SWAN

(L/F/C) AKE

Music Adaption and

Stage Visuals
Hannah Ma Dance

Luxemburg (2017)

Paris (2018)

Johannesburg (2018)

Inspired by the ballet ‘Swan Lake’ and the Japanese social phenomenon, ‘Hikikomori’; where (mostly young) men are locking themselves in their rooms (often for years) and are rejecting any social interaction; Swan is about a young man being imprisoned.

 

In the original story, it’s as a result of his relationship to his parents, but the choreographer locates this version of the work firmly in a contemporary milieu through an exploration of burnout syndrome. In this piece, we meet S. a (young) man who lost his mind and his soul. Overwhelmed by social pressure and expectations, he cannot find his true and holistic self anymore. He is trapped in his own world of shifting realities, unable to restore his fragmented ‘self’.

(Source: www.artlink.co.za , 09/2019)

Concept/ Choreography
Hannah Ma

Creation
Hannah Ma, Kesuke Mihara &

Sebastian M. Purfürst

 

TEXTS
Hannah Ma, Kesuke Mihara &

 

MUSIC ADAPTION
Sebastian M. Purfürst

BASED ON TSCHAIKOVSKY "SWAN LAKE"

 

VISUALS AND VIDEOS
Sebastian M. Purfürst

COSTUME
Ele Bleffert

BASED ON TSCHAIKOVSKY "SWAN LAKE"

 

WITH KIND SUPPORT BY
Talent Lab#17 | Grand Theatre, Luxemburg

 

ARTICLES

https://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=44267

CRITICS

https://robynsassenmyview.com/2018/09/21/ode-to-a-broken-swan