Ing an Die serves as James McGinn’s operatic debut, concluding a three year research period exploring the multifaceted nature of a Gesamtkunstwerk. Placing this notion within a post-contemporary context, Ing an Die juxtaposes a broad palate of symbolic images and performative identities. By engaging the traditional vs contemporary, masculine vs feminine, organic human vs synthetic humanoid; the value systems surrounding art, culture, and power are used to critically examine humanist privilege within our contemporary world.
At the brink of a decaying humanity crushed by the exponential growth of technology, this 3-Act, 75 minute operatic-dance duet, traces a shape-shifting love story amidst a pre-apocalyptic landscape.
EXTRA INFO
Project year: 2017
Project type: Dance
Duration: 75min.
Language: English
CREDITS
Director: James McGinn
Artistic assistent: Christoffer Forbes Schieche
With: James McGinn & Inga Huld Hákonardóttir
Costumes: Ried & Harriet
Light design: James McGinn i.s.m. Nicholas Houfek
Co-production: wpZimmer, The Knight Foundation
Residenties & support: P.A.R.T.S., BUDA, wpZimmer, Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans
PROJECT DATES
13/10/2017, Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami (US)
14/10/2017, Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami (US)
19/10/2017, The Ringling, Serasota (US)
20/10/2017, The Ringling, Serasota (US)
21/10/2017, The Ringling, Serasota (US)
PRESS
Interview, Artburst: http://www.artburstmiami.com/dance-articles/james-mcginn-s-ing-an-die-an-open-source-encyclopedia-of-movement
Interview, Herald Tribune: http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20171014/booker-high-graduate-james-mcginn-returns-to-perform-new-dance-program-at-riaf
Review, Sophia News: http://sophianews.com/2017/10/review-ing-an-die-at-the-carnival-studio-theater-miami/