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