Extraordinary acrobatics, flying femmes fatales, musical maniacs, screwball jugglers, hardcore hula hoop…welcome to the dark and smoky world of NOIR.
Exciting, stunning and seductive: NOIR delves into the beautiful, twisted and absurd idiosyncrasies of love and fuses daring physical feats and powerful movement with intoxicating live music. Accompanied on stage by the flickering beats of rock band PostTraumaticPop, seven outstanding performers create fascinating images of strength, wit and passion. Inspired by the visual imagery of Film Noir, NOIR invites you into a world of strange beauty and unexpected playfulness.
Liz Williams and Howard Katz have created a charming, amusing and dazzling mix of circus, music and theater that amazes and surprises.
Group Projects
Howard Katz and his partner, Liz Williams joined forces to create a home for their many artistic collaborations. Their project is a Berlin based Performance Company working in the genres circus, dance, music, theater and media projection. The work blurs the lines between the art form, concept and technique.
Howard has been creating and producing work in the field of dance theater, music and circus for over 35 years, in NYC and Europe. Liz has been performing in the field of dance-theater and aerial circus for 20 years. This project is a collaboration between artists working in various fields of the performing & visusl arts, including Yoann Trellu (video), Matthais Herrmann (music), Ansgar Tappert (music), Felix Zoepf (music), Alex Ambiete (dance/director/costume), Rosiris Garrido (dance/aerial) , Karl-Heinz Helmschrot (director), Paul Krügener (circus/film), Sven Hagolani (photographer), Axel Lutter (Steel artist) and Marc Trivanti (martial/visual arts). The group has it’s rehearsal home in Q Space, a space for physical arts training in Berlin-Pankow.
Homoinventus
This Contemporary Circus-Dance based film work is a theatrical deconstruction of a story. The physical & musical nature of the material was born out of a performance work process.
Cast: Howard Katz, Liz Williams, Paul Krügener, Florian Canaval, Fabio Zimmermann, Chaimae Salih
Music: Howard Katz, Ansgar Tappert, Michael Canaval