Low / Heroes
a Berlin hyper-cycle
David Bowie, Philip Glass, Renaud Cojo & Belgian National Orchestra (Dir. Dirk Brossé)
In the nineties Philip Glass composed two symphonies inspired by Low and Heroes, the first two albums of David Bowie’s mythical “Berlin trilogy”.
In 2018 Renaud Cojo magnifies the beauty of these pieces by having them interpreted by the Belgian National Orchestra: Along with singer Bertrand Belin, the Symphony No. 1 spectacularly enriches the screening of Cojo’s film inspired by Bowie’s writings.
In a second part, we now have Bertrand Belin on stage, reading The Journal of Nathan Adler written in 1996 by Bowie himself. Stef Kamil Carlens accompanies this part with a cover of Art Decade (Low, 1976).
The third part is a performance of Glass’ Symphony No. 4 which accompanies a screening of a choreographic work created by contemporary icon Louise Lecavalier and performed by her and one of her partners Frédéric Tavernini.
A huge admirer of Ziggy Stardust, Renaud Cojo creates layers of references to the singer’s universe to invent his own Berlin cycle: an intricate reimagining of Bowie’s work which is a veritable odyssey mixing symphonic music and stage performances.
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Information
Duration
140’ (including intermission)
Sound level
category 2
Cast
Concept
Renaud Cojo
Set design
Renaud Cojo, Philippe Casaban, Eric Charbeau
Light design
Eric Blosse
Technics and video (design)
Laurent Rojol
Direction FILM LOW
Renaud Cojo
Advisor to the director
Benoit Arène
Assistant
Cyrielle Bloy
Main character
Bertrand Belin
Minor roles
Pierre-Jérôme Adjedj, Pierre Barachant, Oscar Barachant-Panisset, Uta Eismann, Ronan Faverau, Odile Hautemulle, Stéphane Lalloz, Eugène Moritz, Amandine Thiriet
Director of photography
Denis Louis
Camera assistant
Natacha Raymond
Drone
Cornélius Diemer
Lighting director
Benjamin Schmidt
Costumes
Odile Béranger
Costume continuity
Odile Hautemulle
Translation manager
Pierre-Jérôme Adjedj
Copier
Laurence Jérôme
Props
Renaud Cojo
Chief editor
Clément Rière
Calibration
Lucie Bruneteau
Graphics
Dan Maurin
Production manager
Cédric Walter (Spectre Production)
Production
Vanessa Vallée
Administration
Thierry Rousseau assisté de Anne Dulucq Film Low (Berlin), Journal de Nathan Adler
Actor
Bertrand Belin
Music and execution
Stef Kamil Carlens
Soundsystem
Eddy Da Costa
Direction
Laurent Rojol
Video recording
Heroes (Montréal)
Choregraphy
Louise Lecavalier
Dancers
Louise Lecavalier, Fréderic Tavernini
Production
Cité de la Musique – Philharmonie de Paris (Paris), Opéra National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Office Artistique de la Région Aquitaine, Spectre production, Les films Jack Fébus
With the support of
Bureau du Théâtre et de la Danse, Institut Français d’Allemagne, DICREAM (pour le / for the / voor de film LOW)
The Diaries of Nathan Adler or the Art-Ritual Murder of Baby Grace Blue was a text written by David Bowie from the album OUTSIDE and reproduce with the kind permission of RZO Music - translated by Jean Paul Mourlon
