A Late Summer Night’s Dream

A Late Summer Night’s Dream | Helge Letonja

What would we be without our dreams? They are our engine, our driving force, and a place of healing and self-discovery (Helge Letonja).

In A Late Summer Night’s Dream, Helge Letonja creates a choreographic metaphor through his richly detailed and emotionally expressive movement language, addressing the urgent search for connection and physicality. A gathering of young people in the forest—conceived as a place of promise—stimulates the senses through its ancient bonds and deeply rooted symbioses. The desire to immerse oneself in this mysterious world and to forget oneself gives rise to a whirl of entanglements. In their search for touch and surrender, the group throws itself into the charged atmosphere of a late summer night; individuals become caught in one another. Ecstatic and nightmarish states alternate until the night passes and the time window for diving into a seductive dream world closes once again.

The Spanish composer Miguel Marin, who has received multiple awards for his compositions in the field of dance, creates the music for both works. For his evocative soundscapes, Marin employs electro-acoustic elements to generate an immersive experience. Through his music, he deepens the audience’s immersion into the dancers’ world of movement.

_{Concept, choreography: Helge Letonja | Choreographic assistance, rehearsal direction: Mariko Koh | Dance: Lys Cabral Sampietro, Casey Hess, Tereza Hloušková, Myles Langston Hunter, Xavier Lott, Andrea Scarfi, Dipesh Verma, Alice Zucconi | Dramaturgical consulting: Anke Euler | Music: Miguel Marin | Lighting design: Laurent Schneegans | Costume design: Nicole Reiher | Costume making: Nicola Essig, Jenny Podehl & Dominice Steffen}

_{Technical direction: Nathaniel Johnson | Lighting adaptation: Carlos Heydt | Management: Kerstin Witges | Production management: Henriette Koch, Médoune Seck | Press relations: Anja Michalke | Graphic design: Andrea Dilzer | Photo: Marianne Menke | Film/Media: Médoune Seck | Social media: Lucia Afonso}

_{A production by TanzRAUM Nord gUG in collaboration with Parktheater Iserlohn and steptext dance project, funded by the Senator for Culture Bremen, the Waldemar Koch Foundation Bremen, and the Karin and Uwe Hollweg Foundation Bremen.}

Thu 14 Mar 2024 | 8:00 pm
Fri 15 Mar 2024 | 8:00 pm
Sat 16 Mar 2024 | 8:00 pm
Schwankhalle Bremen

Premiere: 28 October 2023 | 8:00 pm
Parktheater Iserlohn (world premiere)
Thu 2 Nov 2023 | 8:00 pm
Fri 3 Nov 2023 | 8:00 pm
Sat 4 Nov 2023 | 8:00 pm
Schwankhalle Bremen