- October 23rd – November 2nd, 2025 Bockenheimer Depot, Frankfurt
- December 12th – 21st, 2025 Hellerau, Dresden
Duration: unknown
Emanuel Gat with DFDC
Maybe you can’t and shouldn’t try to explain a choreographic work. When asked, “what is the work about?”, the accurate answer would be: “well, I have no idea, we have to wait and see”. The only thing pre-determined when it comes to choreography, the way Emanuel Gat sees and practices it, is the HOW. The WHAT, the WHY, the WHEREOF, are all elements which emerge from the thing as it is happening.
Emanuel Gat’s work with the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company will engage with two of the Lieder from Gustav Mahler’s song cycle Das Lied von der Erde. Two parts, with Der Einsame im Herbst and the last Lied of the cycle, Der Abschied, frame a third central part that is without music. Completely different every time it is being performed, the work follows principles in which the choreographic future cannot be designed, but has to be discovered by the dancers each time they engage with the work. Welcome, enjoy the experience!