projects
TUMULUS
Multidisciplinary performance
T u m u l u s is a boundless procession of thirteen dancing and singing bodies within the same practice, and as part of the same gesture. This project aims to combine these two arts and to think of dance and music together.
In the middle of the set, a mound takes over the space. It is covered in greenery; it is, simultaneously, a mausoleum and a landscape. It is a volume onto which the dancers-singers and the singers-dancers climb, hide, and flow.
Concept: François Chaignaud and Geoffroy Jourdain
Choreography: François Chaignaud
Musical director: Geoffroy Jourdain
Assistant: Anna Chirescu
Musical director assistant: Louis Gal
Dramaturgy: Baudouin Woehl
Set designer: Mathieu Lorry-Dupuy
Light designer: Philippe Gladieux, Anthony Merlaud
Costume: Romain Brau
Sound manager: Aude Besnard, Camille Frachet,
Alban Moraud, Jean-Louis Waflart
Production and administration:
Mandorle Productions and Les Cris de Paris.
Cast: Simon Bailly, Mario Barrantes, Florence Gengoul, Myriam Jarmache, Evann Loget-Raymond, Marie Picaut, Alan Picol, Antoine Roux-Briffaud, Vivien Simon, Maryfé Singy, Ryan Veillet, Aure Wachter, Daniel Wendler.
Tour 2022-2024:
France, Austria, Belgium,
Spain, Portugal, Netherlands
Dance Moves Music Moves Dance
Research
A 5-month research based on multidisciplinary approaches between contemporary dance, art song and baroque music.
Starting from art songs of German, French and Argentinian composers and the BWV 82 (Bach), I searched in collaboration with performers and musicians for possible methods, strategies and constellations that give these pieces of music - through movement - a new perspective and new impulses.
How many possibilities are there to combine dance and music? Are there boundaries between these disciplines? What new poetry can emerge from this?
Concept and performer:
Daniel Wendler
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Pianist (art songs):
Jinsil Koo
Recorder and musical director (baroque):
Mirjam Münzel
Cello:Salome Ryser
Harp and recorder:Céline Pasche
Assistant: Kiki Ramos
Camera and editing: Jorge Monges
Sound: Camilo Acosta
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Berlin, Germany. 2022
UBI CARITAS ET AMOR
Performance
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In a work of music theatre that pits Gregorian chant against dribbling basketballs, Vöcks de Schwindt and their ensemble are on a quest for forms of closeness and intimacy between men. What strength and what serenity is there in Gregorian chant? What closeness and what distance can be found in basketball?
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Concept & Staging Wenzel Vöcks de Schwindt
Performance & Singing Philipp Keßel, Ludwig Obst & Daniel Wendler
Dramaturgy & Production Assistance Leonie Adam
Dramaturgy Assistance Federico Vöcks de Schwindt
Costume Design Maja Avnat & Jojo Shone
Light Design Fabian Eichner & Wenzel Vöcks de Schwindt
Musical Supervision Patrick Orlich
Basketball Training Patrick Bingel & Fabian Masche
Direction Assistance & Stage Management Clara-Sophie Freitag
Direction Assistance Samuel Petit
Special Effect Eike Gero Vöcks
Administration Chris Wohlrab
Leipzig, Germany 2022
Soloists Vocal Ensemble
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Lyrically oriented vocal ensemble from Berlin (Germany) with an original and versatile repertoire ranging from opera and sacred music to German Schlager.​
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Director: Mads Elung-Jensen
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Berlin, 2019-2023
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DIE GOLDVÖGEL
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BACH KANTANTEN
Christmas Concert - BWV 62, 91, 133, 142
Rosemarie Arzt, Soprano
Dörthe Haring, Alt.
Mads Elung-Jensen, Tenor
Daniel Wendler, Bass
Orchester Musica 1219
Kirchenchor St. Marien Strausberg
Musica Vocale Altlandsberg
A-Capella-Chor Strausberg
Hugo-Distler Chor
Gemischter Chor Strausberg und Gäste
Direction: Lothar Kirchbaum, Maraike Schäfer
December 2019
Müncheberg, Strausberg (Germany)
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DUET PROOFS
video-dance film
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How many ways do we have to make a duet while trying not to fall into a romantic or dramatic or unidirectional narrative form itself? From here, attempts; Duet proofs.
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Performers:
Betiana Pujol Cajal - Daniel Wendler
Video and Editing: Jorge Monges
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Berlin, Germany. March 2020
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