Compagnie
Josef Nadj
Comedia Tempio
Three
years since his acclaimed Woyzek, Josef Nadj returns to
the Mime Festival with his international company from the Centre
Choregraphique National d'Orleans.
Inspired by the life and works of Hungarian artist, writer, psychiatrist
and opium addict Geza Csath who died at 32 at the turn of the
20th century, Comedia Tempio evokes the mysterious, hallucinatory
world of Freud, Csath and Kafka's Central Europe. Somewhere between
dance and theatre, with furniture, props and set having fantastic
lives of their own, Nadj's visionary production - to the accompaniment
of a haunting soundtrack by Gyorgy Kurtag collaborator Stevan
Kovacs Tickmayer - takes you on an unforgettable rollercoaster
journey through dream and nightmare.
Born in Vojvodina in former Yugoslavia, Josef Nadj moved to France
in the 1980's, studying with Marceau and working with choreographers
Mark Tompkins, Catherine Diverres and Francois Verret. He created
the hugely successful Cri du Camelon for the French National
Circus School, has been director of the Centre Choregraphique
National d'Orleans since 1995 and with his own ensemble has toured
all over the world. Don't miss this rare chance to see the work
of one of Europe's most sought after choreographers.
'Wild, outrageous design…incredible balancing and acrobatics...Nadj's
inexhaustible imagination has created an enchanted world of marvels'.
Le Figaro
Co-production: Centre Choregraphique National d'Orleans,
Theatre de la Ville - Paris, Festival d'Automne - Paris, Hebbel
Theatre - Berlin, Les Gemeaux - Sceaux - Scene Nationale.
Supported by the French Embassy in London/Institut Français
du Royaume-Uni.
Runs approx 80 mins
Queen
Elizabeth Hall:
Fri 18-Sun 20 Jan
Fri-Sat 7.45pm, Sun 6pm
£10.00/£12.50/£15.00
020
7960 4201
booking
details
online booking - no booking fee
www.rfh.org.uk
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