Choreography / Dance: Maura Morales
Stagedesign: Claudio Capellini
Dramaturgy: Claudia Küppers
Lighting design: Niko Moddenborg
Music: Michio Woirgardt
Costume: Thi Nga Nguyen
Photo: Klaus Handner, Johannes Schulz Schottler

Wunschkonzert tells the story of a woman who, in the monotony and loneliness of everyday life, has lost the ability to communicate with the outside world. The dancer and choreographer Maura Morales contrasts the hopelessness of real life with a dream world and designs in her story a different, fulfilled life lived.

Maura Morales’ brilliant first work as a cooperativa Maura Morales together with the composer Michio Woirgardt has been performed 85 times in 15 different countries and on 4 different continents. The production is updated against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, which forces people all over the world into the sometimes painful loneliness.

In this dance piece, which is based on a text by Franz Xaver Kroetz, the audience is led to the abysses of the human psyche without sinking into absolute hopelessness. The audience witness an emotion-charged performance with an extremely dynamic and virtuoso body language. Especially in times of corona and shutdown, the solo shines a current spotlight on the feeling of isolation, but it also provides inspiration and imagination for one’s own life.

COOPERATIVA MAURA MORALES
The contemporary dance company Cooperativa Maura Morales consists of the dancer/choreographer Maura Morales and the composer Michio Woirgardt. Depending on the concept and scope of the respective project, the ensemble will be expanded by additional artists.
Established in 2010, the company has since realized numerous stage plays and, with a touring volume of about 40 guest performances per year, is one of the most touring (nationally, internationally) independent companies in NRW. Co-production partners include the FFT Dusseldorf, the Ringlokschauppen/Ruhr and the Pumpenhaus/Munster. It receives regular invitations as a guest choreographer from state and city theatres such as Ballett Magdeburg, Ballet Vorpommern, or Provincial Dances Theatre/Russia, as well as invitations to prestigious international dance festivals. Since mid-2018, Cooperativa Maura Morales has received the 3-year concept funding from the City of Dusseldorf. In 2014, Cooperativa Maura Morales received the funding award for performing arts from the State Capital of Dusseldorf.

Awarded with the Kurt Jooss Prize in 2013.

A production by the Cooperativa Maura Morales in co-production with theatreimballsaal/Bonn and the Festspielhaus St. Pélten.Funded by: Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Kunststiftung NRW, MoveArts e.V.
Supported by the NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZ Guest Spielfunderung Tanz, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media, as well as the Ministries of Culture and Arts of the States