<div class="gmail_quote"><font size="6"><b>Ergodos - INTERVENTION</b></font><br><br><span><span>__________________________</span><span></span><span>__________________________</span><span></span>__________</span><br>
<br> <br> Opening<br> Friday 4th November, 20:00<br> Entrance free<br><span> <br><br><span> </span></span><span><span>__________________________</span><span></span><span>__________________________</span><span></span>__________</span><span><span></span><br>
<br><br> One does not need to invent, just to intervene.<br> (from ‘Everything is New’, an essay by Irish composer<br> and musicologist Seán Clancy)<br> <br> Our Autumn 2011 edition, ‘Intervention’, will feature two<br>
performances across the evening of Friday 4 November:<br>
Dublin-based percussionist-composer Dennis Cassidy,<br> and Berlin/NYC vocal duo Tryst.<br> <br> We wish to celebrate the creative act of intervening on<br> existing material to create something new and novel. An<br> inherently performative concept, ‘intervention’ is perhaps<br>
now more than ever a defining metaphor in performance<br> practice.<br> <br> Vocal duo Tryst’s performance practice represents an<br> intelligent and highly variegated approach to this paradigm.<br> Drawing inspiration from jazz, contemporary, classical,<br>
cabaret and folk performance cultures, Michelle O’Rourke<br> and Nora Ryan explore and interpret vocal repertoire.<br> This eclectic approach, combined with the singers’ rare<br> chemistry, throws music from the canon into a new,<br>
idiosyncratic, unique and beautiful light. <br> <br> Renowned British tenor John Potter (Hilliard Ensemble, Red Byrd)<br>has described the synergy between O’Rourke and Ryan as<br> “a magical unison”. Featuring a captivating mix of arranged<br>
and improvised music, Tryst performs a seamless show that<br> re-imagines, re-invents and re-defines conceptions of the<br> singer’s role as interpreter. American art song is placed in the<br> dark atmosphere of Tom Waits, solos by John Cage are lent<br>
a new, subtle theatre, and Kurt Weill torch song becomes<br> haunting two-part counterpoint.<br> <br> O’Rourke and Ryan perform with regular collaborators:<br> composer-drummer Dennis Cassidy, bassist Sean Maynard<br> Smith For this performance at the LEAP, they will be joined<br>
by Berlin-based Irish composer-guitarist Brian Flynn (Ultrasutra)<br> and Danish choreographer-dancer Silja Thomsen.<br> Their performance will feature the European premiere of new work<br> Mad Sweet Pangs through my Belly & Breast by Irish composer<br>
Judith Ring. Michelle O’Rourke commissioned this work for Tryst<br> with funds from the Irish Arts Council: the work was premiered in<br> New York this September.<br> <br> Regular Tryst collaborator Dennis Cassidy will open the evening<br>
with a solo percussion/electronics set featuring groove-based<br> work created from old vinyl recordings of heart beat defects.<br> <br> Tryst and Dennis Cassidy perform at LEAP with the support of<br> a grant from Culture Ireland.<br>
<br><span> __________________________</span><span></span><span>__________________________</span><span></span>__________<br><br><br> The Ergodos Quarterly Edition @ LEAP, Berlin<br> <br>
Dublin-based production company and record label Ergodos<br> and LEAP (Lab for Electronic Arts and Performance) Berlin<br> are delighted to announce the start of an ongoing<br> collaborative relationship, which will manifest itself primarily<br>
in a quarterly “edition” at the Alexanderplatz space.<br> Ergodos will curate a weekend’s worth of events four times<br> a year, each one built around a particular theme, and<br> featuring performances, installations and presentations<br>
concerned with theoretical aspects of sonic arts practices.<br> Central curatorial concerns include the showcasing of work<br> by a pool of distinctive and exciting Irish composers, sound<br> artists and performers, creative exchange and collaboration<br>
with local artists and performers, and accessible and<br> intelligent dialogue around sonic arts practices.<br> <br> <a href="http://www.ergodos.ie/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">www.ergodos.ie</a><br> <a href="http://www.cultureireland.gov.ie/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">www.cultureireland.gov.ie/</a><br>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><span>_____________________________________________________________<br><br>Daniel Franke<br><br>LEAP<br> Lab for Electronic Arts and Performance<br>
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