Alexander Miller & Maria Chiara de`Nobili
(Germany)
#ChemnitzMovesOn!
Mon, 21.06.2021 | Rosenhof | 17.00 hrs
Tue, 22.06.2021 | Rosenhof | 17.00 hrs
Once Upon A Time (Once upon a time) is a dance piece that is influenced by the nature of street shows and by Alexander Miller & Maria Chiara de‘ Nobili in collaboration with a multidisciplinary cast of hip-hop, breaking and contemporary dancers. By combining different dance styles and creating a cheerful and carefree atmosphere Once Upon A Time as a parallel fairytale world into which the audience can escape for a brief moment. The world premiere was commissioned by the TANZ | MODERNE | TANZ 2021 festival as part of the #ChemnitzMovesOn!
Choreography: Maria Chiara de’ Nobili, Alexander Miller
in collaboration with the dancers
Dance: Philip Lehmann, Nam Tran Xuan, Odbayar Batsuri
Alexander „Kelox“ Miller has been dancing since the age of 12. Inspired by design, art, performance and contemporary dance, he developed his own style in combination with classical breaking elements. He gained his first experience with dance theater in 2011 in German-Polish exchange projects such as onTakt in Bautzen or Odyssey in Jelena Gora, Poland, followed by engagements for the Staatsschauspiel Dresden, the urban dance company Nobulus in Salzburg (Austria) and the Dresden-based go glastic company. Parallel to his work at the theater, Kelox was one of the founders of The Saxonz crew in February 2013, a team of Saxony's most extraordinary breakers who focus on international competitions and the promotion of breaking culture in Saxony. The victory at the German Battle of the Year 2014 and 2015 enabled many cross-genre collaborations. Alongside his dance career, he studied Visual Communication at the Bauhaus University Weimar and graduated with a Master of Arts in 2017. His passion for dance brought him to the Palucca University in Dresden in 2018. Shortly afterwards, he created the duet Brotherhood (2019), which was shown at the Urban Art Festival in Herne and TANZ | MODERNE | TANZ 2020. His solo Layover in September 2020 at the Festspielhaus Hellerau formed his master's degree in choreography. Alexander Miller works as a dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and graphic designer.
The Italian choreographer Maria Chiara de‘ Nobili was born in Naples in 1995. She received her bachelor's degree in contemporary dance at the Dancehaus (Milan). Immediately afterwards she moved to Israel, where she took part in the Dance Journey program of the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company for 10 months and at the same time began her choreographic career.
In the summer of 2018, she was invited as a choreographer to develop a 20-minute piece for the College Choreographers Program of the Biennale di Venezia. In the same year, she began studying for a Master of Arts in Choreography at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden.
Further choreographies followed in spring 2019: „QUBE“ premiered in Mendrisio and was on tour in Berlin and Dresden. In Dresden, she choreographed „Dandelion Clock“, which premiered in the Kleines Haus of the Staatsschauspiel Dresden. In June 2019, she was commissioned to create the full-length work „Wrap“ by Marie Chouinard, who invited her to be a guest choreographer at La Biennale di Venezia. In November 2019, she presented the solo „The Answer's in the Eye“ for the Palucca Tanz Studio in Dresden.
During her engagement as a dancer at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden, Maria Chiara created her graduation piece „Master Choreography“ in 2020, which was presented at the Japanisches Palais (Dresden) with the support of TANZPAKT. In the same year, she created „VORTEX“ in collaboration with media artist Ulf Langheinrich, which premiered in October 2020 at HELLERAU - European Center for the Arts, with further dates in Bochum, Le Havre, Munich, Maubeuge, etc. In February 2021, she created the choreography for the play „doch an uns wird sich manche:r später noch erinnern“, directed by Jule Bökamp. At the same time, she created the short duet MOMENTO in collaboration with choreographer Alexander Miller. In summer 2021, she will develop two new creations for Theater Chemnitz and HELLERAU - European Center for the Arts: „Once upon a time“ and „Pack“ in collaboration with choreographer Alexander Miller.
In addition to their established work as individual choreographers for venues such as HELLERAU - European Center for the Arts and La Biennale di Venezia, among others, choreographers Maria Chiara de‘ Nobili and Alexander Miller began their collaboration and founded the collective MILLER / DE‘ NOBILI after completing their Master of Choreography studies at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden.
Their first collaboration, MOMENTO (2021), was invited to participate in the renowned choreography competition Choreography 35 Hannover, the Dance Days Chania Festival and the Istanbul Fringe Festival 2021. They are currently working together on „Once upon a time“, a new creation commissioned by Theater Chemnitz. In summer 2021, they will choreograph the piece „PACK“, co-produced by TANZPAKT, which will be shown at HELLERAU - European Center for the Arts.
The program is funded by the FONDS DARSTELLENDE KÜNSTE with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
