Lulu silent film by William Kentridge featuring Joanna Dudley Joanna Dudley 2016-10-03 | Joanna Dudley as Lulu film by William Kentridge for the opera by Alban Berg"The Lulu of the Kentridge’s drawings resemble Joanna Dudley, a silent actor who represents the sensual soul of Lulu, teasing with her clothing, contorting herself, and draping herself over the piano." New York Classical ReviewFilm created by William Kentridge for the opera Lulu by Alban Berg for the Metropolitan Opera New York. This film features Joanna Dudley as Lulu and Luc de Wit. Rehearsal recording.Video editing Catherine MeyburghCostumes Greta Goris
We Will Slam You With Our Wings - Melbourne Launch interview with Joanna Dudley Joanna Dudley 2024-08-12 | #fedsquareIn October 2022, ACMI and Fed Square hosted a unique workshop series for girls in Melbourne to collaborate with Joanna Dudley, international artist, performer and creator of We Will Slam You With Our Wings. The workshops incorporated movement, voice, performance, direction, portrait photography and will explore culture, history and female empowerment. The workshops culminated in a one-off take-over performance to launch Joanna’s extraordinary seven channel screen work in Fed Square’s Atrium space and to celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child. #fedsquare #joannadudley #artsprojectsaustralia @joannadudley_wewillslamyou @artsprojectsaustralia @fed.square
Fotografiska Berlin Interview 2/5 with Joanna Dudley on WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS Joanna Dudley 2024-08-11 | How much of life is determined by what you have been told is possible? What does it take to break free and forge your own path? We are excited to announce Joanna Dudley’s empowering exhibition, ‘WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS’, on show from May 17. In this seven-screen video and sound installation, Joanna Dudley presents a transformative narrative: six girls, ages eight to 16, challenge the tragic fates of women in operatic arias, such as Dido, Tosca, Madame Butterfly and Salome, turning them from victims to heroines. In this way, Dudley gives space to unheard voices, and inspires us to reflect on how our present is constructed for us. Visit Joanna Dudley’s exhibition until September 15, 2024 at Fotografiska Berlin. The exhibition is curated by Marina Paulenka, Director of Exhibitions, Fotografiska Berlin. Creation and Sound Composition by Joanna DudleyCollaborator & Projection Design by Catherine MeyburghSet and Installation Design by Rufus DidwiszusCostume Design by Janosch MallwitzPerformers: Tabatha HowardMpho TakaneBeatrix Juno DudleyKittu Hoyne Ruth Alice McIlleronEsmé Mc GrathAll images by Dudley/Meyburgh WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS would like to thank ourFunding ArchangelBrenda R. Potter
Fotografiska Berlin Interview 3/5 with Joanna Dudley on WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS Joanna Dudley 2024-08-11 | How much of life is determined by what you have been told is possible? What does it take to break free and forge your own path? We are excited to announce Joanna Dudley’s empowering exhibition, ‘WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS’, on show from May 17. In this seven-screen video and sound installation, Joanna Dudley presents a transformative narrative: six girls, ages eight to 16, challenge the tragic fates of women in operatic arias, such as Dido, Tosca, Madame Butterfly and Salome, turning them from victims to heroines. In this way, Dudley gives space to unheard voices, and inspires us to reflect on how our present is constructed for us. Visit Joanna Dudley’s exhibition until September 15, 2024 at Fotografiska Berlin. The exhibition is curated by Marina Paulenka, Director of Exhibitions, Fotografiska Berlin. Creation and Sound Composition by Joanna DudleyCollaborator & Projection Design by Catherine MeyburghSet and Installation Design by Rufus DidwiszusCostume Design by Janosch MallwitzPerformers: Tabatha HowardMpho TakaneBeatrix Juno DudleyKittu Hoyne Ruth Alice McIlleronEsmé Mc GrathAll images by Dudley/Meyburgh WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS would like to thank ourFunding ArchangelBrenda R. Potter
Fotografiska Berlin Interview 1/5 with Joanna Dudley on WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS Joanna Dudley 2024-08-11 | How much of life is determined by what you have been told is possible? What does it take to break free and forge your own path? We are excited to announce Joanna Dudley’s empowering exhibition, ‘WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS’, on show from May 17. In this seven-screen video and sound installation, Joanna Dudley presents a transformative narrative: six girls, ages eight to 16, challenge the tragic fates of women in operatic arias, such as Dido, Tosca, Madame Butterfly and Salome, turning them from victims to heroines. In this way, Dudley gives space to unheard voices, and inspires us to reflect on how our present is constructed for us. Visit Joanna Dudley’s exhibition until September 15, 2024 at Fotografiska Berlin. The exhibition is curated by Marina Paulenka, Director of Exhibitions, Fotografiska Berlin. Image credits: WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS by Joanna Dudley All images by Dudley/Meyburgh Creation and Sound Composition by Joanna DudleyCollaborator & Projection Design by Catherine MeyburghSet and Installation Design by Rufus DidwiszusCostume Design by Janosch MallwitzPerformers: Tabatha HowardMpho TakaneBeatrix Juno DudleyKittu Hoyne Ruth Alice McIlleronEsmé Mc Grathwith Joanna DudleyWE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS would like to thank ourFunding ArchangelBrenda R. Potter
Fotografiska Berlin Interview 4/5 with Joanna Dudley on WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS Joanna Dudley 2024-08-11 | How much of life is determined by what you have been told is possible? What does it take to break free and forge your own path? We are excited to announce Joanna Dudley’s empowering exhibition, ‘WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS’, on show from May 17. In this seven-screen video and sound installation, Joanna Dudley presents a transformative narrative: six girls, ages eight to 16, challenge the tragic fates of women in operatic arias, such as Dido, Tosca, Madame Butterfly and Salome, turning them from victims to heroines. In this way, Dudley gives space to unheard voices, and inspires us to reflect on how our present is constructed for us. Visit Joanna Dudley’s exhibition until September 15, 2024 at Fotografiska Berlin. The exhibition is curated by Marina Paulenka, Director of Exhibitions, Fotografiska Berlin. Creation and Sound Composition by Joanna DudleyCollaborator & Projection Design by Catherine MeyburghSet and Installation Design by Rufus DidwiszusCostume Design by Janosch MallwitzPerformers: Tabatha HowardMpho TakaneBeatrix Juno DudleyKittu Hoyne Ruth Alice McIlleronEsmé Mc GrathAll images by Dudley/Meyburgh WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS would like to thank ourFunding ArchangelBrenda R. Potter
Fotografiska Berlin Interview 2/5 with Joanna Dudley on WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS Joanna Dudley 2024-08-11 | How much of life is determined by what you have been told is possible? What does it take to break free and forge your own path? We are excited to announce Joanna Dudley’s empowering exhibition, ‘WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS’, on show from May 17. In this seven-screen video and sound installation, Joanna Dudley presents a transformative narrative: six girls, ages eight to 16, challenge the tragic fates of women in operatic arias, such as Dido, Tosca, Madame Butterfly and Salome, turning them from victims to heroines. In this way, Dudley gives space to unheard voices, and inspires us to reflect on how our present is constructed for us. Visit Joanna Dudley’s exhibition until September 15, 2024 at Fotografiska Berlin. The exhibition is curated by Marina Paulenka, Director of Exhibitions, Fotografiska Berlin. Creation and Sound Composition by Joanna DudleyCollaborator & Projection Design by Catherine MeyburghSet and Installation Design by Rufus DidwiszusCostume Design by Janosch MallwitzPerformers: Tabatha HowardMpho TakaneBeatrix Juno DudleyKittu Hoyne Ruth Alice McIlleronEsmé Mc GrathAll images by Dudley/Meyburgh WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS would like to thank ourFunding ArchangelBrenda R. Potter
Fotografiska Berlin Interview 5/5 with Joanna Dudley on WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS Joanna Dudley 2024-08-11 | How much of life is determined by what you have been told is possible? What does it take to break free and forge your own path? We are excited to announce Joanna Dudley’s empowering exhibition, ‘WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS’, on show from May 17. In this seven-screen video and sound installation, Joanna Dudley presents a transformative narrative: six girls, ages eight to 16, challenge the tragic fates of women in operatic arias, such as Dido, Tosca, Madame Butterfly and Salome, turning them from victims to heroines. In this way, Dudley gives space to unheard voices, and inspires us to reflect on how our present is constructed for us. Visit Joanna Dudley’s exhibition until September 15, 2024 at Fotografiska Berlin. The exhibition is curated by Marina Paulenka, Director of Exhibitions, Fotografiska Berlin. Creation and Sound Composition by Joanna DudleyCollaborator & Projection Design by Catherine MeyburghSet and Installation Design by Rufus DidwiszusCostume Design by Janosch MallwitzPerformers: Tabatha HowardMpho TakaneBeatrix Juno DudleyKittu Hoyne Ruth Alice McIlleronEsmé Mc GrathAll images by Dudley/Meyburgh WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS would like to thank ourFunding ArchangelBrenda R. Potter
Fotografiska , Berlin WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS performance accompanying the installation Joanna Dudley 2024-08-09 | WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS: The Live PerformanceMarking the grand opening of WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS at Berlin's Fotografiska, Joanna Dudley curated an evocative site-specific performance. This presentation delved into the intricate layers of the work, blending theatricality with profound emotional resonance. This performance is designed to be versatile, capable of being staged at any host museum or venue, and seamlessly incorporating all kinds of local girl groups to forge a connection with each unique community.Dudley was joined by the ethereal voices of the Bulgarian Girls Choir- Sharena Gayda Berlin, violinist Hsuan Huang, and the dynamic all-girls marching band BÄM! Drumline. Together, they transformed the museum with a symphony of singing, shouting, screeching, drumming, marching, and dancing.The performance interweaves behind-the-scenes documentation and intimate interviews with the original cast members. These segments provide a candid glimpse into the minds of the girls and young women who brought this installation to life, sharing their personal reflections and the transformative impact of this collective endeavor.CreditsSharena Gayda BerlinViolinist- Hsuan HuangBÄM! Drumline.
