Eine Frau Ohne Namen (A Woman Without A Name)- A Ballet in Two Acts

A woman without a name – Theater Krefeld Mönchengladbach



Information about the event Ballet by Robert North
Music by Howard Blake

A woman we may meet by chance on the street, in the café or in the cinema is the unnamed protagonist in the new action ballet by ballet director Robert North. As an example for all women who consciously shape their lives and find meaning and fulfillment in it, North places ‘a woman without a name’ in the focus of his choreography and thus creates in a sensitive and calm way a dance-like plea for self-mood and individuality – regardless of gender. He sensitively develops her life story, starting with the symbolic birth: a girl enters the circle of life, grows up, falls in love. The young couple marries, children are born. Family happiness goes with professional success: the woman is a creative and imaginative author. So she dances through life, year after year. In the end, the woman dies without a name in her husband’s arms – and finds herself in the hereafter, cheerfully welcomed by the choir of angels. Through this spiritually exaggerated, abstract context, North’s story closes with a wink with a happy ending.

The music for A Woman Without A Name was composed by Howard Blake, who became best known for his film music, including the world-famous animated film The Snowman, in his native Great Britain, but also internationally. For many years, he has been associated with a friendly collaboration with Robert North: in 1996, the ballet Eva was created on behalf of the Gothenburg Opera House, which is now presented after a thorough revision under the new title A Woman Without A Name at the Theater Krefeld and Mönchengladbach.

Howard Blake wrote a classical-style score for large symphony orchestra with solo violin, which is divided into prologue and two acts (The Life of a Woman/Death and Beyond). By using the human voice, Blake also expands the possibilities of expression: a soprano and the mixed choir form an additional musical level reminiscent of the structure of an oratorio.