Once Upon a Time / WORKS | Synesthetic Project

Once Upon a Time (2024)

ONCE UPON A TIME is designed to be an immersive, site-specific piece which allows the audience to experience the multidisciplinary performance from a new perspective. Inspired by Austrian and German fairytales and myths, the piece invites the audience on a part-magical, part-psychodelic journey with a group of storytellers guiding the audience through scenes whose mythical origins are only alluded to, leaving space for individual imagination. Comissioned bz the MIlchxHonig Festival in 2024, it was re-imagined as a piece for young audiences and performed as a part of the Jeunesse Österreich Staged Concerts season in MuTh in 2026.

Directed by:

Nika Bauman

Cast:

Nika Bauman (flute, voice, direction), Anna Barbara Bonatto (dance, choreography, direction assistance), Iva Casian-Lakoš (cello, voice), Sarah Maria Dragović (viola, voice), Marko Ferlan (double bass, guitar, voice), Rino Indrawan Indiono/Samuel Adam (dance, choreography), Tomaž Zevnik (clarinet), Salicula (costumes)

Music:

Giovanni Sollima: Lamentatio for Cello Solo

Nika Bauman: Taura for flute, voice and accompaniment

Franz Schubert: Erlkönig arr. for flute, viola, clarinet, cello and guitar

Oscar Antoli: Tortussak arr. for flute, viola, cello, guitar and clarinet

Manuel de Falla: Nana arr. for viola and guitar

Luigi Boccherini: Fandango arr. for flute, viola, clarinet, guitar and cello

Marko Ferlan, Tomaž Zevnik: Der Wasserman

Traditional music of Lower Austria

Comissioned by and premiered at the MilchxHonig Festival 2024 in Kasematten, Wiener Neustadt (AT)