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De Rode Kimono

Micha Hamel, Jos van Kan, Michael Schumacher, Hexagon Ensemble

This year’s Holland Festival puts special focus on the multi-talented Dutch composer, conductor and poet Micha Hamel. Hamel has composed two new works, which will both premiere at the festival: Requiem and The Red Kimono. The latter, commissioned by the Holland Festival, is set up as a service of worship centred on the famous, eponymous painting by Dutch artist G.H. Breitner, which itself is present on the stage. In close collaboration with director Jos van Kan, Hamel sets out to intensify and renew the experience of the painting by means of multiple media. Apart from the music, a film will be projected with close-ups of the painting. These images will be combined with live images shot during the performance by dancer and improviser Michael Schumacher. 

dates

Mon June 18 2012 10:15 PM

Tue June 19 2012 10:15 PM

information

  • Duration of performance unknown

credits

music Micha Hamel directional advice Jos van Kan film direction Micha Hamel, Jos van Kan film advisor BPM-films (Bas van Gils and Philip van Gils) realisation BPM-films (Bas van Gils and Philip van Gils) dance Michael Schumacher live camera Michael Schumacher performance Hexagon Ensemble flute Wout van den Berg oboe Bram Kreeftmeijer clarinet Arno van Houtert basset horn Arno van Houtert Wagnertuba Christiaan Boers bassoon Marieke Stordiau contraforte Marieke Stordiau piano Frank Peters set Jan Ros costumes Dorien de Jonge light design Stefan Dijkman dramaturgy Berthe Spoelstra commissioned by Holland Festival coproduction Stedelijk Museum

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