Koyaanisqatsi, Godfrey Reggio’
s cultic film (1982), whose score was written by
Philip
Glass
, is a narrative-less visual poem that represents modern man’s life-out-of-balance with particularly powerful images. Now
Dóra
Barta
recreates this distinctive “mythology of alienation” on the stage of Erkel Theatre, with dance and Glass’s repetitive music.
Budapest Dance Theatre
founder and director Béla Földi also chose some exciting raw material, The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury’s collection of science fiction short stories. The magical-mystical journey is accompanied by the music that Solaris originally wrote, thirty years ago, on the inspiration of Bradbury’s stories, a favourite with discerning listeners ever since.
