both know that if he turns around to look at her, they can never be together again. Or for the roses, lovingly tended by a gardener who is fully aware that their blossoms are fragile and temporary. Or for the protagonist of the evening, who has already experienced so much and now looks forward to entering the third stage of life. While the first work by the American choreographer Trajal Harrell at the Münchner Kammerspiele chose youthful death as its theme in “Juliet & Romeo”, the end of life is one eventuality in his new piece Morning in Byzantium. But then at the end, the choice is clear – for life!
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Morning in Byzantium Preview at Munich Kammerspiele, Munich, Germany
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Morning in Byzantium Preview at Munich Kammerspiele, Munich, Germany
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Morning in Byzantium Preview at Munich Kammerspiele, Munich, Germany
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Morning in Byzantium Preview at Munich Kammerspiele, Munich, Germany
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Morning in Byzantium Preview at Munich Kammerspiele, Munich, Germany
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Morning in Byzantium, Munich Kammerspiele, Munich, Germany
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Morning in Byzantium, Munich Kammerspiele, Munich, Germany
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Morning in Byzantium, Munich Kammerspiele, Munich, Germany
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Morning in Byzantium, Munich Kammerspiele, Munich, Germany
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Morning in Byzantium, Munich Kammerspiele, Munich, Germany
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Morning in Byzantium, Munich Kammerspiele, Munich, Germany
© Orpheas Emirzas
Morning in Byzantium, Munich Kammerspiele, Munich, Germany
MORNING IN BYZANTIUM
A production of Munich Kammerspiele, Munich, Germany
Premiere 5 October 2018
Performed for the last time: 31 March 2019, Kammerspiele Showcase
WITH
Irae Diessa, Marie Goyette, Trajal Harrell, Thomas Hauser, Walter Hess, Max Krause, Jelena Kuljić, Stefan Merki, Songhay Toldon, Ondrej Vidlar
SOUNDTRACK
Trajal Harrell
STAGE PRODUCTION
Trajal Harrell
STAGE DESIGN
Erik Flatmo, Trajal Harrell
LIGHTING
Stéfane Perraud
COSTUME
Trajal Harrell
DRAMATURGY
Tarun Kade
