musique in the spirit of johann strauss - the missing step
Choreography: Mathilde Monnier & Dance On Ensemble Music: Johann Strauss & Judit Varga
Lighting Design: Eric Wurtz
Costume Design: Laurence Alquier
Dance On Ensemble: Javier Arozena, Ty Boomershine, Emma Lewis, Gesine Moog, Jone San Martin, Marco Volta
Production: DANCE ON / Bureau Ritter and Company MM
Co-production and cooperation partners: A work commissioned by Johann Strauss 2025 Vienna in co-operation with ImPulsTanz.
Premiere: may 10th, 2025.
What do I have left of an era, that of the great balls in Vienna, that I did not know, and which persists above all in the form of music which is the only trace of it still alive and collectively shared. How can we reach this era, bring back its specter, rediscover its intensity without nostalgia and in a contemporary world? Traces, humming refrains, dresses emerge in black spaces, silhouettes come to life dancing alone and together and trying to bring back the famous ternary rhythm of the waltz. Spectral and fugitive universe, from which lost and found dances come to us.
In a very personal exploration, the renowned French choreographer Mathilde Monnier and the Dance On Ensemble delve into the era of Johann Strauss. Melodic refrains and glimpses of elegant attire amidst the dark- ness, silhouettes come to life, occasionally solitary or in harmony, creating a ghostly and ephemeral universe. From it, we are reached by lost and rediscovered danc- es, seduced into waltzing – set to compositions by Ju- dit Varga, breathing new life into Johann Strauss’ music and its timeless melodies.
