11 MAY / 16-18.30 13 MAY / 11-13.30 14 MAY / 11-13.30 DOKK1
A GIGANTIC PIECE OF MUSIC THEATER IN FOUR PARTS by Manos Tsangaris (2016-17), Scandinavian Premiere LIVING SPACES is a new site-specific music theatre, rethinking the relation between the everyday life and the act of staging. The piece consists of four connected, but very different live music installations: WAIT!, CITY PIECES, HOME and SOUTHERN. The four live music installations will be performed by the art and music ensemble SCENATET, soloists and performers, in the most central locations of the DOKK1 library. Users of DOKK1 and the SPOR festival audience will be invited to move around the building and the individual stages, from intimate situations in the spaces of U1, P1 and P2 to a spectacular choral piece at Rampen. The four pieces recompose the spaces in which they are being played. They will enter familiar situations from everyday life to create moments of wonder and magic, as the spectators physically and mentally become part of the performative process and the ones to complete the piece. The installations may not be immediately recognizable, but together they develop a path and a significant plot through the library. WAIT! is a multi-media choir installation, performed by 20 choral singers lead by conductor Vivianne Sydnes. The choral singers move around the location of the installation, approaching different ‘stations’, where they perform small pieces, mixing acoustic music and digital media. The piece is performed at Rampen, the central stairway of DOKK1, and will be looping throughout the opening hours of LIVING SPACES.