Megastructure
Sarah Baltzinger, Isaiah Wilson (Luxembourg)Venue in Valmiera (107km from Riga)!
Megastructure is a performative dance piece that draws with curiosity the trajectory of two bodies in constant cohabitation. This work deconstructs the traditional format of theater and dance pieces, plays with the expectation of the audience and asks what is necessary to create a performance? Music? Scenography? Light design?
This duet is like a puzzle whose pieces are constantly being dismantled, searched for, tested and reinvented. Megastructure is a choreographic piece without sound composition, without decor, whose natural musicality is generated by the bodies on stage in a percussive energy.
About artists
In 2022, Sarah Baltzinger and Isaiah Wilson began co-directing several projects, including the duet Megastructure. In June 2023, they won a number of awards during the famous RIDCC (Rotterdam International Duet Choreographic Competition). The two artists won the XL Production Award, which led them to create a production for Scapino Ballet Rotterdam in February 2025 called Goats, with an international tour of 30 performances. In addition, they won four partner awards with Nederlands Dans Theater, Skånes Dansteater, Sally Dansgezelschap Maastricht, MAAS Theater En Dans. They have worked with Nederlands Dans Theater through workshops, laboratories and first projects of creation from 2024 onwards. The same year, they became Aerowaves Twenty24 artists with MEGASTRUCTURE and performed at Spring Forward Festival.
Credits
Concept, choreography & performance: Sarah Baltzinger & Isaiah Wilson
Producers and support: TROIS C-L | Maison pour la danse, TIPPERARY INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL, FONDATION INDÉPENDANCE – BIL, L’Arsenal, Cité Musicale-Metz, Ministère de la Culture du Luxembourg, DRAC Grand Est, Ville de Metz, Département de la Moselle, RIDCC 2023, AEROWAVES 2024