Fotografiska, Interview curator Marina Paulenka and Joanna Dudley on WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS Joanna Dudley 2024-08-09 | How much of life is determined by what you have been told is possible? What does it take to break free and forge your own path? We are excited to announce Joanna Dudley’s empowering exhibition, ‘WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS’, on show from May 17. a transformative narrative: six girls, ages eight to 16, challenge the tragic fates of women in operatic arias, such as Dido, Tosca, Madame Butterfly and Salome, turning them from victims to heroines. In this way, Dudley gives space to unheard voices, and inspires us to reflect on how our present is constructed for us. Joanna Dudley’s exhibition until September 15, 2024 at Fotografiska Berlin. The exhibition is curated by Marina Paulenka, Director of Exhibitions, Fotografiska Berlin.
World Premiere of WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS Illuminate Adelaide 2022 Joanna Dudley 2024-08-09 | WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS was given it's world premiere at Illuminate Adelaide at the State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Wing. A library dedicated to the history of the state.WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS is a video and sound installation comprising of seven portrait sized screens. Each screen depicts a 19th century imperialistic portrait with one noticeable difference. Instead of the lavish depiction of men, a young girl between the age of 8 to 16 stands in her own frame, in her own regalia and holding her own stance of power. The young girls combined are the leaders, the army, the chorus, the pack, the collective and the future voice. Joanna Dudley, the performer known for her ground-breaking collaborations with William Kentridge, is the chieftain and mentor, encouraging the girls to take autonomy over their own voices and to create the world afresh.The hunted becomes the hunter, the tamed controls, and the dying beauty takes her own revenge. Creation and Sound Compositionby Joanna DudleyCollaborator & Projection Design by Catherine MeyburghSet and Installation Design by Rufus DidwiszusCostume Design by Janosch MallwitzSound Design & Final Mix by Adam HowardDigital Colouring by C.A. Van AswegenCo-creation and Performances by:Beatrix Juno DudleyTabatha Howard Kittu HoyneEsmé Olive McgrathRuth Alice McIlleronMpho Takane with Joanna DudleyWE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS would like to give thanks to our Funding Archangel Brenda R. Potterto the Naomi Milgrom Foundationand to our Supporting AngelsThe William Kentridge Studio, JohannesburgThe Centre for the Less Good Idea, JohannesburgCandy Stobbs and Sofia VictorinoThe Whitechapel Gallery, LondonPresented by Arts Projects AustraliaTHE TITLE IS BASED ON HENRY DARGER’S PAINTING We Will Slam Them With Our Wings © 2020 Kiyoko Lerner / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New YorkProduced by Joanna Dudleycontact: dudley.joanna@gmail.comAll rights reserved © Joanna Dudley 2020
Refuse the Hour- Kentridge, Miller and Dudley Joanna Dudley 2024-08-09 | Refuse the Hour By William Kentridge and music by Philip MillerJoanna Dudley: co-creator, singer, performerRefuse the Hour is the chamber opera companion to William Kentridge’s five-channel video installation It is a meditation on different historical conceptions of time and the complex legacies of colonialism and industry. The musical score is by Philip Miller.Selected performances: Holland Festival, Avignon Festival, Roma Europa Festival Onassis Cultural Centre Athens 2012, Comedie Francaise Paris, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg 2014, Design Indaba Cape Town, BAM Next Wave Festival NYC, Perth Festival, Foreign Affairs Festival Berlin.
