The slope of old wives

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A cappella project inspired by Juan Rulfo's world of voices.

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‘Sounds. Voices. Rumours. In the distance songs: my girl gave me a handkerchief with buzzes of tears...Falsetto voices. As if they were women singing. Laughter.’

excerpts from Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo

Credits

from & with
Gerrie de Vries & Judith Vindevogel
text
Juan Rulfo, Ernst Jandl et al.
music
Klaas de Vries, Rob Zuidam, Claude Vivier & Kaija Saariaho
scenography
Stef Depover
costume design
Liesbet Swings
sound design
Jean-Marc Sullon
movement advice
Fumyo Ikeda & Roberto Olivan
sound engineering
Geert De Wit & Youri Van Uffelen
photo's
Raymond Mallentjer
production
WALPURGIS
in association with
Vooruit Arts Centre, Centre de Recherches et de Formation Musicales de Wallonie & music centre De IJsbreker - IJsbreker on tour (NL)

Press

‘Vocally, the performance is clever and compelling from beginning to end. The interaction between these two ‘old broads’ is very spirited.’
Maarten Beirens, De Standaard

 

‘Ein beeindruckendes vokales Feuerwerk’
Martin Wistinghausen, Neue Rhein Zeitung

 

‘A remarkable example of unity between music, image and movement...’
Stephan Moens, De Morgen

 

‘In the additions Klaas de Vries has composed, he forges the existing material together into a breathtaking whole with a clear dramatic line.’
Roeland Hazendonk, The Telegraph

 

‘Vocal Distress on Stage: Voice and diegetic Space in contemporary Music Theatre’
Paper Pieter Verstraete, ASCA and Theatre Department of the University of Amsterdam

 

 

 

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