Marta Navaridas & Alex Deutinger
"YOUR MAJESTIES"
The audience is seated. A man comes on stage. Now he
speaks. Now he moves. A woman gives the man signs. The
man keeps speaking. Speaking about war and peace and his
efforts to replace one with another. And he doesn´t stop
moving. And the world keeps on turning.
In Your Majesties, translator and choreographer Marta
Navaridas presents President Obamas Nobel Lecture, held on
Oct. 9th, 2009 in Oslo. The performer Alexander Deutinger
recites the legendary speech of the President of the United
States of America and, in doing so, revives a piece of World
History.
Marta Navaridas & Alex Deutinger have been working as artistic couple since
2007. They were Artists-in-Residence at ImPulsTanz Vienna, at
CCL Linz, at Espacio de Creación Azala, Vitoria, at Espacio
Común, Bogotá and at D.ID Dance-Identity. Their works have been
invited to festivals in Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, England,
Mozambique, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland and Germany. Their
debut Look at them Now was awarded the Accesit-Prize at ACTFestival
Bilbao and the first prize at the Tall Order Competition of
CCL Austria. Their work Your Majesties was awarded the
BestOFFStyria Theatre Prize 2010. Both have received the
DanceWEB Europe Scholarship and are part of THE LOOSE
COLLECTIVE, a group of independent dance makers, performers
and musicians. Current works of The Loose Collective include the
musical performance "Here Comes The Crook" (2011) and the
concert performance based on the Old Testament, a coproduction
between Tanzquartier Vienna and other institutions within the
European Dance Platform Modul Dance, to be premiered in
October 2012.
Concept & Choreography: Marta Navaridas and Alex
Deutinger
Performance : Alex Deutinger and Marta Navaridas
Text : Barack Obama and Jon Favreau
Production : Performance Initiative 22
Duration : 40 min.