Colours May Fade excerpts Joanna Dudley 2024-08-09 | COLOURS MAY FADE WITH FRICTION READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY STORE IN A COOL AND DRY PLACE NO SIDE EFFECTS.A music theatre installation where 2 characters are placed in a room that is tipped at an angle of 90° – 2005Colours May Fade is the story of two people placed in a room tipped at a 90° angle from which there is no exit, giving the audience a new perspective on the room and its inhabitants. The audience watches the show as if through a camera mounted on the ceiling. Cut off from the outside world, time has moved them to create their own language. Time and space have lost all meaning, our perception is deluded and Kafka is never far away. Colours May Fade was created and performed by Joanna Dudley, with the dancer, singer and choreographer Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola, and co-created and designed by Rufus Didwiszus. It was produced and premiered at the Schaubuehne, Berlin."The decisive, unsettling element is the incredible stage design by Rufus Didwiszus. The spectator takes the bird’s eye view from above. The man and the woman “are sitting“ at the table, however, technically speaking, they’re in a hanging position. They are in constant danger of falling. Their virtuosic squawking and twittering is intertwined in a canon of the hightest quality musically. The balance of the of the two actors are permanently and wonderfully at stake." Die WeltCredits: Joanna Dudley and Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola: co-creators, composers and performers Rufus Didwiszus: co-creator and designer.Produced by: Sasha Waltz & Guests, Schaubuehne BerlinPerformances: Schaubuhne Berlin 2005 -2008, ARTEA arte teatro danza, Rovereto 2007, Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg 2008
WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS Behind the Scenes Joanna Dudley 2022-07-05 | Watch the 6 young stars, Joanna Dudley and her creative team and crew create the operatic video installation WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS. The filming takes place in Italy, South Africa and Australia.We have been shown that a new order is paramount.These girls may just help take us there.WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS is a video and sound installation comprising of seven portrait sized screens. Each screen depicts a 19th century imperialistic portrait with one noticeable difference. Instead of the lavish depiction of men, a young girl between the age of 8 to 16 stands in her own frame, in her own regalia and holding her own stance of power. The young girls combined are the leaders, the army, the chorus, the pack, the collective and the future voice. Joanna Dudley, the performer known for her ground-breaking collaborations with William Kentridge, is the chieftain and mentor, encouraging the girls to take autonomy over their own voices and to create the world afresh.The hunted becomes the hunter, the tamed controls, and the dying beauty takes her own revenge. Creation and Sound Compositionby Joanna DudleyCollaborator & Projection Design by Catherine MeyburghSet and Installation Design by Rufus DidwiszusCostume Design by Janosch MallwitzSound Design & Final Mix by Adam HowardDigital Colouring by C.A. Van AswegenCo-creation and Performances by:Beatrix Juno DudleyTabatha Howard Kittu HoyneEsmé Olive McgrathRuth Alice McIlleronMpho Takane with Joanna DudleyWE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS would like to give thanks to our Funding Archangel Brenda R. Potterto the Naomi Milgrom Foundationand to our Supporting AngelsThe William Kentridge Studio, JohannesburgThe Centre for the Less Good Idea, JohannesburgCandy Stobbs and Sofia VictorinoThe Whitechapel Gallery, LondonTHE TITLE IS BASED ON HENRY DARGER’S PAINTING We Will Slam Them With Our Wings © 2020 Kiyoko Lerner / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New YorkProduced by Joanna Dudleycontact: dudley.joanna@gmail.comAll rights reserved © Joanna Dudley 2020
WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS extra short trailer Joanna Dudley 2022-04-21 | An operatic video installation for an army of six girls and one war mistress.We have been shown that a new order is paramount.These girls may just help take us there.WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS is a video and sound installation comprising of seven portrait sized screens. Each screen depicts a 19th century imperialistic portrait with one noticeable difference. Instead of the lavish depiction of men, a young girl between the age of 8 to 16 stands in her own frame, in her own regalia and holding her own stance of power. The young girls combined are the leaders, the army, the chorus, the pack, the collective and the future voice. Joanna Dudley, the performer known for her ground-breaking collaborations with William Kentridge, is the chieftain and mentor, encouraging the girls to take autonomy over their own voices and to create the world afresh.The hunted becomes the hunter, the tamed controls, and the dying beauty takes her own revenge. Creation and Sound Compositionby Joanna DudleyCollaborator & Projection Design by Catherine MeyburghSet and Installation Design by Rufus DidwiszusCostume Design by Janosch MallwitzSound Design & Final Mix by Adam HowardDigital Colouring by C.A. Van AswegenCo-creation and Performances by:Beatrix Juno DudleyTabatha Howard Kittu HoyneEsmé Olive McgrathRuth Alice McIlleronMpho Takane with Joanna DudleyWE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS would like to give thanks to our Funding Archangel Brenda R. Potterto the Naomi Milgrom Foundationand to our Supporting AngelsThe William Kentridge Studio, JohannesburgThe Centre for the Less Good Idea, JohannesburgCandy Stobbs and Sofia VictorinoThe Whitechapel Gallery, LondonTHE TITLE IS BASED ON HENRY DARGER’S PAINTING We Will Slam Them With Our Wings © 2020 Kiyoko Lerner / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New YorkProduced by Joanna Dudleycontact: dudley.joanna@gmail.comAll rights reserved © Joanna Dudley 2020
WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS short trailer Joanna Dudley 2022-04-21 | An operatic video installation for an army of six girls and one war mistress.We have been shown that a new order is paramount.These girls may just help take us there.WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS is a video and sound installation comprising of seven portrait sized screens. Each screen depicts a 19th century imperialistic portrait with one noticeable difference. Instead of the lavish depiction of men, a young girl between the age of 8 to 16 stands in her own frame, in her own regalia and holding her own stance of power. The young girls combined are the leaders, the army, the chorus, the pack, the collective and the future voice. Joanna Dudley, the performer known for her ground-breaking collaborations with William Kentridge, is the chieftain and mentor, encouraging the girls to take autonomy over their own voices and to create the world afresh.The hunted becomes the hunter, the tamed controls, and the dying beauty takes her own revenge. Creation and Sound Compositionby Joanna DudleyCollaborator & Projection Design by Catherine MeyburghSet and Installation Design by Rufus DidwiszusCostume Design by Janosch MallwitzSound Design & Final Mix by Adam HowardDigital Colouring by C.A. Van AswegenCo-creation and Performances by:Beatrix Juno DudleyTabatha Howard Kittu HoyneEsmé Olive McgrathRuth Alice McIlleronMpho Takane with Joanna DudleyWE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS would like to give thanks to our Funding Archangel Brenda R. Potterto the Naomi Milgrom Foundationand to our Supporting AngelsThe William Kentridge Studio, JohannesburgThe Centre for the Less Good Idea, JohannesburgCandy Stobbs and Sofia VictorinoThe Whitechapel Gallery, LondonTHE TITLE IS BASED ON HENRY DARGER’S PAINTING We Will Slam Them With Our Wings © 2020 Kiyoko Lerner / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New YorkProduced by Joanna Dudleycontact: dudley.joanna@gmail.comAll rights reserved © Joanna Dudley 2020
WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS Trailer Joanna Dudley 2022-04-21 | An operatic video installation for an army of six girls and one war mistress.We have been shown that a new order is paramount.These girls may just help take us there.WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS is a video and sound installation comprising of seven portrait sized screens. Each screen depicts a 19th century imperialistic portrait with one noticeable difference. Instead of the lavish depiction of men, a young girl between the age of 8 to 16 stands in her own frame, in her own regalia and holding her own stance of power. The young girls combined are the leaders, the army, the chorus, the pack, the collective and the future voice. Joanna Dudley, the performer known for her ground-breaking collaborations with William Kentridge, is the chieftain and mentor, encouraging the girls to take autonomy over their own voices and to create the world afresh.The hunted becomes the hunter, the tamed controls, and the dying beauty takes her own revenge. Creation and Sound Compositionby Joanna DudleyCollaborator & Projection Design by Catherine MeyburghSet and Installation Design by Rufus DidwiszusCostume Design by Janosch MallwitzSound Design & Final Mix by Adam HowardDigital Colouring by C.A. Van AswegenCo-creation and Performances by:Beatrix Juno DudleyTabatha Howard Kittu HoyneEsmé Olive McgrathRuth Alice McIlleronMpho Takane with Joanna DudleyWE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS would like to give thanks to our Funding Archangel Brenda R. Potterto the Naomi Milgrom Foundationand to our Supporting AngelsThe William Kentridge Studio, JohannesburgThe Centre for the Less Good Idea, JohannesburgCandy Stobbs and Sofia VictorinoThe Whitechapel Gallery, LondonTHE TITLE IS BASED ON HENRY DARGER’S PAINTING We Will Slam Them With Our Wings © 2020 Kiyoko Lerner / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New YorkProduced by Joanna Dudleycontact: dudley.joanna@gmail.comAll rights reserved © Joanna Dudley 2020
WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS War Mistress Declaration Joanna Dudley 2021-08-18 | Joanna Dudley as The War Mistress in WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS, an operatic video installation for an army of six girls and one lady.We have been shown that a new order is paramount.These girls may just help take us there.WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS is a video and sound installation comprising of seven portrait sized screens. Each screen depicts a 19th century imperialistic portrait with one noticeable difference. Instead of the lavish depiction of men, a young girl between the age of 8 to 16 stands in her own frame, in her own regalia and holding her own stance of power. The young girls combined are the leaders, the army, the chorus, the pack, the collective and the future voice. Joanna Dudley, the performer known for her ground-breaking collaborations with William Kentridge, is the chieftain and mentor, encouraging the girls to take autonomy over their own voices and to create the world afresh.The hunted becomes the hunter, the tamed controls, and the dying beauty takes her own revenge. Creation and Sound Compositionby Joanna DudleyCollaborator & Projection Design by Catherine MeyburghSet and Installation Design by Rufus DidwiszusCostume Design by Janosch MallwitzSound Design & Final Mix by Adam HowardPerformances by:Beatrix Juno DudleyTabatha Howard Kittu HoyneEsmé Olive McgrathRuth Alice McIlleronMpho Takane & Joanna DudleyWE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS would like to give thanks to our Funding Archangel Brenda R. Potterand to our Supporting AngelsThe William Kentridge Studio, JohannesburgThe Centre for the Less Good Idea, JohannesburgCandy Stobbs and Sofia VictorinoThe Whitechapel Gallery, LondonTHE TITLE IS BASED ON HENRY DARGER’S PAINTING We Will Slam Them With Our Wings © 2020 Kiyoko Lerner / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New YorkProduced by Joanna Dudleycontact: dudley.joanna@gmail.comAll rights reserved © Joanna Dudley 2020
A Guided Tour of the Exhibition: for Soprano with Handbag MUDAM lecture version Joanna Dudley 2021-05-27 | A Guided Tour of the Exhibition for soprano and handbagMUDAM accompanying the exhibition "More Sweetly Play the Dance" by William Kentridge. Conception: William Kentridge, Joanna DudleyVocal construction, choreography and performance: Joanna DudleyVideo designer/editor for individual films: Catherine MeyburghVideo designer/editor for the overall film used in performance: Žana MarovićCinematographer for film starring William Kentridge and Joanna Dudley: Duško MarovićCostume: Greta GoirisCurator: Joel ValabregaThe performance for museums has been developed by soprano Joanna Dudley with William Kentridge, who have worked together on numerous productions by Kentridge for the stage. The opposite of a classic guided tour, this is a moment of pure poetic pleasure that puts artworks against interpretation as part of a theatrical mise-en-scène."The Guided Tour of the Exhibition" is a Co-production between the Berliner Festspiele / Foreign Affairs, Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin and the Coronet Theatre, London.
