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In An Evening with, Alex Franz Zehetbauer transports you to a surreal piano bar: a singer at the piano and his repertoire punctuate the gathering of guests. Ear-worm melodies and a trickster humor keep the audience teetering between the earnest and the absurd. Traversing different moods and registers, from poetic lullaby to folk song to pop rendition, An Evening with investigates the multiple roles of songs and their cultural impacts. A certain enchantment occupies the evening as Alex creates a closeness at once strange and familiar, stretching the song into various choreographic postures.
Alex Franz Zehetbauer (b. 1990, Brooklyn) is a performance artist and vocalist working at the intersection of performance, music, visual arts and choreography. In his performances, he beguiles with sophisticated melodies, strange vocal escapades and unexpected twists. Critics have called him: a swamp monster, an angel, and a red-eyed demon. He studied at NYU’s Experimental Theater Wing and the International Theater Workshop in Amsterdam. Alex has collaborated with artists such as Phillip Gehmacher, Jen Rosenblit, Taylor Mac, Anne Juren, Richard Foreman, Marta Navaridas and Alix Eynaudi. Alex’s work has been presented internationally, examples include: Gwangju Bienniale, (KR); Sophiensaele (DE); BUZZCUT / CCA Glasgow (UK); Tanzquartier Wien (AT); Gessneralle Zurich (CH); Mint (SE); steirischerherbst (AT); brut Wien (AT); The Brick Theater (NYC/US); among others.
Concept, songs, and performance: Alex Franz Zehetbauer
Text collaboration: Jen Rosenblit, Dez Miller
Dramaturgical advice: Jen Rosenblit
Outside ear & recording: Christian Schröder
Performance doula: Claire Lefèvre
Piano coaching: Han-Gyeol Lie
Light design: Joe Albrecht
Outside eye: Liv Schellander
Documentation: Ipek Hamzaoglu
Production management: mollusca productions
Co-production: Verein Wilhelmina, brut Wien/ FREISCHWIMMEN
Network in collaboration with Wien Modern.
With the kind support of the City of Vienna’s Department of Cultural Affairs, FREISCHWIMMEN, die Produktionsplattform für Performance und Theater, represented by brut Wien, FFT Düsseldorf, Gessnerallee Zurich, HochX Theater und Live Art Munich, LOFFT – DAS THEATER Leipzig, Schwankhalle Bremen, SOPHIENSÆLE Berlin and Theater Rampe Stuttgart, managed by SOPHIENSÆLE GmbH.
FREISCHWIMMEN is funded by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media via the „Verbindungen fördern“ programme of the B u n d e s v e r b a n d F r e i e D a r s t e l l e n d e K ü n s t e e . V. FREISCHWIMMEN is further supported by Pro Helvetia, Schweizer Kulturstiftung and the Canton of Zurich’s Department of Cultural Affairs, supported by German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, The Brick Theater, ACT OUT, a project of IG Freie Theaterarbeit, funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs, and Kunstraum Eindorf.
In English
Duration: 45'
Tartu Elektriteater - Raekoja saal • Kompanii tänav 2, 51007 Tartu, Tartu maakond, Estonia
