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Figures in Extinction [3.0] requiem

Simon McBurney, Crystal Pite

Group of dancers around a hospital bed, bent forward in an intense tableau under bright light on a dark stage.

© Rahi Rezvani

About the work:

Figures in Extinction [3.0] requiem confronts our distance from death and those we’ve lost.

This work is part of the urgent and timely triptych Figures in Extinction.

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  1. Dancer Jon Bond moves across the stage with arms raised as a projection of abstract lines of light appears behind him. Focused lighting sets the body apart from the dark background.
  2. Demi Bawon stands at the centre of the stage while other dancers move around her. Focused lighting illuminates the group against a dark background.
  3. Omani Omskirk stands at the centre of the stage with a white cloth draped over the arms. Three dancers stand behind in the light of a spotlight against a dark background.
  4. Dancer Kele Roberson moves low across the stage while a projection of branching lines of light fills the space above. The dark setting emphasises the contrast between body and light.
  5. Dancer Emmitt Cawley bends over a hospital bed while a second dancer stands behind. The scene takes place in a room with medical equipment and soft, focused lighting.
  6. Silhouettes of a group of dancers stand in front of a brightly lit projection of branching lines spreading across a dark background.

Credits

Choreography
Simon McBurney, Crystal Pite
Music
Sound design by Benjamin Grant.
Associate sound designer: Raffaella Pancucci

Includes musical fragments of:

New composition by Owen Belton

Gabriel Fauré: 'Requiem, Op. 48: I. Introït', Warner Music Group.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 'Requiem, K. 626: III. Sequentia: f. Lacrimosa (Compl. Süssmayr, Orch. Beyer) – Live', published by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin.

Alfred Schnittke: 'Voices of Nature' (1972) (parts), 'Requiem from the incidental music to ‘Don Carlos‘' (1975) (Parts: Kyrie & Aeternam), published by © Sikorski, Hamburg / licensed by Albersen Verhuur, The Hague

Connor Price, Haviah Mighty: 'Trendsetter', Amuse.

Ice Spice: 'Princess Diana', Universal Music Group.

Arvo Pärt: 'Symphony No. 4', Albersen Verhuur, Den Haag.

Lalo Schifrin: 'Millie', Classic Music International
Lighting design
Tom Visser
Set design
Michael Levine
Costume design
Nancy Bryant
NDT rehearsal directors
Emily Molnar, Francesca Caroti
Senior Creative Producer
Tim Bell
Text
Pages of the wound (Twelve Theses on the Economy of the Dead), And our faces, My heart, Brief as photos by John Berger ©John Berger Estate
Associate set designer('s)
Christophe Eynde and Peter Butler
Reflective light backdrop
Concept by Jay Gower Taylor. Design in collaboration with Tom Visser
Projection design
Will Duke
Assistants projection design
David Butler and Arthur Skinner
Additional Dialogue
Georgia Pritchett
Voice Actors
David Annen, Thomas Arnold, Brooke Bloom, Heather Burns, Max Casella, Tamzin Griffin, Amanda Hadingue, Miles Jupp, Eric Morris, Ajay Naidu, Saskia Reeves, Dallas Roberts, Sarah Slimani, Arthur Wilson, Dan Wolff
Duration
41 minutes
Premiere date
Feb. 15, 2025
Premiere location
Factory International / Aviva Studios, Manchester

Original cast:

Alexander Andison,Demi Bawon, Anna Bekirova, Jon Bond, Conner Bormann, Pamela Campos, Emmitt Cawley, Isla Clarke, Barry Gans, Ricardo Hartley III, Nicole Ishimaru, Chuck Jones, Paloma Lasserre, Genevieve O’Keeffe ,Omani Ormskirk, Kele Roberson, Luca Tessarini, Theophilus Veselý, Nicole Ward, Sophie Whittome, Rui-Ting Yu, Zenon Zubyk

This is a co-production with Complicité.

Co-commissioned by Factory International.Co-produced by schrit_tmacher Festival, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg en Montpellier Danse

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