colours may fade Joanna Dudley 2021-05-27 | "The decisive, unsettling element is the incredible stage design by Rufus Didwiszus. The spectator takes the bird’s eye view from above. The man and the woman “are sitting“ at the table, however, technically speaking, they’re in a hanging position. They are in constant danger of falling. Their virtuosic squawking and twittering is intertwined in a canon of the hightest quality musically. The balance of the of the two actors are permanently and wonderfully at stake." Die Welt colours may fade by Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola, Joanna Dudley and Rufus Didwiszus Colours May Fade is the story of two people, isolated from the outside world, who have invent their own language. Time and space have lost all meaning, our perception is deluded and Kafka is never far away. Set designer Rufus Didwiszus places the two characters in a room that is tipped at an angle of 90°. The audience watches the show as if through a camera mounted on the ceiling. Set design Rufus Didwiszus Music and performance Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola and Joanna Dudley
My Dearest My Fairest performed 2017 Joanna Dudley 2021-05-27 | "A lovely, funny, erudite, romantic, erotic and sensual hour of foreplay, not between bodies but via a weird conglomeration of toys... a greatly gifted pair." THE AUSTRALIANcreated and performed by Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola and Joanna Dudley.This spectacular musical theatre production has attracted attention from audiences all around the world. An exquisite couple sit opposite one another at a long, formally set dining table and play host to this elegant evening. Between them an intimate and heartbreakingly beautiful conversation takes place- not through words but music. The virtuosic couple are the choreographer, dancer and counter tenor Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola and singer, performer and creator Joanna Dudley. Especially for this evening, Juan and Joanna share with their guests their most prized passion- their personal collection of toys laid out carefully on the dining table before them. Juan and Joanna musically convey the long history of love- sung, whistled and played on toy pianos, kazoos, music boxes, cowbells, a toy car, a yellow rabbit, a red bear and a marching band glockenspiel. The Sephardic renaissance, English Baroque, Italian arias, American blues and Spanish pop songs undergo delicate transformations, slowly evolving with love and tenderness. My Dearest My Fairest was created for the 2000 Berlin Theatertreffen and and was later awarded the Australian Critics Award for the most innovative performance. In it’s continuing travel around the world My Dearest My Fairest has received a dedicated cult following.
Paper Music excerpt Joanna Dudley 2021-05-27 | Paper Music excerpts Berlin Paper Music is the latest project in the long-time, ongoing collaboration between Johannesburg-born visual artist William Kentridge and his South African compatriot Philip Miller. Their artistic partnership dates back to Kentridge’s 1993 film Felix in Exile, part of his celebrated Soho Eckstein series for which Miller wrote the score. Paper Music is a witty, poignant, a gently subversive song-and-film cycle; it unites films, mostly animations based on William Kentridge’s charcoal and ink drawings, with live musical performances by vocalists Ann Masina and Joanna Dudley, pianist Vincenzo Pasquariello, and composer Philip Miller. A fascinating exploration of the relationships between sound and image. Composer Philip Miller Films William Kentridge Vocalist Ann Masina Vocalist Joanna Dudley Pianist Vincenzo Pasquariello Costumes Greta Goris Paper Music is represented by Quaternaire (quaternaire.org)
Joanna Dudley 10 minute show reel 2018 Joanna Dudley 2021-05-27 | "No expectation can prepare you for the performance of Joanna Dudley. She has created a creature as riveting as anything I’ve seen on stage. Her singing and vocalisation — yelps, throat stops and growls, often distorted into something akin to a theremin — is extraordinary, her conveyance of emotion piercing."The Australian.
Who Killed Cock Robin and LOUIS & BEBE excerpts Joanna Dudley 2021-05-27 | "This beautiful, rich and eerie evening was directed by Dudley and Rufus Didwiszus; their imagination and artistry out performed an entire season at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden." BERLINER ZEITUNG Joanna's collaborative work with the ingenious set designer Rufus Didwiszus has culminated in a wide range of projects that fall between performance, installation, music video and opera. Their work has led to collaborations with the infamous electro noise musician SchneiderTM, the absolute vocal masters of the Ars Nova, Capilla Flamenca and the creative ingenuity of dancer and singer Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola known also for his work with DV8, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Sasha Waltz. The works in these pieces feature the music of Joanna's father, the composer, lecturer and conductor Grahame Dudley. Who Killed Cock Robin? is a performance created by Joanna Dudley and Rufus Didwiszus. It tells the story of a boy (Joanna Dudley), who one evening discovers a deserted house where he meets his six guardians (Capilla Flamenca). These men take the boy on a strange voyage using ancient ceremonies and old hunting traditions. They travel through foreign territories on the tones of 14th century Ars Nova music and its contemporary adaptations. In Who Killed Cock Robin? Dudley and Didwiszus broaden their collaboration to include the renown early music vocal and instrumental ensemble Capilla Flamenca and the Swiss video artist Samuel Dématraz, whose highly unique work creates a environment of unease and dark beauty. Specially featured music composed by Grahame Dudley. Video Samuel Dématraz Bass Dirk Snellings Countertenor Marnix De Cat Tenor Tore Denys Baritone Lieven Termont Viol/Fiddle Liam Fennelly Lute Floris De Rycker Arrangement and libretto of the Grahame Dudley Song "Who Killed Cock Robin?" Design costumes Ulrike Gutbrod for Joanna Dudley Produced by Binder + Partner Berlin. LOUIS & BEBE 1 COUPLE 3 LIVES 3 DEATHS 9 SONGS LOUIS & BEBE are a maverick musical couple. Joanna Dudley is a long time music theatre performer and diva of Javanese pop and Dirk Dresselhaus has one famed foot in the electro pop scene and the other firmly planted in the world of improvised noise. Together they are LOUIS & BEBE. Whether brother and sister, evil twins or fated lovers; they are two sides of the same coin. LOUIS & BEBE is a journey in 3 chapters, from childhood- The Landing (Reaching for the Red Star Sky), through to the abundant beauty of life in full bloom- The Garden (Portraits of a Zoomorphic Couple) and finally death- The Graveyard (A Night with Two Moons). From human to animal and animal to vegetable, the life lines of LOUIS & BEBE are punctuated by the ringing of bells, the calling of birds and accompanied by their own sound track of song, pop & noise. a performance by JOANNA DUDLEY RUFUS DIDWISZUS DIRK DRESSELHAUS with JOANNA DUDLEY SCHNEIDER TM direction and design RUFUS DIDWISZUS costumes PIETER BAX light JENS SETHZMAN additional piano music by GRAHAME DUDLEY
