Don Juan is born from Johan Inger's desire to "face" Don Juan/Don Giovanni, an ancient and still contemporary, truly paradigmatic myth. Some of the works that inspired the choreographer are Tirso de Molina's original comedy and the plays by Molière, Bertold Brecht and Suzanne Lilar. Inger, together with the playwright Gregor Acuña-Pohl, thoroughly read twenty-five different texts inspired by Don Juan. This Don Juan features all the characters of the story, from Doña Elvira to Doña Ana to Zerlina and Masetto.
The Don Juan is a Kammerspiel, where the dance is a magnifying glass for each of the characters revealing in a refined and clear way the inner world of men and women on stage. Even more important than that, however, is the connection with the contemporary world, drawing a world inhabited by a character who makes a journey through loneliness without escaping the shallowness that seems to be the distinctive character of this day and age. And relevant issues take shape on the background, such as the complexity of dialogue between men and women.
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Company:
SAUL DANIELE ARDILLO, ESTELLE BOVAY, ADRIEN DELÉPINE, MARTINA FORIOSO, CLÉMENT HAENEN, ARIANNA KOB, PHILIPPE KRATZ, INA LESNAKOWSKI, IVANA MASTROVITI, GIULIO PIGHINI, SANDRA SALIETTI AGUILERA, MINOUCHE VAN DE VEN, THOMAS VAN DE VEN, ROBERTO TEDESCO, HÉLIAS TUR– DORVAULT, SERENA VINZIO
