- Liz Kinoshita: "11 O'clock"
In her new creation, Liz Kinoshita reaches into her mechanisms of the musical research for this performance to focus on one particular mechanism, the ’11 o’clock number’. Traditionally found in musicals as the second to last number wherein a protagonist makes a pivotal realisation through a soliloquy-like address, the 11 o’clock number generally has plenty of emotion, conviction, drive and heart.
Historically it can be a show-stopper or a melancholic reflective moment. Liz has an interest in how we conduct ourselves, and what power there is in listening to and observing each other’s methods for dealing with today’s quandaries… Do we pray, do we indulge, do we lash out, do we acquiesce? The title 11 O’clock lends itself to the conation of the 11th hour, of impending catastrophe, of an immediacy and directness, to be delivered on stage. Némo Flouret, Irene Occhiato, and Liz Kinoshita dance, sing originally composed lyrics, and play trumpet through this hour-long performance, with music from Belgian trumpet player Bart Maris, among others. As always Liz strives to make performance in which the audience feels addressed and energized. 11 O’clock aims to come face to face with our truths through dance, song and direct rhetoric.
- Credits
Concept, direction Liz Kinoshita
Creation, performance Némo Flouret, Liz Kinoshita, Irene Occhiato
Creation Sophia Dinkel, Justin F. Kennedy, Clinton Stringer
Instrumental music Bart Maris, Eitan Efrat, Oscar Peterson
Lighting design Tim Wouters
Technique Elke Verachtert
Costumes Anne-Catherine Kunz
Artistic advice Chrysa Parkinson
Sound advice Chris Peck, Bart Celis
Executive production Caravan Production (Brussel, BE)
Coproduction CC Brugge (Brugge, BE), PACT Zollverein (Essen, DE), Kunstenwerkplaats – KWP (Brussel, BE), MDT (Stockholm, SE)
Residencies Danspunt (Gent, BE), De Grote Post (Oostende, BE), De Factorij (Zaventem, BE), KAAP (Brugge, BE), STUK (Leuven, BE), Kunstenwerkplaats – KWP (Brussel, BE), CC Brugge (Brugge, BE)
With support ofThe Flemish Authorities
Special thanks to Salka Ardal Rosengren, Ariane Clark, Louise Tanoto, Sylvie De Pauw, Dick van der Harst, Jacinte Armstrong, Studio Zaman (Brussels, BE), Tanzhaus Zürich (Zürich, CH)
- Bio Liz Kinoshita
Liz Kinoshita was born in Toronto, Canada and moved to Europe in 2002. She studied at P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels, Belgium 2004-2008. Liz has since worked with ZOO/Thomas Hauert, Tino Sehgal, Good Move/Eleanor Bauer, Hiatus/Daniel Linehan, among others, as well as making her own work with collaborators such as Clinton Stringer, Justin F. Kennedy, and Salka Ardal Rosengren. In 2013 she started her research into the mechanisms ofthe musical. In 2014 she createdVOLCANO, a contemporary dance backstage musical performance.In 2017 Liz premiered Radical Empathy (commissioned by Den Danske Scenekunstskole) and You Can’t Take It With You, an in-the-round performance about waste vs necessity. Liz was part of Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker’s artistic team for West Side Story on Broadway. Liz’s new creation 11 O’clock is
set to be shared on stage and screen in 2021.
- Timetable
Liz Kinoshita
“11 O’clock”
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