Performances Dance in the other cities

20.07 - 27.07

Peloponnese Region

GREEK NATIONAL OPERA BALLET | THE PLACE REQUARDT & ROSENBERG

Future Cargo

About the performance

Sunday 20 July | SPARTA

Monday 21 July | ASTROS KYNOURIAS

Tuesday 22 July | NAFPLIO

Wednesday 23 July | XYLOKASTRO

Thursday 24 July | TRIPOLI

Saturday 26 July | PYLOS

Sunday 27 July | ANCIENT OLYMPIA

 

As part of the Festival’s outreach program in the Peloponnese titled DANCE IN CITIES OF THE PELOPONNESE, which is being implemented for the fifth year in collaboration with the Region of the Peloponnese, the work Future Cargo by Frauke Requardt and David Rosenberg, performed by the Greek National Opera Ballet in co-production with the renowned The Place, London, will tour different cities of the Peloponnese throughout the Festival.

This year, through collaboration with the municipalities of these cities, the programme expands with the addition of more tour stops.

A truck arrives from an unknown location loaded with a mystery shipment. As the sides roll up, a strange and unstoppable process is set into motion. Silver beings emerge from within the container, revealing a whole new world. Each audience member receives a pair of headphones, which allows them to hear inside the container, while immersing them in the visually striking large-scale set. Audiences seeking experiential and adventurous performances will be captivated by this show’s immersive and experiential nature. As Frauke Requardt & David Rosenberg characteristically note: “We envisage creating an impossible internal space that defies the preconception of the viewer. We want to invite an audience into a world they never thought possible.”

Free Admission

To attend the performance Future Cargo, audience members will be provided with headphones exclusively by the Greek National Opera, in exchange for a temporary deposit of their ID card.

Presented in collaboration with the municipalities of Sparta, Astros Kynourias, Nafplio, Xylokastro, Tripoli, Pylos-Nestor, and Ancient Olympia, as well as the International Festival of Ancient Olympia.

 

  • Stage direction, choreography: Frauke Requardt & David Rosenberg
  • Designer: Hannah Clark
  • Sound design & Composition: Ben & Max Ringham
  • Lighting design: Malcolm Rippeth

 

  • Rehearsal director (The Place): Valentina Formenti
  • Musician: Jack Baker
  • Assistant to the choreographers: Rachel Bowen

 

  • Assistant to the choreographers (GNO Ballet): Dimitra Laoudi

 

  • Stage manager, lighting technician: Andreas Desikou
  • Assistant stage manager, props coordinator: Athina Vrouva
  • Production managers: Alexandros Zois, Katerina Kotsiarini
  • Tour scheduling: GNO Ballet Directorate
  • Production execution: Viewmaster

 

Performers:

  • Driver: Ektor Bollano / Florian-Michalis Pappas
  • Driver’s Voice: Yiannis Tsemperlidis
  • Aliens: Manex Alberdi, Elton Dimrochi, Marita Nikolitsa, Areti Noti, Stefano Pietragalla, Eleftheria Stamou, Zoi Schoinoplokaki, Yorgos Hatzopoulos
  • Understudy: Kaito Takahashi

 

  • Production: Greek National Opera
  • Co-Production: The Place

 

  • Lead Donor of the GNO & Production Donor: Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)

 

REQUARDT & ROSENBERG

The company of Frauke Requardt and David Rosenberg was established to create dance performances away from the auditorium and studio, either in outdoor locations or within temporary structures. Their performances are highly visible, unique events that engage a wide audience in a distinctive format.
Their productions combine both the spectacle of large-scale dance and the delicate integrity and intimacy of the audience experience through binaural sound, delivered through headphones.
Requardt & Rosenberg’s practice explores the different spatial relationships between audience and performance, the creation of dance works that take architectural constraint as a starting point, and the creation of temporary performance spaces that can tour around the world, providing an alternate touring network for international work.
Their previous productions include the critically acclaimed DeadClub™ (2017); the “ambitious, innovative spectacle” (Financial Times) The Roof (2014); Motor Show (2012); and Electric Hotel (2009-2011).