At the Riley Theatre
thousands of suns is a collaborative work by students on NSCD's MA Interdisciplinary Dance Performance and johannes wieland, Director and Curator of b12 Festival
i'm the architect of your mind. and i'm the architect of your denial. oh, and i'm also the architect of your darkness. side track thought: if i'm the re-maker of your spinning mind, denial and darkness. what/who are you?
i'm telling you: we could be the truth and the lie at the same time, since we could be augmented and living in multiverses. in any case we could have the power to undo thousands of millions of eons, unleashing the atom splitting power and be the fiery engines of thousands of suns, leading us the way. to. where?
we will always be animals. yes, we will be. and we will always be instinctual. oh yeah! inevitably! you and me, we will be the conflict and the opposite of that. with strong will power, always find the beauty in it. and then, and only then, we will be the thousands of suns i was talking about, illuminating your mind to explode into myriads of uncontrollable directions to then illuminate my mind. if you want it or not.
oh, and we'll never give away what will happen next. okay? you have to stay strong. you have to stay fit, if you know what i mean...
The MA Interdisciplinary Dance Performance (IDP) course at NSCD offers the opportunity to work collaboratively with leading interdisciplinary artists, on projects extending beyond conventional choreographic approaches. It focuses on developing performers from all disciplines who want to expand their creative and performative skills across multiple contexts and media, including dance, theatre, performance art, and image, in readiness for varied and sustainable future careers.
Tickets:£15 (£12)
“Thinking of coming to Leeds and working with curious minds in the framework of NSCD is already making my day! We will work with theatricality, improvisation, movement and text, counting on the amazing mixture of findings and many cool people in one room will generate.”
Conceived in Lisbon and born in Berlin, Johannes Wieland earned his BFA at the Amsterdam University of the Arts, going on to work in various companies with an extensive array of choreographers. After performing with the Béjart Ballet Lausanne, he relocated to New York City where he received his MFA in Contemporary Dance and Choreography at NYU/Tisch School of the Arts. while running the company ‘Johannes Wieland’ in New York, he built from scratch what is now known as the Contemporary Dance Company at the Staatstheater of Kassel, Germany for 15 years, holding positions as a Resident Choreographer, Artistic Director and Director of the Dance Department.
His continued cinematic interest led him to making movies. He continues to create cross-disciplinary work through his Berlin company Mind Eraser/Johannes Wieland. Aside from being commissioned and teaching for companies and universities, his critically acclaimed pieces have been invited to tour internationally to festivals and events. Johannes is also directing and curating b12 – the festival for contemporary dance and performance art (www.b12.space), which runs annually in Berlin.
He is a 1st prize winner of the Kurt Jooss Prize, and has been awarded numerous other prizes, recognitions, scholarships, and grants. Johannes is a nominee for the German theater prize Der Faust in 2016 for his creation You will be removed. He works on non-categorizing art.
Photo credit: Laurent Ziegler
