Waltz for Shattered World
Premiered 1990
Emmanuel Midtown Y, New York
Commissioned by
The Downtown Chamber Players
Performed by the Downtown Chamber and Opera Players
Choreography: Sasha Spielvogel
Original Score: Avishai Ya’ar
Director/Conductor: Mimi Stern-Wolfe
Performers:
Hannah Baumgarten
Siri Bothner
Felice Dalgin
Anke Hauerstein
Laren Lyn
Gary Galbraith
Osamu Uehara
Lewis Bossing
Viviana Durante
Revived May 4th & 8th 2008
Yom Hashoah:
Holocaust Remembrance Program
St. Mark’s in the Bowery, New York
Orchestrated by: David Majzlin
Performers:
Sevin Ceviker
Andrew Claus
Evan Copeland
Masha Dashkina
Curtis Howard
Kathryn Mowat-Murphy
Jeffrey Lyon
James Kinney
Esther Nederpelt
Kevin Scarpin
Alicia Weihl
Kimberly Wolff
Stéphanie Landouer
The dance takes place in a Cabaret on the eve of the rise of the Weimar Republic. Everyone is partying with each other – but as certain factions come to power, one by one, specific ‘friends’ are ostracized and shunned. The second half takes place in a Concentration Camp while the ‘Nazis’ remain upstage in the Night Club, seemingly oblivious. The finale is a Grand Waltz Macabre with the dead who return to the Club, dancing inextricably bound, with those who remained.
Part One
In the Cabaret
Part Two
In the Camp
Doubt
Over the Wall
Kapo *
Escape
Survivor among the Souls
Part Three
Waltz Macabre
- A Kapo was a prisoner commanded by the SS to oversee his fellow inmates forced labor, food rations and often responsible for who would live and who would die. To save their own lives, Kapos were known to be as brutal as the Nazis, often taking advantage of their power. However, fulfilling their tasks was no guarantee they would live either.
Full Revived Performance 2008
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