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Recording: 2023-08-05 , Radialsystem (Video © Bickmann & Kolde GbR)

Julian Weber

The Devil’s Hour

Radialsystem

Production Details / Press Releases

Seductive dances are at play in ‘The Devil’s Hour’, a dance piece by choreographer and dancer July Weber for four dancers, set to composer Laure M. Hiendl’s ‘Ray Ray of Light’. Inspired by courtship dances from the animal kingdom as well as medieval couple and round dances, July Weber unfolds a choreography of seductive dances for non-human audiences like ghosts and demons, performed at the historically charged midnight hour – when supernatural forces are said to be especially powerful.

The attraction and strength of the unknown becomes the engine of movement, giving rise to dances that range from the precisely choreographed to the airily somatic, seeking to seduce an unknown, fleeting body like that of a ghost. Drawing on the archetype of the court jester, who in the Middle Ages enjoyed the right to criticise and parody without punishment, the piece questions the need for staged self-expression, entertainment, and decoration. Against minimal scenery, air currents generated by wind machines render the ephemeral tangible and transform into sculptural material that shapes movement in an ethereal yet exceedingly powerful way.

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TFB Nr. 1785

Cast & Credits

Choreography, Stage and Costume: July Weber
Dance: Annalise Van Even, Shar Adams, Rocío Marano, Katrina Bastian
Music: Laure M. Hiendl
Production: Juan Gabriel Harcha
Costume: Don Aretino, Muyao Zhang
Supported by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Community and Tanzfabrik Berlin e.V.

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Video Documentation

The video documentation is produced on behalf of the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. The purpose of this contract is to document productions in the field of contemporary dance in Berlin. The master recordings are archived by the University Library of the Berlin University of Arts. Copies of the recordings on DVD are available for viewing exclusively in the reference collections of the following archives (at media desks in these institutions):

University Library of the Berlin University of Arts
Mediathek für Tanz und Theater des Internationalen Theaterinstituts / Mime Centrum Berlin
Inter-University Centre for Dance Berlin (HZT)

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