Paper Music excerpt Joanna Dudley 2021-05-27 | Paper Music excerpts Paper Music is the latest project in the long-time, ongoing collaboration between Johannesburg-born visual artist William Kentridge and his South African compatriot Philip Miller. Their artistic partnership dates back to Kentridge’s 1993 film Felix in Exile, part of his celebrated Soho Eckstein series for which Miller wrote the score. Paper Music is a witty, poignant, a gently subversive song-and-film cycle; it unites films, mostly animations based on William Kentridge’s charcoal and ink drawings, with live musical performances by vocalists Ann Masina and Joanna Dudley, pianist Vincenzo Pasquariello, and composer Philip Miller. A fascinating exploration of the relationships between sound and image. Composer Philip Miller Films William Kentridge Vocalist Ann Masina Vocalist Joanna Dudley Pianist Vincenzo Pasquariello Costumes Greta Goris Paper Music is represented by Quaternaire (quaternaire.org)
Interview: A Guided Tour of the Exhibition: For Soprano with Handbag Joanna Dudley 2021-05-27 | Conception WILLIAM KENTRIDGE, JOANNA DUDLEY Vocal construction, choreography and performance JOANNA DUDLEY Guided tours in museums intend to give visitors a closer understanding of the art work. On the other hand, every text explaining a work of art automatically places it in the past, immobilizes it, silences it. In this performance developed by William Kentridge and soprano Joanna Dudley, they work against the museification of art works. The performance “A Guided Tour of the Exhibition: For Soprano with Handbag” allows the pictures to defend themselves and to resist interpretations. It is both an accompanying programme to the exhibition and its refutation. Co-production: Berliner Festspiele / Foreign Affairs and Martin-Gropius-Bau “A Guided Tour of the Exhibition: For Soprano with Handbag” is represented by Quaternaire (www.quaternaire.org)
The Scorpionfish excerpts Joanna Dudley 2021-05-27 | by Joanna Dudley and Rufus Didwiszus “Like a code being delivered from another world and something embodying Cleopatra, an evil fairy cerberus and an almond eyed sphinx, Joanna Dudley is "The Scorpionfish". TANZNETZ BERLIN Joanna Dudley is The Scorpionfish - a solitary, strikingly strange and unusual species. The Scorpionfish morphs from one creature to another blurring the parameters between the environment, the woman, artificiality and reality. The Scorpionfish sings the beautiful and sentimental kroncong - Javanese pop of the 1960s and a heady mixture of South East Asian, Hawaiian and American croon. The Scorpionfish dances ancient Javanese court dances which had been kept secret for centuries and performed only for the King alone. The environment she feels most at ease is in her electric sound garden, accompanying her in her song and dance. Created by Joanna Dudley and Rufus DidwiszusPerformed by Joanna Dudley with live sound processing by Schneider TMCreation, scenography Rufus DidwiszusCostumes Bernd SkodzigChoreography Nicola MasciaSound Design Dirk Dresselhaus from Schneider TMProducer Adolphe Binder/Binder + Partner Berlin
Paper Music Joanna Dudley 2021-05-26 | Paper Music is the latest project in the long-time, ongoing collaboration between Johannesburg-born visual artist William Kentridge and his South African compatriot Philip Miller. Their artistic partnership dates back to Kentridge’s 1993 film Felix in Exile, part of his celebrated Soho Eckstein series for which Miller wrote the score. Paper Music is a witty, poignant, a gently subversive song-and-film cycle; it unites films, mostly animations based on William Kentridge’s charcoal and ink drawings, with live musical performances by vocalists Ann Masina and Joanna Dudley, pianist Vincenzo Pasquariello, and composer Philip Miller. A fascinating exploration of the relationships between sound and image. Composer Philip Miller Films William Kentridge Vocalist Ann Masina Vocalist Joanna Dudley Pianist Vincenzo Pasquariello Costumes Greta Goris Paper Music is represented by Quaternaire (quaternaire.org)
A Guided Tour of the Exhibition MARTIN GROPIUS BAU BERLIN Joanna Dudley 2021-05-26 | A Guided Tour of the Exhibition for soprano and handbagConception WILLIAM KENTRIDGE, JOANNA DUDLEYVocal construction, choreography and performance JOANNA DUDLEYcostumes Greta Goirisvideo editing Zana MarovicGuided tours in museums intend to give visitors a closer understanding of the art work. On the other hand, every text explaining a work of art automatically places it in the past, immobilizes it, silences it. In this performance developed by William Kentridge and soprano Joanna Dudley, they work against the museification of art works. The performance “A Guided Tour of the Exhibition: For Soprano with Handbag” allows the pictures to defend themselves and to resist interpretations. It is both an accompanying programme to the exhibition and its refutation.Co-production: Berliner Festspiele / Foreign Affairs and Martin-Gropius-Bau
Who Killed Cock Robin? Joanna Dudley 2021-05-26 | by Joanna Dudley and Rufus Didwiszus video Samuel Dématraz "This beautiful, rich and eerie evening was directed by Dudley and Rufus Didwiszus; their imagination and artistry out performed an entire season at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden." BERLINER ZEITUNG Who Killed Cock Robin? is a bizarre and poetic journey of initiation, children's fantasy and dark nightmare. The performance of Joanna Dudley and Rufus Didwiszus reveals scenes of dark beauty and leads the audience into a surreal world of ritual and ceremony, to the accompaniment of Ars Nova music, a 14th century genre of vocal music, masterfully adapted by the renowned vocal and instrumental ensemble Capilla Flamenca. This is the story of a fat little boy (Joanna Dudley) who one evening leaves the safety of his home to set out on a journey. On the way he meets six bearded guardians (Capilla Flamenca). Drawn to these men, the boy entrusts himself to the care of this strict community. A journey of transformation begins, accompanied by expressive singing and the video compositions of Swiss artist Samuel Dématraz, whose works conjure up an atmosphere of disquieting, dark beauty. Seductive and powerful, Who Killed Cock Robin? explores traditional narratives, alternating between animism, transitional rites and fantasy, and in doing so continually blurs the border between reality and fiction. Bass Dirk Snellings Countertenor Marnix De Cat Tenor Tore Denys Baritone Lieven Termont Viol/Fiddle Liam Fennelly Lute Floris De Rycker Arrangement and libretto of the Grahame Dudley Song "Who Killed Cock Robin?" Design costumes for Joanna Dudley Ulrike Gutbrod
Dudley & Didwiszus show reel Joanna Dudley 2021-05-26 | "This beautiful, rich and eerie evening was directed by Dudley and Rufus Didwiszus; their imagination and artistry out performed an entire season at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden." BERLINER ZEITUNG Joanna's collaborative work with the ingenious set designer Rufus Didwiszus has culminated in a wide range of projects that fall between performance, installation, music video and opera. Their work has led to collaborations with the infamous electro noise musician SchneiderTM, the absolute vocal masters of the Ars Nova, Capilla Flamenca and the creative ingenuity of dancer and singer Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola known also for his work with DV8, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Sasha Waltz. Joanna's collaborative work with the ingenious set designer Rufus Didwiszus has culminated in a wide range of projects that fall between performance and installation, music video and opera. Their work has led to collaborations with the infamous electro noise musician SchneiderTM, the absolute masters of Ars Nova vocal music from the 14th century Capilla Flamenca and the creative ingenuity of dancer and singer Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Ensaola known also for his work with DV8, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Sasha Waltz. Didwiszus worked for Kammerspiele Munich, Schaubühne Berlin, Deutsches Theater Berlin, Schauspielhaus Hamburg, TAT Frankfurt, Komische Oper Berlin, Opernhaus Zürich, Royal Opera Stockholm, Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm, Aarhus Teater, Betty Nansen Teatret Copenhagen, Sydney Theatre Company, Salzburger Festspiele, Wiener Festwochen, Edinburgh festival, Avignon festival a.o. He has created sets for Barrie Kosky, Thomas Ostermeier, Sasha Waltz, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Christian Spuck, Christian Stückl, Stefan Larsson, Tomas Alfredson, Christian Lollike a.o. Rufus has been a guest lecturer for set design and architecture in Berlin and Munich.Since 2004 he is creating, directing and designing his own music- theatre performances together with Joanna Dudley. http://didwiszus.blogspot.de/
