A superlative production: This programme brings together seven A-list choreographers of worldwide fame.
Each of them transformed a mortal sin into a work for Gauthier Dance. The result: a tableau of fiendishness consisting of seven world premieres by Aszure Barton, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Sharon Eyal, Marcos Morau, Sasha Waltz as well as the two Gauthier Dance artists in residence Marco Goecke and Hofesh Shechter. What’s more, SWR / ARTE & EuroArts are also on board as TV production partners. The Seven Sins will be broadcast on the French-German channel ARTE.

A Theaterhaus production
In co-production with La Biennale di Venezia (Italy), Festspiele Ludwigshafen im Theater im Pfalzbau
In cooperation with SWR / ARTE & EuroArts


Aszure Barton (Sloth)
She can do classical, but she loves the freedom of movement: The pieces of the Canadian choreographer tend to oscilate between dream and reality, she often plays with the surreal. Aszure Barton uses connotations and fleeting images to charge the language of her dancers with meaning, turning it towards mysterious darkness or bright irony. In 2005 she became the first artist-in-residence at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York, she worked for many dance companies in her home country as well as for The American Ballet Theatre, the Martha Graham Dance Company, NDT or Bavarian State Ballet. In 2002 she set up her own company, Aszure Barton and Artists.

human undoing
Choreography and Costumes: Aszure Barton
Lighting Design: Mario Daszenies
Music: Craig Taborn


Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (Greed)
He dances with monks, with stones, with mirrors or acrobats. In his extremely soft, flowing style, he communicates with hip-hop, tango, Indian or Spanish dance. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui contrasts myths, nations, epochs and musical styles, he glides from genre to genre with ease, looking to capture the essential everywhere. The Belgian with Moroccan roots heads his company Eastman and the Royal Ballet of Flanders. Today, as widely acknowledged magician of the dazzling Gesamtkunstwerk his clients range from Beyoncé to ballet, opera and Broadway. In mid-2022 he will take over as artistic director of the Grand Théâtre de Genève.

Corrupt
Choreography: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Assistant choreographer: Robbie Moore
Costume Design: Veerle Van de Wouwer
Music Composer: Alexandre Dai Castaign
Musicians: Julia Kent (Cello), Loup Barrow (Crystal Bachet), Alice Duport-Percier (Vocal), Kelli Ali (Vocal), Arnaud Vernet (Vocal), Christian Kleiner (Double Bass)
Lighting Design: Mario Daszenies


Sharon Eyal (Envy)
The choreographer from Israel demonstrates the hypnotic power of the synchronous, the incredible dynamics of an organism made of human-machine-bodies. Minimal changes or serial variations disrupt the order of her groups, individuals break free from the repetitive patterns of an apparently post-human society. In 2013, Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar founded their own company L-E-V in Tel Aviv. The artist couple has a close relationship with Theaterhaus. Not only is their cult piece Killer Pig part of the Gauthier Dance repertoire. L-E-V was also a co-production partner of the 2015 COLOURS Festival and will guest at COLOURS 2022 next summer.

Point
Choreography and Costumes: Sharon Eyal
Lighting Design: Alon Cohen
Music: Anne Müller


Marco Goecke (Gluttony)
They flutter, twitch and tremble: Marco Goecke has invented a whole new universe of movements for the arms and upper body of his dancers, countless allusions permeate his noir pieces. Minimalistic in décor and costumes, between nervous dynamism and sudden lyricism, his highly musical choreography explores the hidden inner world. The long-term resident choreographer of the Stuttgart Ballet is now artistic director of the State Ballet Hanover. He has been an associate artist with Nederlands Dans Theater since 2013 and artist in residence with Gauthier Dance since 2019.

Yesterday's Scars
Choreography: Marco Goecke
Costume Design: Michaela Springer
Lighting Design: Udo Haberland
Music: The Velvet Underground, Jesse Callaert


Marcos Morau (Pride)
Marcos Morau composes pictures. His Catalan artist collective La Veronal turns dance into a theatrical performance, relying equally on texts, scenery, media and light. They create beguiling tableaux, a synaesthetic, multimedia dance theatre which the Spanish choreographer has developed into his very own narrative language. In addition to La Veronal, he also works for other companies such as the Spanish Compañía Nacional de Danza, the GöteborgOperans Danskompani or the Royal Danish Ballet.

HERMANA
Direction, Music and Costumes: Marcos Morau
Lighting Design: Mario Daszenies
Choreographic Assistants: Shay Partush, Marina Rodriguez


Hofesh Shechter (Lust)
His pieces literally explode on stage: With Hofesh Shechter, a harsh wind from the street blows through the theatre, existential anger burns in his savage, restless groups. The Israeli choreographer living in London depicts aggression, chaos and the longing for freedom, often set to hard rock rhythms composed by himself. Having established his fame with pieces such as Uprising, also in the Gauthier Dance repertoire, he founded the Hofesh Shechter Company in 2008 and also continues to work for major dance companies worldwide – since summer 2021 also as artist in residence of Gauthier Dance.

LUXURY GUILT
Choreography and Music: Hofesh Shechter
Costume Design: Gudrun Schretzmeier & Hofesh Shechter
Lighting Design: Mario Daszenies & Hofesh Shechter
Choreographer’s Assistant: Kim Kohlmann


Sasha Waltz (Wrath)
Coming from the independent scene, this icon of contemporary German dance theatre has stirred up the metropolis of Berlin and its theatres in a bold, rough and often bizzare way. Even as an established and revered figurehead, she has never given up her radical individuality: To this day, her pieces are expressive and intensely physical, even now that Waltz stages choreographic operas all over the world and moves her dancers through the vast spaces of famous museums. Since 1993 she has been artistic director of Sasha Waltz & Guests, for an interim period also of the Berlin State Ballet.

IRA
Direction, Choreography and Costumes: Sasha Waltz
Lighting Design: Arnaud Poumarat
Music: Diego Noguera Berger
Choreographic Assistant: Zaratiana Randriantenaina
Dramaturgical collaboration: Christopher Drum

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