In the
weekend coming, I’m going to meet up again with my 3 friends and colleagues
from Cabaret Fantastique. We are going to try our ideas on the floor, rehearse previous
ideas, brainstorm, and have meetings about the practical stuff – like how to fundraise the money we need to make
our coming theatre performance really happen.
I can’t
tell in details what the show will be about, because that’s still kind of secret…
But I can say, that we are using the form, the satire, the erotic atmosphere and
the visual output from the old genre known as “cabaret”, and we fill it in with
classical, instrumental music and songs, that has a high level of virtuosity.
We feel that the contrasts between these two
styles are intriguing and add to each other.
The combination
feels fresh and it suits us well: We are highly skilled in each of our crafts
(actor, classical violinist, pianist and singer), but we feel that the
conformity and stiffness about classical music and acting is bothering us,
sometimes.
We like to do something that’s both SERIOUS and
FUN - and quite CRAZY too!
The quartet
consists of 4 young Danish artists:
An actor named Frederik Ømann, educated in Århus and now working in various theatres across Denmark.
A pianist named Janus Araghipour, educated in Poland and Danmark, now studying for a soloist diploma at Syddansk Musikkonservatorium.
A violinist named Herbert Boersma, educated in the U.S. and in Denmark, soon to finish his soloist diploma at Jyske Musikkonservatorium.
And of course myself, educated as opera singer in Berlin and DK, soloist diploma in 2012, now singing opera and concerts as a freelancer.
An actor named Frederik Ømann, educated in Århus and now working in various theatres across Denmark.
A pianist named Janus Araghipour, educated in Poland and Danmark, now studying for a soloist diploma at Syddansk Musikkonservatorium.
A violinist named Herbert Boersma, educated in the U.S. and in Denmark, soon to finish his soloist diploma at Jyske Musikkonservatorium.
And of course myself, educated as opera singer in Berlin and DK, soloist diploma in 2012, now singing opera and concerts as a freelancer.
We met
during my time in academy of music, and our common passion for the burlesque
underground in Copenhagen brought us further more together. We simply couldn’t
resist performing small shows and pieces of music at the artistic and sexy parties
known as Grotesque Burlesque. Doing that, we had great fun!
This passion for burlesque inspired us to make
a whole cabaret of our own.
Since we
decided to make a cabaret, we have been meeting up from time
to time, brainstorming and trying ideas out, searching for suited repertoire
and so on. 2 times earlier we have met up for 4 days in a row in a place up
North where we could explore things deeply without interruptions. Now the 3rd
session is approaching.
Our concept has changed a lot during these rehearsals
and discussions - of course.
So far, we use music as different as Satie, Piazzolla
and Mozart combined with absurd humor, dance, French clown mimics, glamour that
is falling apart, champagne and more.
I can’t
wait to do more of this! I’m sure our show will be full of surprises, be sometimes
touching or even magical.
The good
news are that Odense Teater’s small stage – U-Teater – is showing interest in
making a co-production. That would be truly awesome!
We hope that this could be
the beginning of an adventure, where touring Europe is one of the goals.
We aim to get a young audience to experience
the magic of sheer, classical music in an informal and crazy wrapping. Like
this we keep a tradition alive, but also renew it.
Stay tuned for more about this project!
Here are some links to related burlesque on Youtube
Copenhagen Grotesque Burlesque party sneak peak
(yes, we were there!)
Excellent Burlesque show making satire on Americans
Burlesque stage makeup tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZRKNjDCYqg
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