Both Japanese artists pursue their series of creative encounters and with subtle intuitions for their respective forms of expression they weave an impressive mesh of sounds and movements. Inspired by the sensual languidness of the Chaconne, they will explore this old form with multilayered colour contrasts and time changes within a poetic installation. Especially for this project the artist Kazue Taguchi will transform the stage into a sea of light reflexions.

In “Die Stadt im Klavier – Forte” at Berlin’s DOCK 11 Yui Kawaguchi rips the strings out of the great jazz pianist Aki Takase’s grand piano and weaves a dance so feather-light and humorous that it would make Fred Astaire turn pale. (Arnd Wesemann, ballet-tanz )

“Chaconne” will be the opening of the new series KlangZuGang – recently established by the Berlin company NICO AND THE NAVIGATORS with a view to pursuing a dialogue between musicians, actors and dancers through the development of smaller projects, which are intended to run alongside the company’s large-scale music theatre productions. The series is conceived as a platform of creative exchange for members of the ensemble, lending the support necessary to venture in new directions and bring the results onto the stage.