SCIROCCO

WINNDance, founded by Slava Tutukin and Marijn Rademaker, brings together renowned dancers over 40 and develops interdisciplinary projects that contribute to a broader shift in how age and experience are viewed. WINNDance, in collaboration with Hugo Boss as costume designer, presents the dance evening Scirocco, which brings two chapters into dialogue: In Death in Venice, the ageing writer Gustav von Aschenbach confronts an existential crisis. The work stages an imagined inner dialogue between Thomas Mann and his protagonist as they revisit that stay. Bridge of Sighs draws its inspiration from the famous Venetian bridge. The ballet evokes countless images: the final glimpse of a beloved city, the farewell of a lover, the aching longing for an irretrievable past, and absence felt as intense presence.

SCIROCCO - DEATH IN VENICE/BRIDGE OF SIGHS : Overall concept: Marijn Rademaker, Slava Tutukin, Ira Goldbecher | Choreography Death in Venice: Imre & Marne van Opstal, Omar Román De Jesús, Rainer Behr | Choreography Bridge of Sighs : John Neumeier | Costumes: Hugo Boss | Lighting: Konstantin Binkin, John Neumeier | FILM : Director and choreographer: Javier De Frutos, Director of Photography: Dan Löwenstein, Narrator and other characters: Paul Chantry, Voice actor: Charles Hagerty, original Screenplay: Javier De Frutos (after Thomas Mann) | Dramaturgy: Ira Goldbecher | Music Death in Venice: Ricardo Villalobos / Max Loderbauer / Mohammad Reza Mortazavi / Boxhead Ensemble, Jesse Scheinin, N.N. Music Bridge of Sighs : String Quartet No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 138 by Dmitri Shostakovich (arr. by A. Tchaikovsky for Viola and Orchestra), Falling in Love Again by Friedrich Hollaender, September Song by Kurt Weill, sung by Bryan Ferry | Coproduction : Monaco Dance Forum, la Biennale de Venise, Theater Bonn, Amare, Boss, The John Cranko Estate, Hamburg Ballett