[FAUN]Dance performance by Matteo Carvone
This event is in the past.
![Dance performance [Faun] Two dancers stand with black trousers and no top, dancing on a grassy area spread out on a stage.](https://www.gasteig.de/imgs/3.Courtesy-La-Biennale-di-Venezia-©-Andrea-Avezzù.jpg?x39022)
[FAUN] is an oneiric journey to discover the multifaceted, controversial, and slightly pathetic figure of that primordial and Olympian god named Pan. With a body of a satyr divided in two, half goat and half man, Faun represents the animal instinct clashing with human rationality.
This event is in the past.
[FAUN] is an oneiric journey to discover the multifaceted, controversial, and slightly pathetic figure of that primordial and Olympian god named Pan. With a body of a satyr divided in two, half goat and half man, Faun represents the animal instinct clashing with human rationality.
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[FAUN] marks the beginning of Carvone’s bold desire to stage mythological archetypal figures, highlighting specific character, physical, and emotional details that belong to each of us. The staging is an imitation of an isolated and solitary natural environment, as if it wanted to imprison the god of Nature in a plastic cage. Hidden microphones under an artificial grass carpet amplify the vibrations generated by the contact between the dancers’ bodies, creating a live and surreal sound landscape.
Following its successful premiere at the Gasteig in 2019, and also receiving acclaim at the Venice Biennale dance festival, [Faun] returns to HP8 with newfound maturity.
- Direction, choreography and Set design: Matteo Carvone
- Dance: Guido Badalamenti, Matteo Carvone
- Light design: Jakob Bogensperger
- Sound design: Jonas Friedlich
Duration: 60 minutes; followed by a post-show talk with Alfred Schreiner, Director for Ballett of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz
Video and photo recordings will be made at this event for documentation and marketing purposes. These can be published on the websites and social media channels of the artists and the Gasteig, as well as in the press. The focus is on the dancers, not the audience.
Supported by the Department of Arts and Culture of the City of Munich
![A man wearing a brown fur hat and a jacket with no shirt underneath is standing in a hole up to his stomach.](https://www.gasteig.de/imgs/9.Courtesy-La-Biennale-di-Venezia-©-Andrea-Avezzù.jpg?x39022)
![A dancer, dressed only in white socks and white pants, dances on a grass surface spread out on a stage.](https://www.gasteig.de/imgs/FAUN-pic-MCCM_3_Carvone-scaled.jpg?x39022)
![A dancer leans on a grass surface spread out on a stage.](https://www.gasteig.de/imgs/1.FAUN©Christophe-Maitrejean-scaled.jpg?x39022)