Jagden und Formen (Zustand 2008)

Wolfgang Rihm

Sasha Waltz & Guests

Ensemble Modern​

Wolfgang Rihm has named the current version of his composition »Jagden und Formen« – a piece that has appeared in a number of variants, spaces and constellations – »Zustand 2008«. »Jagden und Formen (Zustand 2008)« is also an apt title for the choreographic work that Sasha Waltz has developed to this piece together with her company Sasha Waltz & Guests and Ensemble Modern. This musical choreographic project was divided into a number of phases: subsequent to an initial meeting between Wolfgang Rihm and Sasha Waltz, a further development of the score by the composer followed. On this basis the two ensembles embarked on an intensive dialogue. At the Frankfurter Positionen in 2008 the product of this work process was presented. Wolfgang Rihm’s highly energetic and complex music, which in itself seems to describe a variety of bodily formations and elementary physical states, finds its counterpart in the choreography of the dancers and musicians.

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Thematically, »Jagden und Formen (Zustand 2008)« was a key step towards Sasha Waltz's reinterpretation of »Sacre« to the music of Igor Stravinsky, which premiered in St Petersburg in 2013.