In this performance from vocalist Stine Janvin and choreographer Ula Sickle that evokes the ritual of coming together on a dance floor around music in the late hours of the night, Ofer performs lights. 

Relying on the power of acoustic voices and spatial resonance, the project aims to create a collective and immersive sensorial event, by placing performers and audience in a shared space. While gathering in a nightclub has been almost impossible over the past years due to the new reality brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, Echoic Choir takes on the challenge of using 'physical distancing' rules as artistic parameters. Sound, choreography and lights create a strong synesthetic experience that channels the embodied experience of being on a late-night dance floor.  

Concept, composition Stine Janvin  

Concept, choreography Ula Sickle  

With Michelle Cheung, Sidney Barnes, Annalise van Even, Roman Ole, Stine Janvin, Ula Sickle (originally with Rishin Singh)  

Libretto, Dramaturgy Persis Bekkering  

Costumes Wang Consulting  

Lights Marcel Weber (MFO), Ofer Smilansky  

Sound Raphael Hénard (originally with Olivia Oyama)  

Research Amanda Barrio Charmelo, Lisa Vereertbrugghen  

Shuffle steps Harrison and Hlyan  

Graphic design D-E-A L  

Coproduction Wiener Festwochen, MUNCH (Oslo), STUK House for Dance, Image and Sound (Leuven), Dampfzentrale Bern