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Grand Theatre Producties Isabelle Jenniches klein getijden boek (co-productie met Media-GN) 'klein getijden boek' is het afstudeerproject van Isabelle Jenniches aan Media-GN. In deze eenmalige performance maakt ze gebruik van het 'realtime video editing' om live bewegingssequenties te samplen en te scratchen. Op deze manier creëert ze een virtuele partner voor danseres Karen Levi. Hallucinerende reeksen van momentopnames onthullen de sporen die zijn achtergebleven in de tijd en leggen deze vast. In de performance functioneren teksten uit het getijdenboek van de Utrechtse componiste Riek Westerhof als klok. Afhankelijk van hoe snel deze loopt, duurt de performance tussen de 24 en 48 minuten. Riek Westerhof gebruikte voor haar getijdenboek het gegeven van het middeleeuwse getijdenboek dat gebeden bevatte die hoorden bij bepaalde uren van de dag. Daarmee gaf het structuur aan het dagelijkse leven. Westerhof hield twee jaar lang een dagboek bij waarin ze haar gedachten en ervaringen, stukjes dialoog en ideeën over muziek en samenleving opschreef. Dit gekoppeld aan het exacte tijdstip waarop de gedachte of ervaring zich voordeed. Samengebald in één dag beschrijven de dagboekaantekeningen een compleet nieuwe, fictieve dag die nooit in deze chronologie heeft plaatsgevonden De muziek - transparante tonen en clusters - wordt gespeeld door de componiste zelf. Geluidsartiest Radboud Mens pleegt ingrepen - soms teder en soms pijnlijk - in deze muziek. Concept en video: Isabelle Jenniches * piano: Rieks Westerhof * geluid: Radboud Mens * choreografie en dans: Karen Levi * stemmen: Herman van Keulen, Richard gonlag, Annet Kouwenhoven, Sara De Bosschere, Margijn Bosch, Ingejan Ligthart Schenk, Vincent van den Berg. English Isabelle Jenniches klein getijden boek The medieval book of hours, containing prayers attached to the time of day and uses as a framework to structure daily life, was point of departure for the Utrecht composer riek Westerhof when writing the small book of hours. It is a special diary that she kept over the course of two years, in which she noted her thoughts, bits of dialogue and reflections on music and society or personal experiences, attached to the the exact time in hours and minutes when they occurred. bundled together, they make a complete new day, fictive in theat it never happened in this order. In the theatrical setting, the text functions as the clockwork; depending on its speed, the performance will last between 24 and 48 minutes. the music, transparent piano tones and clusters, played by the composer herself, is at times transformed into interference by sound artist Radboud Mens, ranging from gentle to painful. Using realtime video editing to do live sampling and scratching of movement sequences, Isabelle Jenniches creates a virtual partner for dancer Karen Levi; revealing and holding through series of snapshots the traces left in time. More information about Isabelle Jenniches on her own website at Media-GN Concept & visuals: Isabelle Jenniches * piano: Riek Westerhof * sound: Radboud Mens * dance & choreography: Karen Levi * voices: Herman van Keulen, Richard gonlag, Annet Kouwenhoven, Sara De Bosschere, Margijn Bosch, Ingejan Ligthart Schenk, Vincent van den Berg. Speeldatum wo 9 december 1998 Grand Theatre Groningen Curriculae Riek Westerhof "Music as a philospophy of life" - Playing the piano since her sixth year, Riek started composing as a different way to express her thoughts; in music rather than in words.She has studied with John Cage and keeps learning from Eric Satie's work. Her pieces invite to listen to the environment: she catches you by surprise, performing in public places like shopping or congress centers (Magna Plaza, Amsterdam 1997), or in a grass field in between highways, accompagnied by a chorus of frogs (Utrecht 1998). Radboud Mens After finishing artschool and a study in audio-art/sonology in 1993, Radboud concentrated on the making of experimental music.He used broken down hi-fi equipment and found records, that he played with several needles at the same time, proccesing the sound with effects." Records are not music but records; objects I can use to create music" Nowadays he works mainly with computers, samples and effect processors. Isabelle Jenniches After her study of scenography at the Academie of Applied Arts in Vienna, Isabelle is now finishing a postgraduate program for new media at Media-Gn in Groningen. Always her theatre spaces have been defined by light, sound and moving bodies; in her recent works she uses live video and telecommunication techniques to investigate in the dramatic presence of virtual performers. Karen Levi Studied in Israel at the school of the Kibbutz Dance Company, where she also danced for four years. Afterwards, Karen worked with the Batshewa Ensemble and is now freelancing in Europe. She started to do her own choreographic work in Amsterdam, where it's been presented in the Danswerkplaats, de Melkweg and recently in the CaDanse festival.In her dances she likes to interweave all the elements of the theatre space to create an atmosphere that corresponds with the movement composition.