
Photos©Moritz Orgler
Dorian Gray
@Peter Koren
Premiere 20.02.2025 - Congress Innsbruck / Dogana as part of the Innsbruck Winter Dance Festival 2025
The work of art as a mirror of the soul
Based on Oscar Wild's 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, the artistic director of the Innsbruck Winter Dance Festival, Enrique Gasa Valga, and his Limonada Dance Company are staging a piece whose content seems more relevant today than ever: the story of a man who is given eternal youth by a magical portrait, while the painting ages in its place and shows the effects of his moral transgressions. In this world premiere, Gasa Valga stages the pursuit of pleasure and selfishness that ultimately leads to Dorian Gray's downfall. Gasa Valga illustrates the cult of youth and beauty and its dark consequences in an exciting and at the same time depressing way. It is not only the image, but rather the dance that functions here as a mirror of the soul.
Australian-born Locke Venturato will take on the leading role in the dance piece. He has been a permanent member of the Limonada Dance Company since October 2024 and is already celebrated as an exceptional talent.
ARTISTIC TEAM
CHOREOGRAPHY AND DESIGN = Enrique Gasa Valga
CHOREOGRAPHIC ASSISTANT / BALLET MASTERS:INSIDE = Lara Brandi & Gabriel Marseglia
SCENOGRAPHY = Helfried Lauckner
COSTUME DESIGN = Birgit Edelbauer-Heiss
INSPICIENCY = Ellen Piendl
Costume assistance and tailoring = Simone Birk
TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT = Alexander Paget
TECHNICAL PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE = Ellen Paget-Moules
TON = Simone Caruso
LIGHT = Christoph Freiinger, Marvin Flür, Lea Cammerlohr, Pascale Hombacher
DORIAN GRAY = Locke Venturato
BASIL HALLWARD the painter = Gabriele Tamolli
LORD HENRY WOTTON the dandy = Martin Segeta
SYBIL VANE Dorian's great love = Camilla Danesi
JAMES VANE Sybil's brother = Gabriel Marseglia
MRS VANE Sybil and James' mother = Chiara Malavasi
ENSEMBLE:
WORKERS/PARTY COMPANY
Alice Amorotti, Sandra Chamochumbi Castro, Ayda Frances Güneri, Sayumi Nishii, Matthew Humphreys, Mitsuru Ito
CAST
BAND
DARK SOUL GIRLS = Elisa Gobbi, Greta Marcolongo Jana Stöckler-Spazier
Roberto Tubaro = Musical director (piano, guitar, voice, choir)
Adele Pardi = cello, voice, choir
Marco Pisoni = soprano saxophone/baritone saxophone, choir
Marco Stagni = Bass, Choir
Matteo Cuzzolin = tenor saxophone, choir
Matteo Dallapé (replacement Daniele Patton) = drums
Stefano Nicli = arrangements/guitar