The Scorpionfish Joanna Dudley 2021-05-26 | by Joanna Dudley and Rufus Didwiszus “Like a code being delivered from another world and something embodying Cleopatra, an evil fairy cerberus and an almond eyed sphinx, Joanna Dudley is "The Scorpionfish". TANZNETZ BERLIN Joanna Dudley is The Scorpionfish - a solitary, strikingly strange and unusual species. The Scorpionfish morphs from one creature to another blurring the parameters between the environment, the woman, artificiality and reality. The Scorpionfish sings the beautiful and sentimental kroncong - Javanese pop of the 1960s and a heady mixture of South East Asian, Hawaiian and American croon. The Scorpionfish dances ancient Javanese court dances which had been kept secret for centuries and performed only for the King alone. The environment she feels most at ease is in her electric sound garden, accompanying her in her song and dance. Created by Joanna Dudley and Rufus Didwiszus Performed by Joanna Dudley with live sound processing by Schneider TM Creation, scenography Rufus Didwiszus Costumes Bernd Skodzig Choreography Nicola Mascia Sound Design Dirk Dresselhaus from Schneider TM Producer Adolphe Binder/Binder + Partner Berlin
LOUIS & BEBE Joanna Dudley 2021-05-26 | LOUIS & BEBE 1 COUPLE 3 LIVES 3 DEATHS 9 SONGS "The evening definitely belongs to the best works in experimental musical theatre Berlin has seen lately. And that does mean something." D/Bdigital in berlin LOUIS & BEBE are a maverick musical couple. Joanna Dudley is a long time music theatre performer and diva of Javanese pop and Dirk Dresselhaus has one famed foot in the electro pop scene and the other firmly planted in the world of improvised noise. Together they are LOUIS & BEBE. Whether brother and sister, evil twins or fated lovers; they are two sides of the same coin. LOUIS & BEBE is a journey in 3 chapters, from childhood- The Landing (Reaching for the Red Star Sky), through to the abundant beauty of life in full bloom- The Garden (Portraits of a Zoomorphic Couple) and finally death- The Graveyard (A Night with Two Moons). From human to animal and animal to vegetable, the life lines of LOUIS & BEBE are punctuated by the ringing of bells, the calling of birds and accompanied by their own sound track of song, pop & noise. a performance by JOANNA DUDLEY RUFUS DIDWISZUS DIRK DRESSELHAUS with JOANNA DUDLEY SCHNEIDER TM direction and design RUFUS DIDWISZUS costumes PIETER BAX light JENS SETHZMAN featuring piano music by GRAHAME DUDLEY producer BINDER + PARTNER BERLIN
Excerpts of The Guided Tour of the Exhibition: for Soprano and Handbag Joanna Dudley 2021-05-26 | Guided Tour of the Exhibition for soprano and handbagConception WILLIAM KENTRIDGE, JOANNA DUDLEYVocal construction, choreography and performance JOANNA DUDLEYcostumes Greta Goirisvideo editing Zana MarovicGuided tours in museums intend to give visitors a closer understanding of the art work. On the other hand, every text explaining a work of art automatically places it in the past, immobilizes it, silences it. In this performance developed by William Kentridge and soprano Joanna Dudley, they work against the museification of art works. The performance “A Guided Tour of the Exhibition: For Soprano with Handbag” allows the pictures to defend themselves and to resist interpretations. It is both an accompanying programme to the exhibition and its refutation.Co-production: Berliner Festspiele / Foreign Affairs and Martin-Gropius-Bau
FOI excerpts Joanna Dudley 2021-05-26 | directed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui for Les Ballets C de la B Foi revolves around the simple question: what do you believe in? Set in a triangular post 9-11 site designed by Rufus Didwiszus, peculiar protagonists wake up realizing they survived a disaster and try to find a way out of this no exit place. They are surrounded by intangible, invisible angel-like dancing beings, who manipulate the gestures and actions of the colorful actors, sometimes tender, sometimes ill-intentioned. Each time they think they're safe, another catastrophe hits them, from an earthquake to a gas leak to being slaughtered by a hammer. Yet every time the chatty characters survive, as if something was still unfinished, their destiny unfulfilled.
Toms Song Joanna Dudley 2021-05-26 | by Joanna Dudley and Rufus Didwiszus "The installation "Tom's Song" (2006) is quite stirring for several reasons, the music is beautiful, the story behind the music is heart warming, it is technically involved and it is all analog!" RHIZOME Tom played ukulele, whistled and wrote songs, which he himself sung under his stage name The Golden Oldie. He performed when he felt inclined to at the Senior Citizens Club and rehearsed in his garden shed. Tom’s Song is an installation, which accompanies Tom singing the last song he could remember to sing at 96 years old - It’s June in January. It’s June in January Because I’m in love It always is spring in my heart with you in my arms. The snow is just white blossoms that fall from above. And here is the reason, my dear, Your magical charms. The night is cold The trees are bare But I can feel the scent of roses in the air. It’s June in January Because I’m in love But only because I’m in love with you. Oh the night is cold! Won’t it be to bear? But I can feel the scent of roses in the air. It’s June in January Because I’m in love But only because I’m in love with you. A wooden container can be entered via a door. Old portable LP players and their speakers create a floor covering and music boxes with their pianola-like paper scores hang down from the ceiling. An elevated pathway allows the spectator to walk through the room. Each music box and LP player have their own part to play in the mechanical orchestra whose prime role is to accompany the one LP of Tom singing his song and accompanying himself on the ukulele. Every LP player has it’s own specifically composed LP. Whistled harmonies, the strumming of banjos and tolling of bells create the multi-voiced LP accompaniment for Tom’s song. The hanging music box scores are paper cards punctured with holes and fed through the metal teeth of the music boxes, which hang from the ceiling above. As with the LP players, each music box plays it’s own composed score to create an accompanying orchestra for Tom’s song. Mechanically operated, each LP player and music box will start at the same time. Once each instrument has come to the end of it’s own score, they collectively re-start to play it over again. In Cocteau’s La Belle et la Bete a garden shed holds the jewels, treasures and powers of the Beast. In the shed of Tom’s Song, we find a hanging mechanical sound garden of memories and song and is dedicated to all elderly men and their ukuleles.
