Adapted from Georg Büchner’s Danton’s Death by Julie Rada @ BINDERY | space
The citizens are easily roused and swayed, as a culture of fear infects the city with the constant threat of execution.
During the chaos of the Revolution, a man in isolation has left the political scene to languish in sensual delights. Another man at the zenith of power clings to virtue and a hunger for conformity.
Through the lens of LIDA’s unique aesthetic and devised through collaborative process, Georg Büchner’s classic Danton’s Death, gets a new life in this story of the inevitable triumph of humanity and its insatiable lust for life – against the backdrop of sex, violence, corruption, and bloodshed.
It’s theater of chaos. It’s smoldering, it feels a little dangerous and it’s completely unlike any other theatrical experience you’ll get in this town.
—John Moore, The Denver Post
Denver Post Ovation Award Nomination, Best Lighting Design
Part science lab, part disco, Roller Skating With My Cousin is a lively, dark romp in which synchronized roller skaters build a tower under a star-flecked mirror ball sky.
Inspired by Georg Büchner’s unfinished masterpiece, Woyzeck, The LIDA Project reinterprets the story of a young soldier returning from the horrors of war.
We created this site-specific and interactive performance as an opening act for the Dresden Dolls – performed in the lobby.