Ulrike Haage/Christian Meyer/Felix Ruckert / RING
Ring is an experience between participating audience members sitting on a circle of chairs, and the equivalent number of performers/dancers who interact verbally and by gestures with them. A third circle of passive spectators surrounds them.
Ring is a collaboration with musicians Ulrike Haage and Christian Meyer. The idea behind Haage&Meyer's compositions is to create an audio lounge of various electronic and acoustic sound samples designed to interact constantly with the actions of the Ring dancers.
During the whole piece, the music generates a series of different moods, creating another space that surrounds the choreography and enhancing the 'ritual' character of the piece. This music is also available on CD. Mail Orders to: ringmusic2001@yahoo.com
Ring offers a double glance, at the intimacy progressively developing between dancers and spectators and at the esthetics of a group choreography, moving as a living organism.
Ring premiered in February 1999 at the Centre National de la Danse, Maison des compagnies et des spectacles, ex Théatre Contemporain de la Danse in Paris and was performed next at the Judson Church in New York City in November of the same year, within the New Europe Festival. Further tours led to Chateauvallon, Strasbourg, Essen, Munich, Berlin, Nancy, Dieppe, Dijon, Forbach, Rome, Milano, Naples, Venice, London, Leeds, Nottingham, Ajaccio, Amsterdam, Delft, Brussels, Bratislava, Bukarest, Limassol, Lima, Caracas and La Paz. Ring is also part of the repertory of the Ballet de Lorraine, Nancy.
Ring is organized as a workshop with local dancers that culminates in the performances.
