Pitfall
[2025]
Oper Graz
Pitfall is an arena of emotion.
The undoing of the fist, becomes both an action and a metaphor: the moment when protection becomes exposure. A charged field where the body negotiates the weight of its own intensity.
Shifting polarity between inside and outside, self and other, rage and tenderness. Emotion here is raw, not represented, but embodied.
The point where fighting unfolds into care, and vulnerability becomes a form of freedom.
"What choreographer Etay Axelroad has created with "Pitfall": the dancers tremble and shake, literally pierced by the harsh string sounds of Anna Lann's soundtrack. These are broken, chalk-white people who crawl, jump, and contort themselves on the studio stage in an arena of emotions. Axelroad composes with bodies in a shockingly honest way and demonstrates an extraordinary sense of space, form, and lines. In addition to technical excellence, the ensemble also displays stirring expressiveness.'" Kronen Zeitung
Choreography: Etay Axelroad
For Oper Graz
Dancers: Gionata Sargentini / Sophia Esmeralda Vollmer / Fabio Agnello / Philipp Imbach / Thibaut Lucas Nury / Yuka Eda
Stage & costume design: Thomas Van der Jeught
Original music and sound design: Anna Lann
Lighting design: Martin Schwarz
Dramaturgy Ring: Dirk Elwert
Interns: Adonia Mara / Florian Mozar
