Short Stories in 10 songs around the world (A Dancert)
Fri. 13 Jan 2012; 19:00h
Co-Production with Grazer Spielstaetten
Konzerthaus Wien, as part of music4u, Jeunesse
Composers and Musicians (Live Music):
Thomas Mauerhofer, Klaus Wienerroither
Dancers: Lindsay Alford, Koto Aoki
Lighting Designer: Sabine Wiesenbauer
Costume Designer: Matthias Strahm
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Lindsay Alford (Dancer)
Lindsay is a Canadian dancer currently living in Graz, Austria. She first came to Graz in 2009 to participate in "Backstage Pass", with the help of the School of Contemporary Dancers Graduation fund. Since then she has been performing regularly with @tendance/C.Medina (2 Scan Deep, It is not always WYSIWG and 2 Scan Deep, too).
Lindsay is a former company member of Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers where she had the opportunity to work with choreographers Serge Bennathan, Rachel Browne and artistic director Brent Lott. She is a graduate of the Senior Professional program of the School of Contemporary Dancers as well as the MainDance Bridging Program. She has performed at the Canada Dance Festival, dancing works by Sarah Chase (2006), Tedd Robinson and Stephanie Ballard (2008). She has also performed with Boca del Lupo theatre company in Vancouver, BC.
Koto Aoki (Dancer)
Koto started her training at the age of three at the Masao Hirata Dance School (Contemporary dance) and continued her education from 1995 on at the Japanese WCPE, NOMA Ballet School, Yuji Numajiri Ballet Studio and the Yanagi Jazz Dance Studio. In 1997 she became member of the Masao Hirata Dance Company (Contemporary Dance) and performed in productions by M. Hirata, T. Hirata and Y. Nakahara to name a few. From 2003 to 2009 Koto collaborated with a group of musicians to bring some of her own choreographies like “Shall walk looking up” or “A Thousand Years Medal” on to stage. In 2009 she followed her husband, who has been engaged at the opera, to Graz, where she lives since.
Koto has been performing regularly with @tendance/C.Medina (2 Scan Deep, It is not always WYSIWG and Short Stories).
Thomas Mauerhofer (Composer/Musician)
He started playing classical guitar at an early age and soon moved on to playing in various funk and rock projects. Later on he studied jazz guitar at the prestigeous University in Graz, Austria, as well as at the Royal Conservatory in Rotterdam, and started working professionally.
Together with saxophonist Georg Gratzer he stayed in London to explore the experimental music scene and to expand his musical repertoire with more avantgardistic influences. During these stays the two composed music for different small theatre pieces and developed the concept of carysfortstories.
Growing interest in original music from different parts of the world led to collaborations with musicans from the Balkan, Persia and also India. And in 2008 and 2009 he visited India where he stayed in Mumbai, Kolkata, Bhopal and a lot of other places to study classical Indian music. Over the years he has developed a huge repertoire of guitar music and styles, which he brings to his improvisations with sublime ease.
Apart from being guitarist and doing live- and studiowork, he discovered his interest in another part of the music universe which is what
one might call sounddesign: the actual art of recording and bringing out the best aspects of what’s been played at a specific moment!
He currently expands his musical horizon by playing a 8-string guitar designed by Novax Guitars.
Sabine Wiesenbauer (Lighting Designer)
Sabine Wiesbauer is a freelance artist in "shaping the contemporary art", the lighting designer can look back on more than 20 years of professional experience. The spectrum of her work with artists includes a variety of industries from "A" for artistry, "M" for musical theater, and "T" like technology to "Z" (Zeit-genössische) contemporary music. She works for festivals such as the "Styrian Autumn", the "styriarte", the "ORF music Protocol" or "märzmusik berlin". She has lit productions for Olga Neuwirth, Georg Nussbaumer, Jordi Savall, Vladimir Ivanoff, just to name a few.
Matthias Strahm (Costume Designer)
Born in Zürich, Matthias was trained as a dancer in Switzerland and at the National Ballet Academy in Amsterdam, and has worked amongst others with 'Het Nationale Ballet' Amsterdam, 'Ballet Carmen Roche' Madrid and from 2007 till 2011 with 'Tanz Graz' Oper Graz.
His credits as costume designer include works for 'Oper Graz', 'Schauspielhaus Graz' and 'Scottish Dance Theatre'. He collaborated with '@tendance/C.Medina' for the costume design for '2 Scan Deep', 'WYSIWYG' and 'Short Stories'. Since 2011 he is working as an independent costume and fashion designer.
Klaus Wienerroither (Composer/Musician)
born in Linz/Upper Austria
first guitar lessons at age 14
studied Psychology at the Vienna University (M.Ph. with distinction)
studied Guitar at the Vienna Music University (1st diploma with distinction)
compositions and recordings in a great variety of musical styles, out of a natural interest and a rare understanding of these different genres (see projects)
freelance work for the Austrian broadcast (features for Radio Ö1)
lives and works in Vienna