MESSIAEN. A BIRDSOUL, FILM RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT!

This online premiere will mark the Film Release of the 4th Intertwining Arts multidisciplinary project "Messiaen. A BIRDSOUL". It is an artistic collaboration in a theatrical setting: a combination of music, choreography/dance photo&3D projections, costume design, and stage direction. Multiple artistic elements are woven together to express a plot with a story of a young bird learning how to fly, growing and becoming mature over time, willing to take a risk in order to stay true to her aspirations.

📆 August 21, 2021⠀ @ 21:00 CEST

🌐FILM LIVE PREMIERE ON YOUTUBE - MAKE SURE TO SET YOUR REMINDER ON!

3:00pm ET | 12:00Pm PT | 9:00pm CEST | 10:00pm EEST⠀

PROJECT INFO

WATCH THE BONUS FEATHERS OF THE PROJECT IN THE MEANTIME!

MESSIAEN: A BIRDSOUL - World Premiere

Project cast left to right: Katrin Szamatulski (flute), Marzia Zuliani (dance), Elina Akselrud (piano, production)
Costume elements: Brande Wilkerson

Dear Friends,

It is a huge honor for me to take this opportunity and to thank the entire Intertwining Arts Team for being so great and strong, to thank our audience for showing up despite the unusual seating policies and necessity to keep social distancing, our venue Theater Pavillon Luzern and the provider of our wonderful C.Bechstein B-212 grand piano Musikhaus Gisler for being so flexible and willing to help, and of course, all our supporters for making the premiere and shooting of the film of the project “Messiaen. a BIRDSOUL” happen!

The entire project team worked tirelessly for many countless months developing the concept, planning the staging, learning the repertoire/choreography, preparing for the film shooting and performing... In the spring we have learned the news that the project must be postponed from June due to the COVID-19. We did not know until a few weeks beforehand whether the it would still happen in August, however we were extremely lucky that it was possible!

A grand Thank You from the bottom of my heart goes to every single person and organization who has contributed to creating “Messiaen. a BIRDSOUL” in any way. I cannot wait to start the postproduction of the film! I hope that all of you will have a peaceful wrap up of the summer and that this strange year will be looking up for all from now on. Thank you for being with us.

Sincerely,
Elina Akselrud
Founder & Artistic Director
Intertwining Arts

MESSIAEN: A BIRDSOUL - Project Announcement

Dear WORLD,

We at Intertwining Arts hope that you have seen and enjoyed our latest work, the FILM "TRANSIENCE" that we released recently! Today we are announcing the world premiere of our 4th Project: Messiaen. a BIRDSOUL on August 20, 2020 @ 8 p.m. CET at Theater Pavillon Luzern in Switzerland!

Elina Akselrud, piano
Marzia Zuliani, contemporary dance
Ernst Kehrli, 3D projections
Sarah Brower, choreography
Katrin Szamatulski, flute
Brande Wilkerson, costume elements

Music: the 'Bird' piano pieces by Olivier Messiaen outside of the “Bird Catalogue”: “Petites Esquisses d'Oiseaux”, “La Fauvette des Jardins”, “La Merle Noir” (with flute)
Dance: a mix of a previously developed base with spontaneous improvisational elements
Visuals: 3D projections: fine art photos and moving ambient elements with a bird/nature theme
Costume elements: masks and props that create a real theatrical experience

INFO & TICKETS

Our supporters:

Stiftung Monika Widmer
Stiftung Anne-Marie Schindler
FUKA-Fonds Stadt Luzern
Marianne und Curt Dienemann-Stiftung
Migros Kulturprozent
Regionalkonferenz Kultur RKK
Strebi Stiftung
Musikhaus Gisler

We wish you all to stay healthy, safe, and to never stop creating.

See you at the premiere,
The Intertwining Arts team