À la carte
À la carte
Ioannis Mandafounis
Choreographie
Ioannis Mandafounis
Tanz
Tänzer*innen der Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company
Choreographische Assistenz
Pauline Huguet
Musikalische Leitung
Manon Parent, Emanuele Piras
Violine
Noé Inui
Dramaturgie
Anna Lemonaki, Philipp Scholtysik
Bühne & Licht
Ioannis Mandafounis
Kostüm
Thomas Bradley
We are part of this year's Ruhrtriennale with our production "À la carte".
The Ruhrtriennale is a festival that is deeply anchored in the Ruhr region. At the same time, it thinks internationally and seeks to address a broad, diverse audience in this country and beyond. So this year we have invited lots of new artists representing different genres, themes and aesthetics.
PACT ZollvereinEssen (Guest performance)
- Thu22.08.202420:00
- Fri23.08.202420:00
- Sat24.08.202420:00
- Sun25.08.202416:00
À la carte
- Choreography
- Ioannis Mandafounis
- Dance
- Dancers of the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company
- Choreographic assistance
- Pauline Huguet
- Musical direction
- Manon Parent
- Dramaturgy
- Anna Lemonaki
In cooperation with- Philipp Scholtysik
- Stage and Lighting
- Ioannis Mandafounis
- Costumes
- Thomas Bradley
Human encounters are always unpredictable. You eye one another, rush ahead, wait, circle each other, stumble, suddenly stop, start again - and maybe realize, ah, yes, we can understand each other.
The scenes in "À la carte" use different props, sound effects, music and lighting to allow for a variety of dance styles, atmospheres and topics. The starting point is always the encounter between the ensemble and the audience, just as if they were cooking a colorful menu together. The framework for this is Ioannis Mandafounis' dance methodology, which makes it possible to create a choreography live on stage. Almost nothing that the dancers do in this production is predetermined. All movements arise from the meeting of the different bodies.
"À la carte" was the first production by the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company under the artistic direction of Ioannis Mandafounis. With this work, the ensemble presents its dance practice, which is based as much on the exchange between the individual artists as it is on communication with the audience.
Press reviews
"From now on we'll call you DFDC! Soon everyone will know this abbreviation: Ioannis Mandafounis and the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company are off to a great start." - Wiebke Hüster, FAZ
"We will definitely remember this wild, fantastic, entertaining and ludicrous evening, the first of the renewed Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company." - Deutschlandfunk Kultur
"High-energy dance, moderation, audience questioning, singing and confetti rain: The Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company has reached the next level with its new Artistic Director Ioannis Mandafounis, new dancers and the first production after the change." - hessenschau online
"The newly assembled ensemble has left its calling card. And what a one! […] Not unlike a hurricane, they stormed the large hall of the Festspielhaus. Just like that. In completely weird costumes. And with a kind of childlike amazement. […] It's obviously all about having fun. That goes for the ensemble as well as the audience.“ – Tanznetz
Interview
Ioannis Mandafounis and the two dancers Solène Schnüriger and Thomas Bradley talk about working in the studio and the production À LA CARTE.