There are no borders on the path to inner knowledge.
Multi-part ballet evening
Premiere
28. June 2025
Dates & Cast
- Conductor Charlotte Politi
Noetic
- Choreography Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
- Music Szymon Brzóska
- Set Design Antony Gormley
- Lighting Design David Stokholm
- Originales Kostümdesign Les Hommes
- Dramaturgy Adolphe Binder
- Text Jason Silva, Randy Powell
November
- Choreografie & Kostüme Imre & Marne van Opstal
- Music Arvo Pärt
- Set Design Boris Acket
- Lighting Design Tom Visser
Noetic
- Sängerin Miriam Andersén
- Taiko Trommeln, Kokyu & Flöte Shogo Yoshii
- Conductor Charlotte Politi
Noetic
- Choreography Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
- Music Szymon Brzóska
- Set Design Antony Gormley
- Lighting Design David Stokholm
- Originales Kostümdesign Les Hommes
- Dramaturgy Adolphe Binder
- Text Jason Silva, Randy Powell
November
- Choreografie & Kostüme Imre & Marne van Opstal
- Music Arvo Pärt
- Set Design Boris Acket
- Lighting Design Tom Visser
Noetic
- Sängerin Miriam Andersén
- Taiko Trommeln, Kokyu & Flöte Shogo Yoshii
- Conductor Charlotte Politi
Noetic
- Choreography Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
- Music Szymon Brzóska
- Set Design Antony Gormley
- Lighting Design David Stokholm
- Originales Kostümdesign Les Hommes
- Dramaturgy Adolphe Binder
- Text Jason Silva, Randy Powell
November
- Choreografie & Kostüme Imre & Marne van Opstal
- Music Arvo Pärt
- Set Design Boris Acket
- Lighting Design Tom Visser
Noetic
- Sängerin Miriam Andersén
- Taiko Trommeln, Kokyu & Flöte Shogo Yoshii
- Conductor Charlotte Politi
Noetic
- Choreography Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
- Music Szymon Brzóska
- Set Design Antony Gormley
- Lighting Design David Stokholm
- Originales Kostümdesign Les Hommes
- Dramaturgy Adolphe Binder
- Text Jason Silva, Randy Powell
November
- Choreografie & Kostüme Imre & Marne van Opstal
- Music Arvo Pärt
- Set Design Boris Acket
- Lighting Design Tom Visser
Noetic
- Sängerin Miriam Andersén
- Taiko Trommeln, Kokyu & Flöte Shogo Yoshii
- Conductor Charlotte Politi
Noetic
- Choreography Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
- Music Szymon Brzóska
- Set Design Antony Gormley
- Lighting Design David Stokholm
- Originales Kostümdesign Les Hommes
- Dramaturgy Adolphe Binder
- Text Jason Silva, Randy Powell
November
- Choreografie & Kostüme Imre & Marne van Opstal
- Music Arvo Pärt
- Set Design Boris Acket
- Lighting Design Tom Visser
Noetic
- Sängerin Miriam Andersén
- Taiko Trommeln, Kokyu & Flöte Shogo Yoshii
- Conductor Charlotte Politi
Noetic
- Choreography Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
- Music Szymon Brzóska
- Set Design Antony Gormley
- Lighting Design David Stokholm
- Originales Kostümdesign Les Hommes
- Dramaturgy Adolphe Binder
- Text Jason Silva, Randy Powell
November
- Choreografie & Kostüme Imre & Marne van Opstal
- Music Arvo Pärt
- Set Design Boris Acket
- Lighting Design Tom Visser
Noetic
- Sängerin Miriam Andersén
- Taiko Trommeln, Kokyu & Flöte Shogo Yoshii
In brief
The double bill Vice Versa features two exciting and emotionally moving works by renowned contemporary choreographers which deal with constant transformation and the relationship between humans and nature. In Noetic, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui explores, among other things, how humans learn better to understand the universe through their own creations. In November, Imre and Marne van Opstal dwell on the subject of wind, an invisible and unpredictable force whose effect on humans and the environment is made visible in the piece.
Both Noetic and November are total works of art in which particular emphasis is placed on the close interaction between choreography, music, and sets. The impressive stage designs by Antony Gormley and Boris Acket become protagonists of the piece, and musicians become part of the action on stage.
In Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s ballet Noetic, which premiered in Gothenburg in 2014, the dancers gradually build their own world on stage. The music, which was composed for the ballet by Szymon Brzóska, is performed by the Sächsische Staatskapelle, the Swedish singer Miriam Andersén and the Japanese musician Shogo Yoshii on taiko drums, kokyu and flute.
In November, a creation for the Semperoper Ballet by the Dutch siblings Imre & Marne van Opstal, the dancers interact with a huge cloth that is suspended from the ceiling. Bodies, fabric and light are in constant motion, merging into a poetic dance to the sometimes softly flowing, sometimes stormy music by Arvo Pärt.
