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NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
“Haug has created a script to be counted among the most beautiful, touching and by all means saddest this year.” – nachtkritik.de
ABOUT THE WORK
Co-Presented with L’Alliance New York as a part of Crossing The Line Festival
On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished mid-flight — an event that remains one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. In All right. Good night. (2021), acclaimed director Helgard Haug interweaves this unfathomable disappearance with a deeply personal story: her father’s slow fading into dementia. Through documentary storytelling and an evocative live score by Barbara Morgenstern and the Zafraan Ensemble, the production transforms loss into an immersive theatrical experience. How do we make the missing tangible? What remains when presence disappears? This haunting and powerful performance, featuring five musicians and two performers, invites us to confront the unknown.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Helgard Haug, Stefan Kaegi and Daniel Wetzel founded the theatre-label Rimini Protokoll in 2000 and have since worked in different constellations under this name. Work by work they have expanded the means of the theatre to create new perspectives on reality. Rimini Protokoll often develop their stage-works, interventions, performative installations and audio plays together with experts who have gained their knowledge and skills beyond the theatre. Furthermore, they like to transpose rooms or social structures into theatrical formats. Many of their works feature interactivity and a playful use of technology. rimini-protokoll.de
Barbara Morgenstern is an electronic musician, composer, producer and choir director. In 1998, she began a serious of releases on Berlin label Monika Enterprise, and her most recent album came out in 2018 via Staatsakt. Since 2007, she has been directing the Chor der Kulturen der Welt at Berlin’s HKW (House of World Cultures), for which she also composes, arranges and selects the program. She has been working with Rimini Protokoll consistently since 2012.
Zafraan Ensemble represent music that reflects today’s life, today’s society, today’s reality in all possible facets. Through interaction with other art forms, Zafraan
observes, explores and processes all that surrounds us: people, events, nature and technology, with all the accompanying normalities and absurdities, Formed in Berlin
in 2009 and consisting of ten permanent members from Spain, France, New Zealand, Australia and Germany, the group preforms violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, clarinet, saxophone, harp, piano and percussion.
L’Alliance New York is an independent, not-for-profit organization committed to providing its audience and students with engaging French language classes and audacious multi-disciplinary programming that celebrates the diversity of francophone cultures and creativity around the world. A welcoming and inclusive community for all ages and all backgrounds, L’Alliance New York is a place where people can meet, learn, and explore the richness of our heritages and share discoveries. L’Alliance New York strives to amplify voices and build bridges from the entire francophone world to New York and beyond.”
Crossing The Line is a citywide festival that engages international artists and New York City audiences in artistic discovery and critical dialogue to re-imagine the world around us. Crossing The Line is produced by L’Alliance New York in partnership with leading cultural institutions
CREATIVE CREDITS
Helgard Haug: Concept, text, direction
Barbara Morgenstern: Composition
Zafraan Ensemble: Orchestra
Johannes Benecke and Mia Rainprechter: Hands
Emma Becker, Evi Filippou, Margot Gödrös, Ruth Reinecke, Mia Rainprechter and Louise Stölting: Speaker
Evi Bauer: Stage
Marc Jungreithmeier: Video/Light Design
Peter Breitenbach: Sound design
Premil Petrović: Conductor
Davor Branimir Vincze: Arranger
Juliane Männel: Dramaturgy
Aljoscha Begrich: Outside Eye
Andreas Mihan: Technical Direction
Martin Schwemin: Technical Direction (Touring)
Lisa Homburger: Artistic Collaboration
Christine Ruynat: Costume and Artistic Collaboration Stage Design
Rozenn Lièvre: Sound Design Assistant
David Scholz: Assistant Technical Direction
Louise Stölting: Production Management
Zafraan Ensemble Musicians (Stage): Matthias Badczong (clarinet), Evi Filippou (percussion), Josa Gerhard (violin), Martin Posegga (saxophone), Beltane Ruiz (double bass)
Zafraan Ensemble Musicians (Recording): Josa Gerhard (violin), Noa Niv (trombone), Matthias Badczong (clarinet), Liam Mallet (flute), Martin Posegga (saxophone), Damir Bacikin (trumpet), Anna Viechtl (harp), Adam Weisman (drums), Evi Filippou (drums), Yumi Onda (violin), Benedikt Bindewald (viola recording), Maria Reich (viola), Alice Dixon (cello), Natalie Plöger (double bass), Florian Juncker (trombone)
SUPPORT
This project is made possible in part with support from Goethe Institut-New York.
A production of Rimini Apparat. In co-production with HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), Volkstheater Wien, Factory International for Manchester International Festival, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, PACT Zollverein.
Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds as well as Berliner Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa.
NYU Skirball’s programs are made possible in part with support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and the Howard Gilman Foundation; Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels; Culture Ireland; The Shubert Foundation; Collins Building Services; General Delegation of the Government of Flanders to the USA; Goethe Institut New York; Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; New England Foundation for the Arts; Harkness Foundation for Dance; and Marta Heflin Foundation; as well as our valued donors through memberships, commissioning, and Allies for Arts Access Fund support.