{"id":322,"date":"2017-02-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jorgschellekens.nl\/?p=322"},"modified":"2024-08-17T14:57:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T14:57:59","slug":"giovannis-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jorgschellekens.nl\/?p=322","title":{"rendered":"Giovanni&#8217;s Room"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Korzo Productions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Music and sound design for Ryan Djojokarso and Bram Jansen&#8217;s dance theatre adaptation of Giovanni&#8217;s Room. With Gerty Van de Perre co-composing several songs she performed live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The American David is about to marry Hella, but falls deeply in love with the Italian Giovanni in Paris. We follow David through the night leading up to the most horrible morning of his life, when his lover will be gone forever.&nbsp;A dance unfolds where soft intimacy, masculine camaraderie, sexual tension, and an all-consuming self-hatred struggle to prevail.&nbsp;What happens to you, when you are so afraid that you can no longer love?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"songs from Giovanni&#039;s Room (w\/ Gerty Van de Perre) by Jorg @ Denzo\" width=\"500\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F332158044&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cHis touch could never fail to make me feel desire; yet his hot, sweet breath also made me want to vomit.\u201d <\/em>from Giovanni\u2019s Room, James Baldwin (1956)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As one of the leading authors of the 20th century, James Baldwin denounced important racial and sexual misdeeds. This piece is inspired by his book&nbsp;<em>Giovanni\u2019s Room<\/em>&nbsp;(1956).<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Giovanni&#039;s Room - trailer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/218745897?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Press<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;&#8230;the woman in this game throws a spanner in the works. Gerty Van de Perre is often present in the background as a singer of fleeting, slow, enchanting phrases; Jorg Schellekens made a beautiful sound design. Sometimes she participates in the play. This adaptation takes more distance from her than the book.&#8221; <\/em> Dick van Teylingen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaterkrant.nl\/recensie\/giovannis-room\/ryan-djojokarso-korzo-producties\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theaterkrant.nl\/recensie\/giovannis-room\/ryan-djojokarso-korzo-producties\/\">Theaterkrant<\/a>, 9 February 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concept &amp; choreography:&nbsp;Ryan Djojokarso &amp; Bram Jansen<br>Performers:&nbsp;Christiaan De Donder, Gerty Van de Perre, Miguel do Vale \/ Antonin Rioche<br>Sound design &amp; music:&nbsp;Jorg Schellekens<br>(songs in collaboration with Gerty Van de Perre)<br>Voice-over: Arthur Rosenfeld<br>Light design:&nbsp;Ate Jan van Kampen&nbsp;<br>Dramaturgy:&nbsp;Peter Anthonissen<br>Scenography:&nbsp;Edwin Kolpa<br>Photography: Robert Benschop &amp; Rob Hogeslag<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Premi\u00e8re<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9 February 2017, Korzo (The Hague, NL)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Korzo Productions Music and sound design for Ryan Djojokarso and Bram Jansen&#8217;s dance theatre adaptation of Giovanni&#8217;s Room. With Gerty Van de Perre co-composing several songs she performed live. About The American David is about to marry Hella, but falls deeply in love with the Italian Giovanni in Paris. 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