Film Premiere in Greece: Mystery 14 - Human Requiem in Eleusis

The film will be shown on Saturday, 27 April at Cine Eleusis and

on Sunday, 28 April at the Megaron Concert Hall in Athens.

»Mystery 14 Ηuman Requiem in Eleusis« was one of the main productions of the European Capital of Culture 2023 Eleusis, and was presented at the archaeological site of Elefsina from 28 September to 1 October. The site-specific performance by the Rundfunkchor Berlin, directed by Jochen Sandig and expanded by a new choreography by Sasha Waltz on the myth of Demeter and Persephone, is a transcendental musical-creative reflection on the same existential questions posed by the legendary Eleusian Mysteries 2,500 years ago. The production is a further development of the »Human Requiem« (premiere 2012), which was specially designed for the archaeological site of Eleusis and amazed a total of 1,200 visitors over the four evenings.

The accompanying film by Stephan Talneau will be shown twice in Greece next weekend: on Saturday, 27 April at Cine Eleusis and on Sunday, 28 April at the Megaron Concert Hall in Athens. Both screenings will take place in the presence of director Jochen Sandig and filmmaker Stephan Talneau.

Saturday, 27 April - 8 pm

at Cine Eleusis

Sunday 28 April - 8 pm

Megaron Concert Hall Athens

Singers of the Rundfunkchor Berlin and dancers from Sasha Waltz & Guests

Singers of the Rundfunkchor Berlin in the archaeological site of Eleusis.

Dancer Clémentine Deluy in the archaeological site of Eleusis.

Dancers Claudia de Serpa Soares and Virgis Puodziunas

Dancer Clémentine Deluy

The ancient sanctuary of Eleusis became an open communal space during the performances, where text and body, space and sound merged into a single work of art. With 60 singers from the Rundfunkchor Berlin conducted by Gijs Leenaars, soprano Marlis Petersen, baritone Benjamin Appl, Angela Gassenhuber and Philip Mayers on piano, as well as three dancers from Sasha Waltz & Guests: Clémentine Deluy, who is currently nominated in the category »Performer Dance« for her part in Sasha Waltz's choreography »Beethoven 7« for the German Theatre Prize DER FAUST, Claudia de Serpa Soares and Virgis Puodziunas.

Singers of the Rundfunkchor Berlin

Dancer Clémentine Deluy

Singers of the Rundfunkchor Berlin

Mystery 14 Human Requiem in Eleusis

Concept / Direction

Jochen Sandig

Dramaturgy / Choreography

Sasha Waltz

Scenography

Brad Hwang

Lighting Design

Jörg Bittner

Sound Design

Holger Schwark

Film Documentation

Stephan Talneau

Artistic collaboration / Repetition

Davide Camplani, Claudia de Serpa Soares, Ilka Seifert

with

Rundfunkchor Berlin

Conductor

Gijs Leenaars

Co-conductor

Justus Barleben

Marlis Petersen (soprano), Benjamin Appl (baritone), Angela

Gassenhuber & Philip Mayers (piano) and

60 singers of Rundfunkchor Berlin

Dancers

Clémentine Deluy, Virgis Puodziunas, Claudia de Serpa Soares

A cooperation of the European Capital of Culture Eleusis 2023 with the Rundfunkchor Berlin, supported by the World Human Forum and the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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