Angel of Death/ concept, direction and texts, Jan Fabre; choreography, Jan Fabre, Ivana Jozic

Composición (e interpretación en vivo en varias ocasiones) (saxo barítono y electrónica) Eric Sleichim, realizador, William Forsythe coordinación técnica, Geert Van Der Auwera, localización de la película: Musée d'Anatomie (Montpellier, France).

The text of Angel of Death is published by l'Arche Editeur, Paris (1996)

Producción de Troubleyn/Jan Fabre (Antwerp, Belgium), coproducido por Singel (Antwerp, Belgium)

Ivana Jozic

Première grabada el 02 de octubre 2003, en Pontedera

This special theatrical performance formally starts from a video installation: four monumental screens which have been set up in a square around a small stage. The audience is seated in this square, together with the solo performer, a role which is interpreted by dancer, Ivana Jozic. Both have previously been featured in Fabre's productions. The performer enters into a confrontation with the music using language and gestures and with William Forsyth, the well-known choreographer who is projected onto the screens, and to whom this performance is dedicated. Forsyth is half-naked, dancing like 'an angel of death', in the anatomy museum of Montpelier, among the skulls and body parts contained in formaldehyde. Fabre wrote the text, 'The Angel of Death', which Forsyth recites, in 1996. 'The monologue for a man, a woman, or a hermaphrodite', which is inspired by Andy Warhol, contains several ideas relating to authenticity and the immortality of icons, which were already previously featured in Fabre's trilogy of the body. As a consequence the performance is elevated to the level of an encounter between three minds: Warhol, Forsyth and Fabre himself given that Fabre's personal fascination with metamorphosis, the beauty of gender, the double identity and the contradiction inherent in artistry are all referenced.