“Démesure” in the former silent film cinema Delphi

The world is too small. She’s too big.
Démesure explores our generation’s desire to do justice to a present saturated with information. The world constantly seems to be getting closer and this is precisely how it reveals its immensity: its complexity is infinite, its interconnectedness is unpredictable. The options that open up are unmanageable; power and powerlessness are close together.
Démesure responds to this in the form of a “mise en corps” to current music by French and German composers, who contrast the beauty of abundance with the depressing idea of ​​simultaneous expansion and condensation. Musically and scenically, the audience is invited to explore this ambivalence together with the performers.

With music by Franck Bedrossian, Christophe Bertrand, Raphaël Cendo, Martin Grütter, Johannes Kreidler, Sarah Nemtsov and Alexander Schubert.

Concept, direction: Aliénor Dauchez
Musical direction: Clemens Hund-Göschel, Miguel Pérez Iñesta
Choreography: Sergiu Matis
Equipment: Michael Kleine
Lighting design: Susana Alonso
Equipment assistance: Lisa Fütterer
Stage construction: Lichtblick Stage technology
Video: Stephan Talneau
Graphics: Julia Rommel
Dramaturgy: Janis El- Bira
Production: Sebastian Solte
Zafraan Ensemble: Liam Mallet (flute), Miguel Pérez Iñesta (clarinet), Martin Posegga (saxophone), Anna Viechtl (harp), Daniel Eichholz (drums), Clemens Hund-Göschel (piano), Wojciech Garbowski ( violin), Ildiko Ludwig (viola), Martin Smith (cello), Antoine Daurat (electronics)

A production by the Zafraan Ensemble in collaboration with La Cage and Per Aspera. Supported by: Cofinancing Fund Berlin, Impuls Neue Musik, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media, Initiative Neue Musik Berlin, concert by the German Music Council. With the kind support of: Former Silent Film Cinema Delphi, Lichtblick Stage Technology.

Tickets and information about all dates are available here.