Pollock

In the organizer's words:

Dance piece by Iván Pérez with the Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra

Iván Pérez will never forget how spellbound, thrilled and overwhelmed he sat for hours in front of a huge work of art by Jackson Pollock at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The American artist revolutionized the art world in the late 1940s with his Action Painting.

And in 2024, the artistic director of Dance Theatre Heidelberg is creating a dance-choreographic and multidisciplinary exploration of the life and art of this exceptional talent. The stage of the Marguerre Hall will be transformed into a studio in which the audience will be seated after being immersed in a performance in the foyer. Iván Pérez choreographs bodies full of emotion, Yamila Rios composes a hybrid score for the Philharmonic Orchestra, Naomi Kean designs abstract and expressive costumes, which come to life in Sam Beklik's all-encompassing stage design.