Pillar of Sound

A documentary film about the dance theatre piece Klangsäule (‘Pillar of Sound’), during the five days when it was being performed at the Odeon in Vienna. The video film as an additional medium in the vibrant field between space and sculpture, dance and music – a cinematic reinterpretation of the original stage version.

Dance video, Austria 1995, Betacam SP stereo, 56 mins.
Director and camera: Othmar Schmiderer
Editing: Othmar Schmiderer, Karina Ressler
Sound: Ulrich Goebel
Music: Friedrich Cerha, composition Netzwerk
Ensemble die Reihe
Piano: Cecilia Li
Choreography: Sebastian Prantl
Sculpture: Karl Prantl
Actors: Beverly Sandwirth, Peter Antalik, Ziya Azazi, Herbert Gottschlich, Günther Grollitsch, Istvan Horvat, Shih Kun-Chen, Stefan Maria Marb, Sebastian Prantl
Production: Tanzatelier Sebastian Prantl

Festivals
1996: Diagonale Salzburg

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