A lecture-performance about War, Peace and Hope.
In Your Majesties, Navaridas & Deutinger present President Barack Obamas Nobel Lecture, held at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo. Alex Deutinger recites the legendary speech of the President of the United States of America. From behind the audience, Marta Navaridas performs as a gesturing teleprompter, manipulating and guiding his movements. The President´s speech is revived, a piece of World History is updated and the techniques of political rhetoric are laid bare in a surprisingly clear and simple way.
As in an encyclopedia of pseudo-private representation, the techniques of political discourse are enacted and laid bare. The jury was impressed with the simplicity and clarity of the concept, the presence of the dancer on stage, and the “double game” structure of the performance.
BestOFFstyria Jury Report
Navaridas & Deutinger drag the most meaningful cultural-ideological gesture of the last years into the stage-light.
Georg Petermichl, corpus
Alex Deutinger gives a bravado performance, flawlessly weaving in all the movements prompted to him live by the choreographer Marta Navaridas.
Christoph Hartner
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Concept and Performance_ |
Marta Navaridas and Alex Deutinger |
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Text_ |
Jon Favreau and Barack Obama |
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Language_ |
English (optional simultaneous interpretation into French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish) |
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Duration_ |
50 min |
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Photos_ |
Daniel Schmidt |
