Lunar Cycle is the latest and most ambitious production to date for a museum by renowned US choreographer Richard Siegal. The interdisciplinary project combines dance, music and visual art to create a month-long performative installation.
Lunar Cycle explores human movement as a reaction to climate change over the period of a lunar phase cycle and interweaves geodata of melting polar ice caps with performance, light and projections, sound and live music to create a meditative and multi-sensory experience. On 1,400 square meters, the immersive and performative installation invites visitors to reflect on the effects of human activity on our environment and its repercussions. The choreography will be performed by international dancers from the Ballet of Difference, the Folkwang Dance Studio of the Folkwang University of the Arts and a large number of volunteers. The soundscapes of Lunar Cycle unfold in live concerts by Ensemble Musikfabrik from Cologne and a quadrophonic sound installation by Kurt "Pyrolator" Dahlke.
A production by Richard Siegal in collaboration with the Museum Folkwang, the Folkwang University of the Arts, the Folkwang Tanzstudio, the Ballet of Difference and the Ensemble Musikfabrik.
24-hour opening: March 14, 6 p.m. to March 15, 6 p.m.
March 14 to April 13, 2025
www.museum-folkwang.de
