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Choreography, costumes & set: Per Jonsson
Lighting design: based on original design by Yvonne Brosset


A USA Premiere. A gripping work for 3 dancers, 3 paths of soil, 3 iron plates, accompanied by a soaring score performed by 6 accordions, 3 basses, an organ and percussion. This astounding work has been performed by Europe's top companies including the Cullberg Ballet, The Paris Opera, and The Royal Swedish, among others.

"In a league of its own...a masterpiece that touched nearly all the senses and was as ominous as it was profound...performed magnificently, schakt is the stuff of nightmares and one remarkable dance work."

- Arts Air


Number of performers: 3

Requirements for SCHAKT
   Masking: Black box
    Set: Three hanging 4x10 metal sheets
    on upstage pipe & three rows of peat/dirt
    If SCHAKT is performed in
    combination with another work
    time for rigging the metal sheets
    and laying the three dirt rows has
    to be considered
    Help is needed to lay the dirt and remove it.
    Duration 26 minutes