Winterreise
José Navas/Compagnie Flak, a co-presentation with La Rotonde
Hydro-Québec Auditorium
Contemporary dance and chamber music come together in this adaptation of Franz Schubert’s Winterreise song cycle for piano, voice and dance.
Winterreise (Winter Journey) is a long, emotion-filled Romantic poem about the power of nature, suffering, pain, death and love. The music masterfully expresses the various moods, and the text is narrative, even contemplative. Through Franz Schubert’s Winterreise and movement, José Navas tells the story of a journey to the edges of winter. Accompanied onstage by a singer and pianist, he creates a stunning choreographic performance that is effervescent and beautiful.
What People Are Saying...
"Through the depth and resulting multiple layers of his choreography, José Navas explores his ideas with elegance and subtlety in this work of planes, revealing all the beauty of a winter journey. A journey of aching beauty"
"Winterreise is a long elegiac poem that grabs you by the heart and hits you in the gut, shaking you up and pulling you into an inevitable interiority. [...] This piece is a selfless gift—an offering—with a lot of humility and a lot of strength, with deep acceptance as well as elegant resistance"
"A poignant piece, permeated with humanity and pure emotion, where the maturity and refinement of the exceptional dancer José Navas radiate and go straight to the heart"
"The live musical interpretation is highly sensitive. The effect of it all is extremely moving"
Performers
Choreographer and Performer José Navas
Musicians Francis Perron (piano) and Emmanuel Hasler (tenor)
Credits
Music Franz Schubert's Winterreise
Texts Wilhelm Müller
Lighting Designer Marc Parent
Technical Director Pierre Lavoie
Costume Designer Sonya Bayer
Costume Construction Sonya Bayer, L’Atelier de couture Sonya B and Nathon Kong
Production and Development Director Adrien Bussy
Production Compagnie Flak
