Carmen is a rebellious bird, a wanderer, a hustler, a factory worker, a polylingual, shape-shifting lover, stateless and ungovernable. In collaboration with writers Sophia Al-Maria and Fred Moten, Moved by the Motion digs through the many layers of Carmen’s legacy while taking the source material further. Bizet’s original score weaves together with musical interventions by composers Andrew Yee and Asma Maroof to create this hybrid opera-theatre piece. Working seamlessly with language, movement, image and song, Moved by the Motion forms a genre-bending adaptation that reinterprets the themes that Carmen embodies: love, loss and liberation. Based on the opera by George Bizet & inspired by the novella by Prosper Mérimée.
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Staging
Wu Tsang & moved by the motion
Creative Direction
Tosh Basco
Choreography
Josh Johnson
Musical Direction
Asma Maroof
Composition
Andrew Yee
Conductors
Zoi Tsokanou und Jonathan Palmer Lakeland
Screenplay
Sophia Al-Maria
Stage Design
Nina Mader & Nicole Hoesli
Costume Design
Kyle Luu
Production
Schauspielhaus Zürich 2024
Co-production
Hartwig Art Foundation / Collegium Novum Zürich / Georg Solti Accademia
Photo Credit
Inès Manai
Singers
Katia Ledoux
/ Asude Karayavu / Ryan Capozzo
With Alicia Aumüller / Tosh Basco / Ryan Capozzo / Emeka* Ene / Tabita Johannes / Josh Johnson / Asude Karayavuz / Katia Ledoux / Mickey Mahar / Perle Palombe / Benjamin Radjaipour / Steven Sowah / Sophie Yukiko