LOUIS & BEBE promo Joanna Dudley 2021-05-26 | LOUIS & BEBE 1 COUPLE 3 LIVES 3 DEATHS 9 SONGS a performance by JOANNA DUDLEY RUFUS DIDWISZUS DIRK DRESSELHAUS with JOANNA DUDLEY SCHNEIDER TM direction and design RUFUS DIDWISZUS costumes PIETER BAX light JENS SETHZMAN featuring piano music from GRAHAME DUDLEY producer BINDER + PARTNER BERLIN
Paper Music excerpts Joanna Dudley 2021-05-26 | Paper Music excerpts Paper Music is the latest project in the long-time, ongoing collaboration between Johannesburg-born visual artist William Kentridge and his South African compatriot Philip Miller. Their artistic partnership dates back to Kentridge’s 1993 film Felix in Exile, part of his celebrated Soho Eckstein series for which Miller wrote the score. Paper Music is a witty, poignant, a gently subversive song-and-film cycle; it unites films, mostly animations based on William Kentridge’s charcoal and ink drawings, with live musical performances by vocalists Ann Masina and Joanna Dudley, pianist Vincenzo Pasquariello, and composer Philip Miller. A fascinating exploration of the relationships between sound and image.Composer Philip MillerFilms William KentridgeVocalist Ann MasinaVocalist Joanna DudleyPianist Vincenzo PasquarielloCostumes Greta Goris
LOUIS & BEBE excerpts Joanna Dudley 2021-05-26 | LOUIS & BEBE 1 COUPLE 3 LIVES 3 DEATHS 9 SONGS "The evening definitely belongs to the best works in experimental musical theatre Berlin has seen lately. And that does mean something." D/Bdigital in berlin LOUIS & BEBE are a maverick musical couple. Joanna Dudley is a long time music theatre performer and diva of Javanese pop and Dirk Dresselhaus has one famed foot in the electro pop scene and the other firmly planted in the world of improvised noise. Together they are LOUIS & BEBE. Whether brother and sister, evil twins or fated lovers; they are two sides of the same coin. LOUIS & BEBE is a journey in 3 chapters, from childhood- The Landing (Reaching for the Red Star Sky), through to the abundant beauty of life in full bloom- The Garden (Portraits of a Zoomorphic Couple) and finally death- The Graveyard (A Night with Two Moons). From human to animal and animal to vegetable, the life lines of LOUIS & BEBE are punctuated by the ringing of bells, the calling of birds and accompanied by their own sound track of song, pop & noise. a performance by JOANNA DUDLEY RUFUS DIDWISZUS DIRK DRESSELHAUS with JOANNA DUDLEY SCHNEIDER TM direction and design RUFUS DIDWISZUS costumes PIETER BAX light JENS SETHZMAN featuring piano music by GRAHAME DUDLEY producer BINDER + PARTNER BERLIN
Dudley & Didwiszus 5 minute show reel Joanna Dudley 2021-05-26 | "This beautiful, rich and eerie evening was directed by Dudley and Rufus Didwiszus; their imagination and artistry out performed an entire season at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden." BERLINER ZEITUNG Joanna's collaborative work with the ingenious set designer Rufus Didwiszus has culminated in a wide range of projects that fall between performance, installation, music video and opera. Their work has led to collaborations with the infamous electro noise musician SchneiderTM, the absolute vocal masters of the Ars Nova, Capilla Flamenca and the creative ingenuity of dancer and singer Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola known also for his work with DV8, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Sasha Waltz. Didwiszus worked for Kammerspiele Munich, Schaubühne Berlin, Deutsches Theater Berlin, Schauspielhaus Hamburg, TAT Frankfurt, Komische Oper Berlin, Opernhaus Zürich, Royal Opera Stockholm, Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm, Aarhus Teater, Betty Nansen Teatret Copenhagen, Sydney Theatre Company, Salzburger Festspiele, Wiener Festwochen, Edinburgh festival, Avignon festival a.o. He has created sets for Barrie Kosky, Thomas Ostermeier, Sasha Waltz, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Christian Spuck, Christian Stückl, Stefan Larsson, Tomas Alfredson, Christian Lollike a.o. Rufus has been a guest lecturer for set design and architecture in Berlin and Munich.Since 2004 he is creating, directing and designing his own music- theatre performances together with Joanna Dudley. http://didwiszus.blogspot.de/
Lulu silent film by William Kentridge featuring Joanna Dudley.mp4 Joanna Dudley 2021-05-26 | Joanna Dudley as Lulu film by William Kentridge for the opera by Alban Berg"The Lulu of the Kentridge’s drawings resemble Joanna Dudley, a silent actor who represents the sensual soul of Lulu, teasing with her clothing, contorting herself, and draping herself over the piano." New York Classical ReviewFilm created by William Kentridge for the opera Lulu by Alban Berg for the Metropolitan Opera New York. This film features Joanna Dudley as Lulu and Luc de Wit. Rehearsal recording.Video editing Catherine MeyburghCostumes Greta Goris
We Will Slam You With Our Wings promotional video Joanna Dudley 2021-03-19 | "We Will Slam You With Our Wings"An operatic video installation for an army of six girls and one lady.We have been shown that a new order is paramount.These girls may just help take us there."We Will Slam You With Our Wings" is a video and sound installation comprising of seven life size screens. Each screen depicts a 19th century imperialistic portrait with one noticeable difference. Instead of the lavish depiction of men, a young girl between the age of 8 to 16 stands in her own frame, in her own regalia and holding her own stance of power. The young girls combined are the leaders, the army, the chorus, the pack, the collective and the future voice. Joanna Dudley, the performer known for her ground-breaking collaborations with William Kentridge, is the chieftain and mentor, encouraging the girls to take autonomy over their own voices and to create the world afresh."We Will Slam You With Our Wings" draws on another quintessential 19th century form and turns it on it’s head- the dramatic soprano’s death aria in opera. Each girl carefully recreates an operatic death scene representing the squirmish heights of patriarchal fantasy. However, in their versions, the tragic fates of Dido, Tosca, Madame Butterfly, Salome, Brünnhilde and Suor Angelica take a decided turn for the better. Rather than being lead to their deaths as we have grown to expect, this female army leads you to watch them loudly, playfully, proudly and unnervingly conquer.Each screen runs simultaneously, creating not only a highly choreographed choir but also a polyphonic operatic sound score.Patriotic speeches from the world’s male dictators and leaders proclaiming thedeclaration of war are not left unscathed. They are rewritten, re-screamed and re-performed in an entirely different way again, and for very different purposes and outcomes. Powerful in their collective consciousness, the girls spawn an altogether different kind of social order, based on their own rules and their own wishes.The girl’s army is menacing but heartbreakingly touching, tragic but humorous, and sardonic but honest. The army is quintessentially feminine, yet the female embodies excessively male characteristics, making them her own to create a new being. The hunted becomes the hunter, the tamed controls, and the dying beauty takes her own revenge. This video sketch includes 3 of the 6 girls: Tabatha Howard, Ruth Alice McIlleron and Mpho Takane and is the result of the first filming in Johannesburg. Creation and Sound Compositionby Joanna DudleyCollaborator & Projection Design by Catherine MeyburghSet and Installation Design by Rufus DidwiszusCostume Design by Janosch MallwitzSound Design & Final Mix by Adam HowardPerformances by:Beatrix Juno DudleyTabatha Howard Kittu HoyneEsmé Olive McgrathRuth Alice McIlleronMpho Takane & Joanna DudleyWe Will Slam You With Our Wings would like to give thanks to our Funding Archangel Brenda R. Potterand to our Supporting AngelsThe William Kentridge Studio, JohannesburgThe Centre for the Less Good Idea, JohannesburgCandy Stobbs and Sofia VictorinoThe Whitechapel Gallery, LondonTHE TITLE IS BASED ON HENRY DARGER’S PAINTING We Will Slam Them With Our Wings © 2020 Kiyoko Lerner / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New YorkProduced by Joanna Dudleycontact: dudley.joanna@gmail.comAll rights reserved © Joanna Dudley 2020
A Guided Tour of the Exhibition for Soprano and Handbag Joanna Dudley 2020-09-27 | A Guided Tour of the Exhibition for soprano and handbagArt Gallery of South Australia accompanying the exhibition "That Which We Do Not Remember" by William Kentridge. Conception WILLIAM KENTRIDGE, JOANNA DUDLEYVocal construction, choreography and performance JOANNA DUDLEYcostumes Greta Gorisvideo projection design Catherine Meyburghcurator Rhana DavenportGuided tours in museums intend to give visitors a closer understanding of the artwork. On the other hand, every text explaining a work of art automatically places it in the past, immobilizes it, silences it. In this performance developed by William Kentridge and soprano Joanna Dudley, they work against the museification of artworks. The performance “A Guided Tour of the Exhibition: For Soprano with Handbag” allows the pictures to defend themselves and to resist interpretations. It is both an accompanying programme to the exhibition and its refutation."The Guided Tour of the Exhibition" is a Co-production between the Berliner Festspiele / Foreign Affairs and Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin.The exhibition was made possible thank to Naomi Milgrom AO, founder of the Naomi Milgrom Foundation, principal exhibition patron and lender.
