Moscow

Bart Baele, Yves Degryse & Caroline Rochlitz, 2009

A portrait of a city full of controversies, staged on six moving screens with a live string quartet and pianist in a custom-made tent.

Moscow, where all roads still lead to the Kremlin.
Where more billionaires live per square kilometre
than anywhere else in the world.
Where the mayor has the participants in the gay parade beaten up.
Where everything you touch is history.
Where every cliché is confirmed and denied.
Where you don't order vodka by the glass but by the gram.
Moscow, a circus?

BERLIN went to speak to several prominent Muscovites and recorded what they had to say in a disconcerting film document. The audience is welcomed in a tent, custom-made for Moscow. While the film is projected on moving screens, a string quartet and a pianist play Benjamin Boutreur's soundtrack.

tour dates

26.01.14
25.01.14
24.01.14
23.01.14
22.01.14
21.01.14
19.01.14
18.01.14
23.09.12
22.09.12
21.09.12
20.09.12
24.05.12
bonlieu Annecy FR
23.05.12
bonlieu Annecy FR
22.05.12
bonlieu Annecy FR
17.07.11
teatro a corte Torino IT
16.07.11
teatro a corte Torino IT
15.07.11
teatro a corte Torino IT
IT première
16.12.10
le manège Reims FR
15.12.10
le manège Reims FR
14.12.10
le manège Reims FR
24.10.10
23.10.10
22.10.10
21.10.10
09.09.10
Astridplein Antwerpen BE
org. Antwerpse Culturele Centra
08.09.10
Astridplein Antwerpen BE
org. Antwerpse Culturele Centra
07.09.10
Astridplein Antwerpen BE
org. Antwerpse Culturele Centra
25.07.10
24.07.10
23.07.10
22.07.10
16.07.10
pact zollverein Essen DE
15.07.10
pact zollverein Essen DE
13.07.10
pact zollverein Essen DE
04.07.10
03.07.10
02.07.10
23.05.10
locatie onbekend Lissabon PTAlkantara Festival
PT première
15.10.09
10.10.09
tnba Bordeaux FR
09.10.09
tnba Bordeaux FR
05.10.09
la ferme du buisson Marne-la-Vallée FR
04.10.09
la ferme du buisson Marne-la-Vallée FR
03.10.09
la ferme du buisson Marne-la-Vallée FR
02.10.09
la ferme du buisson Marne-la-Vallée FR
30.08.09
29.08.09
28.08.09
20.08.09
metropolis Kopenhagen DK
19.08.09
metropolis Kopenhagen DK
18.08.09
metropolis Kopenhagen DK
DK première
21.06.09
kunstencentrum nona Mechelen BE
20.06.09
kunstencentrum nona Mechelen BE
19.06.09
kunstencentrum nona Mechelen BE
18.06.09
kunstencentrum nona Mechelen BE
27.05.09
locatie onbekend Utrecht NLfestival aan de werf
NL première
09.05.09
08.05.09
07.05.09
stuk & 30cc Leuven BEdocville
première
see more

Credits

concept

Bart Baele, Yves Degryse, Caroline Rochlitz

photography

Bart Baele, Luk Sponselee

interviews

Yves Degryse, Caroline Rochlitz

video editing

Bart Baele, Geert De Vleesschauwer

piano

Joachim Saerens, Stijn Wauters

violin

Wim Lauwaert, Sterre De Raedt, Yuki Hori, Christophe Pochet, Nele Verhaert

viola

Natalie Glas

cello

Katelijn Van Kerckhoven, Sam Faes

soundtrack

Benjamin Boutreur

sound mixing

Peter Van Laerhoven

sound recordings

Tom De With, Roeland Trauwaen

costumes

Kim Troubleyn, Kristin Van der Weken

design screens

Manu Siebens

interpreters

Alexey Babilua, Julia Galygina

research

Marina Barrett, BERLIN

design tent

HMMH

advice editing

Nico Leunen

assistance post production

Frank Lanssens

technicians

Koen Bauwens, Jesse Janssens

graphic design

Gerjo Van Dam

catering

Kim Troubleyn

production

BERLIN

coproduction

STUK / 30CC (Leuven, BE), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels, BE), Theater op de Markt-Dommelhof / Zebracinema (province Limburg, BE), PACT Zollverein (Essen, DE), Festival TEMPS D'IMAGES 2009 / La Ferme du Buisson (Scène Nationale de Marne-la-Vallée, FR), Festival a/d Werf (Utrecht, NL), Göteborgs Dans & Teater Festival (SE), Steirischer herbst festival (Graz, AT), Alkantara (Lisbon, PT), TNBA (Bordeaux, FR)

with the support of

VAF, the Flemish Government, Culture programme of the European Union (NXTSTP), City of Antwerp