SIE On Stage
2024 / Community Building
SIE On Stage is a dedicated experimental platform for showcasing live performances created through Instant Composition.
Besides performances, informal artist-audience interactions are an integral part of SIE Open Stage events. The intention is to develop a deeper understanding for improvised interdisciplinary performance formats in Salzburg City.
Chapter 1:
1007 – an improvisation in movement and sound after J.S.Bach
The first chapter of SIE On Stage for 2024 presents a duo. Salzburg-based Brasilian/American artist Anna Bárbara Bonatto (Contemporary Dance) and Linz-based Greek musician Markos Destefanos (Guitar) continue their frequent collaboration through “1007 – an improvisation in movement and sound after J.S.Bach.”
On this occasion, they draw their inspiration from a Baroque Suite originally written for solo cello, consisting of six movements: Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Menuet I & II, and Gigue. The two performers improvise, comment, and discuss Johann Sebastian Bach’s Suite BWV 1007 using different techniques of instant composition, fragmentation, and reconstruction of the original material.
This performance will be followed by a semi-formal discourse with all the attendees, discussing the presented work, leading to a more open dialogue about Improvisation in socio-political contexts.
Credits
Creation & Performance: Anna Barbara Bonatto (conemporary dance), Markos Destefanos (guitar)
SIE On Stage concept: Nayana Keshava Bhat
Curation team: Nayana K. Bhat, Olivia Mitterhuemer, Agnes Distelberger
Production: INFLUX
Cooperation partner: Toihaus
Funded by: Land Salzburg, Stadt Salzburg