Antony Rizzi/Tony Rizzi and the Bad Habits
(USA/D/Frankfurt)
An Attempt To Fail At Groundbreaking Theatre With Pina Arcade Smith
Mousonturm Studio 1
Performance/Dance
- 01.12.2012, 18.00 Uhr
- 02.12.2012, 6 p.m.
Pina Bausch, Penny Arcade and Jack Smith! If you think that these three – the pioneer of dance theatre, the New York avant-garde performance artist and author and finally the queerest underground film director of all time – are too much for a single stage, Frankfurt choreographer and dancer Antony Rizzi is here to prove you wrong. His brilliantly staged attempt at failure is simultaneously the finale of the Mousonturm program EXTRA TROUBLE, which begins November 22nd and presents original films by New York avant-garde artist Jack Smith, accompanied by lectures, talks, events, an exhibition and performances by stars of the international queer culture, performance and dance scene.
Concept, Choreography, Video: Antony Rizzi * Text: Antony Rizzi, Penny Arcade * With Irene Klein and Antony Rizzi * Production: Künstlerhaus Mousonturm * Funded by the Hessian Ministery of Science and Art.
Biography
Antony Rizzi
Tony Rizzi wurde in West Newton, USA geboren und studierte an der Boston Ballet School, bevor er 1985 Mitglied des Ballett Frankfurt wurde. Rizzi arbeitete als Assistent von William Forsythe und tanzte 19 Jahre lang in seiner Kompanie, wo er zahlreiche Hauptrollen verkörperte. Seit 20 Jahren arbeitet er außerdem regelmäßig mit dem belgischen Choreografen Jan Fabre, und tourt zurzeit international mit dem für ihn von Fabre entwickelten Solo Drugs kept me alive. Für seine eigene Kompanie, Tony Rizzi and the Bad Habits, hat er zahlreiche Produktionen in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Künstlerhaus Mousonturm entwickelt.
Biography
Tony Rizzi and the Bad Habits
Antony Rizzi worked for many years at the Frankfurt Ballet with William Forsythe as well as with the avant-garde theatre director Jan Fabre. He has been creating performances for 30 years, since the age of 23 with his first work at the Boston Ballet. Besides creating for his Bad Habits and dance companies like Bayerische Staatsballet, the Royal Ballet of London and Ballet Kiel, Rizzi also creates films and polaroid collages that have been presented in various art galleries and museums including Mori Museum in Tokyo and the Kunstverein and Fotoforum Frankfurt. Rizzi is currently working on his memoirs called “So Far So Good”.