Ring of Resilience
A Crash-test for Opera and Co-creation
interdisciplinary project (2017-2021)
RING OF RESILIENCE is a Rotterdam version of the opera Ring des Nibelungen (Richard Wagner); a series of performances, games, urban dialogues and film that explores future scenarios for life in the city.
To become resilient, we went in search of a new story that binds. To do so, we looked in centuries-old traditions and stories combined with today's thinking and new technology.
Rotterdam is research and working ground, stage and script. Rotterdammers are our (co)makers and players.
RING OF RESILIENCE is a co-production of LITTLE WOTAN & O.Festival.
RING OF RESILIENCE
consists of 4 parts:
Ring of Resilience (2021)
Opera-film
Extermination Feast (2019)
Interdisciplinary project
Beast (2018)
Music theatre performance
Marble track (2017)
Installation - City Dialogues
Ring of Resilience
Opera-film (2021)
Entrepeneur Wotan Inc wants to safe (a part of) society with his high tech ark "The Ocean Walhalla Princess II".
"We were all going direct to heaven.
But - some of us- were going direct the other way"
Trailer
Yggdrassil
Past, present, future
I imagine
Vulture
Coffee
Credits:
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Performers: a.o. Yorick Heerkens , Jorien Zeevaart, Jeannine La Rose en Laise Sanches
Music: Codarts Symphony Orchestra Codarts o.l.v. Hans leenders
Concept/regie: Arlon Luijten
Composition: Ben van Bueren
Libretto: Jibbe Willems
Camera: Stefan Mandersloot
Editing: Sid Eno Duit
Mixing: Studio Akkerman
Scenography : Bart Visser
Dramaturgy: Cecile Brommer
Interdisciplinary project (O.Festival, 2019)
The farewell party for the Ark-sailors.
An interactive opera ritual for change based on the Götterdämmerung, the final part of the Ring des Nibelungen.
Ik ken jou niet
weet niet waar je bent
en al helemaal niet hoe je heet
Exerpt from ‘Kom vanuit de hoogte’ . Performed by Els Mondelaers. Composed by Ben van Bueren. Libretto: Micha Hamel
Sarafina Paulina Bonita van Ast & Joop Brands
Music theatre performance (2018)
One one side of the wall Wotan INC is building his ark. On the other side of the wall a father prepares his daughter for an inevitable goodbye.
What would you do when I knock on your door?
I am not the kind of beast that is easy to ignore.
Visual impression
Interdisciplinary project (O.Festival, 2019)
ik ken jou niet
weet niet waar je bent
en al helemaal niet hoe je heet
Excerpts from the performance
Credits:
Performers: Richie Martis en Lika van Dishoeck
Concept/regie: Arlon Luijten
Composition, sound design and vocals: Ben van Bueren
Dramaturgy: Cecile Brommer
Light design: Jan Kortbeek
Production: O. Festival
Installation / city dialogue (2017)
Who’s inn, Who’s Out?
You decide!
A dialogue-machine in which citizens and rolling balls determine each others fate.
Music theatre performance (2018)
What would you do when I knock on your door?
I am not the kind of beast that is easy to ignore.
Installation shots
Trailer
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Credits:
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Performers: Yorick Heerkens, Joris Albeda, Romy Rockx
Concept/regie: Arlon Luijten
Directing Assistant: Romy Rockx
Composition: Ben van Bueren
Coding: Joris Albeda
Design: Bart Visser
Dramaturgy: Cecile Brommer
Production: O.Festival