{"id":9688,"date":"2025-08-25T14:28:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T12:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hessisches-staatsballett.de\/stuecke\/im-afraid-to-forget-your-smile-force-majeure\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:32:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:32:49","slug":"im-afraid-to-forget-your-smile-force-majeure","status":"publish","type":"nb_production","link":"https:\/\/www.hessisches-staatsballett.de\/en\/stuecke\/im-afraid-to-forget-your-smile-force-majeure\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m afraid to forget your smile \/ Force Majeure \/ Midnight Raga"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’m afraid to forget your smile<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Dutch siblings Imre & Marne van Opstal<\/strong> are the shooting stars of the European dance scene. For Hessisches Staatsballett, they created their new work I\u2019m afraid to forget your smile<\/em> for six dancers, incorporating choirs and exploring the act of letting go as a transitional state\u2014an immersion in loss. A fleeting spark, so tangible and yet so ephemeral, that time itself seems to stand still.<\/p>\n

After performing with the renowned Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) 1 & 2 as well as the Batsheva Dance Company, the young van Opstal duo launched their promising choreographic career at NDT in 2016. Today, they create regularly for this prestigious institution and for companies across Europe.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Force Majeure<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In Force Majeure<\/em>, David Raymond & Tiffany Tregarthen<\/strong> explore the idea of existential surrender to an external force that may, at the same time, be deeply rooted within ourselves. They ask to what extent this unpredictable variable in the equation of human life reappears across the ages, and how our inner climate is intertwined with the outer one. Their search is for a harmony of formation and dissolution\u2014for the pact between creation and destruction as a driving force for change within ourselves, in our relationships with one another, with the world around us, and with our future.<\/p>\n

The Canadian duo\u2019s piece, set to compositions by French composer Ang\u00e8le David-Guillou<\/strong>, premiered as a new creation for Hessisches Staatsballett in the 2022\/23 season at Staatstheater Darmstadt. As part of Chronicles<\/em>, an excerpt of the choreography will be restaged, set to David-Guillou\u2019s works Forgetting Trees<\/em> and Exocet<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Midnight Raga<\/strong><\/h2>\n

For exceptional choreographer Marco Goecke<\/strong>, music is not usually the starting point of his creative process. In his duet Midnight Raga<\/em>, whose title refers to classical Indian music, it is different: the music of Ravi Shankar forms the point of departure.<\/p>\n

Despite the inspiration drawn from an Oriental\u2013Indian aesthetic \u2014 also reflected in the heavy blue silk fabrics of the costumes \u2014 Goecke\u2019s distinctive, nervous movement language remains unmistakable. After its premiere in 2017 at Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT 2), the choreography, tailor-made for the two dancers, is now being restaged with the Hessian State Ballet, taking on a new embodiment.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t

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Choreography<\/strong>
Imre & Marne van Opstal<\/p>\n

Set & Lighting<\/strong>
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Chorus Preparation and Musical Direction<\/strong>
Ines Kaun<\/p>\n

Rehearsal Director<\/strong>
Jaione Zabala Martin<\/p>\n

Dramaturgy<\/strong>
Lucas Herrmann<\/p>\n

World Premiere<\/strong>
Darmstadt \u2013 September 17, 2022, 7:30 pm
Staatstheater Darmstadt, Gro\u00dfes Haus<\/p>\n

Premiere Wiesbaden<\/strong>
October 28, 2022, 7:30 pm
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Choreography, Set & Costumes <\/strong>David Raymond & Tiffany Tregarthen<\/p>\n

Music <\/strong>Ang\u00e8le David-Guillou<\/p>\n

Piano <\/strong>Waldemar Martynel<\/p>\n

Lighting <\/strong>James Proudfoot<\/p>\n

Rehearsal Director <\/strong>Jaione Zabala Martin<\/p>\n

Original Cast<\/strong>
(for the restaging in the 2024\/25 season)<\/em>
Greta Dato, Gorka Duran Villar, Ramon John, Sayaka Kado, Kenedy Kallas, Masayoshi Katori, Bridget Lee, Mei-Yun Lu, Marcos Novais, Yamil Ortiz, Alessio Pirrone, Anthony Michael Pucci, Rita Winder<\/p>\n

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Choreography & Costumes<\/strong> Marco Goecke
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\nLighting<\/strong> Udo Haberland
\nChoreographic Assistance<\/strong> Hedda Twiehaus
\nRestaging<\/strong> Ludovico Pace
\nRehearsal<\/strong> Direction Luc Jacobs
\nDramaturgy<\/strong> Nadja Kadel<\/p>\n

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