Joanna Dudley 10 minute showreel 2020 Joanna Dudley 2020-09-26 | "No expectation can prepare you for the performance of Joanna Dudley. She has created a creature as riveting as anything I’ve seen on stage. Her singing and vocalisation — yelps, throat stops and growls, often distorted into something akin to a theremin — is extraordinary, her conveyance of emotion piercing."The New York Times.
Joanna Dudley as Kaiser Wilhelm in The Head & The Load Joanna Dudley 2020-09-26 | "The Head & the Load" by William Kentridge and Philip Miller combines music, dance, film projections, mechanised sculptures and shadow play to tell the story of the millions of African porters and carriers who were involved in the First World War. The world premiere of this major new work was staged in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. The music in this excerpt is performed by Mario Gotoh and Vincenzo Pasquariello.
A Guided Tour of the Exhibition for soprano and handbag STAGE VERSION Joanna Dudley 2016-12-07 | Conception WILLIAM KENTRIDGE, JOANNA DUDLEYGuided tours in museums intend to give visitors a closer understanding of the art work. On the other hand, every text explaining a work of art automatically places it in the past, immobilizes it, silences it. In this performance developed by William Kentridge and soprano Joanna Dudley, they work against the museification of art works. The performance “A Guided Tour of the Exhibition: For Soprano with Handbag” allows the pictures to defend themselves and to resist interpretations. It is both an accompanying programme to the exhibition and its refutation.Co-production: Berliner Festspiele / Foreign Affairs and Martin-Gropius-Bau“A Guided Tour of the Exhibition: For Soprano with Handbag” is represented by Quaternaire (quaternaire.org)
Who Killed Cock Robin? and LOUIS & BEBE excerpts Joanna Dudley 2016-10-04 | "This beautiful, rich and eerie evening was directed by Dudley and Rufus Didwiszus; their imagination and artistry out performed an entire season at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden."BERLINER ZEITUNGJoanna's collaborative work with the ingenious set designer Rufus Didwiszus has culminated in a wide range of projects that fall between performance, installation, music video and opera. Their work has led to collaborations with the infamous electro noise musician SchneiderTM, the absolute vocal masters of the Ars Nova, Capilla Flamenca and the creative ingenuity of dancer and singer Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola known also for his work with DV8, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Sasha Waltz. The works in these pieces feature the music of Joanna's father, the composer, lecturer and conductor Grahame Dudley.Who Killed Cock Robin? is a performance created by Joanna Dudley and Rufus Didwiszus. It tells the story of a boy (Joanna Dudley), who one evening discovers a deserted house where he meets his six guardians (Capilla Flamenca). These men take the boy on a strange voyage using ancient ceremonies and old hunting traditions. They travel through foreign territories on the tones of 14th century Ars Nova music and its contemporary adaptations.In Who Killed Cock Robin? Dudley and Didwiszus broaden their collaboration to include the renown early music vocal and instrumental ensemble Capilla Flamenca and the Swiss video artist Samuel Dématraz, whose highly unique work creates a environment of unease and dark beauty. Specially featured music composed by Grahame Dudley.Capilla Flamenca are:Music direction and Bass Dirk SnellingsCountertenor Marnix De CatTenor Tore DenysBaritone Lieven TermontViol/Fiddle Liam FennellyLute Floris De RyckerArrangement and libretto of the song "Who Killed Cock Robin?" by Grahame DudleyDesign costumes Ulrike Gutbrodfor Joanna DudleyProduced by Binder + Partner Berlin.LOUIS & BEBE1 COUPLE 3 LIVES 3 DEATHS 9 SONGSLOUIS & BEBE are a maverick musical couple. Joanna Dudley is a long time music theatre performer and diva of Javanese pop and Dirk Dresselhaus has one famed foot in the electro pop scene and the other firmly planted in the world of improvised noise. Together they are LOUIS & BEBE.Whether brother and sister, evil twins or fated lovers; they are two sides of the same coin.LOUIS & BEBE is a journey in 3 chapters, from childhood- The Landing (Reaching for the Red Star Sky), through to the abundant beauty of life in full bloom- The Garden (Portraits of a Zoomorphic Couple) and finally death- The Graveyard (A Night with Two Moons). From human to animal and animal to vegetable, the life lines of LOUIS & BEBE are punctuated by the ringing of bells, the calling of birds and accompanied by their own sound track of song, pop & noise.a performance by JOANNA DUDLEYRUFUS DIDWISZUSDIRK DRESSELHAUSwith JOANNA DUDLEYSCHNEIDER TMdirection and designRUFUS DIDWISZUScostumesPIETER BAXlightJENS SETHZMANfeaturing piano music byGRAHAME DUDLEY
Paper Music Joanna Dudley 2016-10-04 | Paper Music is the latest project in the long-time, ongoing collaboration between Johannesburg-born visual artist William Kentridge and his South African compatriot Philip Miller. Their artistic partnership dates back to Kentridge’s 1993 film Felix in Exile, part of his celebrated Soho Eckstein series for which Miller wrote the score. Paper Music is a witty, poignant, a gently subversive song-and-film cycle; it unites films, mostly animations based on William Kentridge’s charcoal and ink drawings, with live musical performances by vocalists Ann Masina and Joanna Dudley, pianist Vincenzo Pasquariello, and composer Philip Miller. A fascinating exploration of the relationships between sound and image.Composer Philip MillerFilms William KentridgeVocalist Ann MasinaVocalist Joanna DudleyPianist Vincenzo PasquarielloCostumes Greta GorisPaper Music is represented by Quaternaire (quaternaire.org)
Paper Music Berlin excerpts Joanna Dudley 2016-10-04 | Paper Music is the latest project in the long-time, ongoing collaboration between Johannesburg-born visual artist William Kentridge and his South African compatriot Philip Miller. Their artistic partnership dates back to Kentridge’s 1993 film Felix in Exile, part of his celebrated Soho Eckstein series for which Miller wrote the score. Paper Music is a witty, poignant, a gently subversive song-and-film cycle; it unites films, mostly animations based on William Kentridge’s charcoal and ink drawings, with live musical performances by vocalists Ann Masina and Joanna Dudley, pianist Vincenzo Pasquariello, and composer Philip Miller. A fascinating exploration of the relationships between sound and image.Composer Philip MillerFilms William KentridgeVocalist Ann MasinaVocalist Joanna DudleyPianist Vincenzo PasquarielloCostumes Greta GorisPaper Music is represented by Quaternaire (quaternaire.org)
Who Killed Cock Robin? Joanna Dudley 2016-10-04 | Who Killed Cock Robin? is a performance created by Joanna Dudley and Rufus Didwiszus. It tells the story of a boy (Joanna Dudley), who one evening discovers a deserted house where he meets his six guardians (Capilla Flamenca). These men take the boy on a strange voyage using ancient ceremonies and old hunting traditions. They travel through foreign territories on the tones of 14th century Ars Nova music and its contemporary adaptations.In Who Killed Cock Robin? Dudley and Didwiszus broaden their collaboration to include the renown early music vocal and instrumental ensemble Capilla Flamenca and the Swiss video artist Samuel Dématraz, whose highly unique work creates a environment of unease and dark beauty. Specially featured music composed by Grahame Dudley.Capilla Flamenca are:Music direction and Bass Dirk SnellingsCountertenor Marnix De CatTenor Tore DenysBaritone Lieven TermontViol/Fiddle Liam FennellyLute Floris De RyckerArrangement and libretto of the song "Who Killed Cock Robin?" by Grahame DudleyDesign costumes Ulrike Gutbrodfor Joanna DudleyProduced by Binder + Partner Berlin.
