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Metamorphosis
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Metamorphosis © Bengt Wanselius



 At Metamorphosis centre is the body's constant changes, the cells' constant renewal – the metamorphosis: "Even when we believe we are completely still, our bodies are moving. That movement is life. To stop is to die. Life is like cycling – if you stop you lose your balance and fall over. Life is balance in motion."

Metamorphosis, created for GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, is also about controlling, and allowing oneself to be controlled.

Saburo Teshigawara

Premiere: 8 March 2014, Göteborg Opera (SE)

With: Göteborg Opera Dance Company, The Göteborg Opera Chorus
Chorégraphie, conception décor, lumières, costumes : Saburo Teshigawara
Musical direction: Henrik Schaefer
Choreographer assistant: Rihoko Sato
Lighting assistant: Hiroki Shimizu
Stage manager: Kazuomi Kurosawa
Original music: Tim Wright
Additional musics: O sacrum convivium by Olivier Messiaen, performed by Vox Clamantis, conducted by Jaan-Eik Tulve
Soupir by Maurice Ravel, the first of three songs from Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé (1913) transcribed by Clytus Gottwald for a cappella choir, performed byAccentus Chamber; conducted by Laurence Equilbey

Touring: GöteborgsOperans Danskompani