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KAROLA LUETTRINGHAUS
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Karola Lüttringhaus
SARUS Festival Artistic & Executive Director
Artistic & Executive Director of Alban Elved Dance Company




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www.karolaluettringhaus.com
www.albanelved.org
http://movement-research.weebly.com
www.dynamic-body.org


Karola Lüttringhaus was born and raised in Berlin, Germany. Merging American experiences with her European roots, she creates interdisciplinary works in performing & visual arts, film and sound. She is the artistic director of ALBAN ELVED DANCE COMPANY (www.albanelved.org), produces the annual 'SARUS Festival for Site-specific & Experimental Art' in Wilmington, NC, as well as the 'MoRe Movement Research Project' with Salem College, NC. Ms Lüttringhaus is co-director of A FORTIORI with Fereshteh Rostampour, and works as a freelance designer, choreographer and educator at theatres and universities across Europe, Canada and the US. In 2013 she joined the faculty at Salem College, teaching Movement Science and Interdisciplinary Approaches. She holds a BFA in Dance and Choreography from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and an MFA in Scenic & Exhibition Design from the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany.

www.karolaluettringhaus.com

Artist Statement

"Developing a new work is a process of love that is endlessly rewarding to me. I am enchanted by visceral and fierce kinetic expressions, by spaces that offer transformation, and by materials that resonate within the characters and the story. I love for the space/set design to leave room for the players, so that intricately interwoven relationships and strong personalities can develop and merge with the environment, the lighting, the sound and the costumes to something intimately connected and meaningful. As dancers/choreographers we have an impact on our society and I emphasize the importance that our work bears, not only on individual and private lives, but on our society. Dance is an influential tool as it facilitates a platform for intelligent, emotional and critical exchange and learning, as well as the development of complex social networks. I am a detail-oriented, investigative and philosophical director, basing my work on a search for uncovering layers of the subconscious. Intellect and instinct are at work in equal measure, an ongoing exchange between creativity and analysis. Exploring the precipices of human emotion, I am drawn to friction, confrontation and vulnerability. I do not fear beauty. I avoid illustration. I crave a deep look into the soul of a work and I need absolute honesty within each work. With that, art can change our hearts. "

About '...The Pattern Sings in Crystal Constellations'
A performance of collaborative visual, sonic, and physical theatre, featuring composer Samuel Allen Taylor, pianist Barbara Lister-Sink, and visual artist/choreographer/dancers Karola Luttringhaus and Naomi Greenberg. 
The concert will present 4 recent compositions which bring together abstract musical and structural narrative, stagecraft, visual art, dance, and improvisation: 
​RootNature II: 
Composition: Samuel Allen Taylor
Choreography/Dance: Naomi Greenberg
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Photo of 'vita3' by Rachael Goolsby.
'vita3'
​Choreographer/dancer: Karola Lüttringhaus
Film/animation: Karola Lüttringhaus
Costume; Scenic design: Karola Lüttringhaus
Music: Samuel Allen Taylor

In a flip-flop relationship where reality becomes animation and vice versa, ”vita 3” speaks of a gap between felt and imposed identity, of alienation and an inescapable emotional entanglement of a 3- dimensional life-form within a 2 dimensional world.
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'is a meditation on the complex relationship between biological life and the harnessed electricity of technology­, in both their glorious and their tragic modes. The Human Imagination is the protagonist within a landscape she continually creates- by emitting sound and light forms (symbols of her origins), and through the movements of her dwelling place (the body). The Imagination is compelled on a quest through time and space, as she seeks to separate the “artificial” technologically enhanced aspects of Herself from the “natural” life forces. Through the process, her reflections take on a multiplicity of forms- vulnerable and fragile as new life, rising in power and self-understanding- then doubt, under surveillance, wrathful, absorbed and fused with her own mental circuitry, isolated, and ultimately at peace with her sentient nature.' Sam Taylor about vita3
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'Radio Dream Voice'
Piano: Barbara Lister-Sink
Electronic: Samual Allen Taylor


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Naomi Greenberg in 'invisible'. Photo by Bryan Snipes.
'Invisible'
Piano/co-directing: Barbara Lister-Sink
Electronic/live/co-directing: Samuel Allen Taylor
Drawing/live animation/co-directing: Karola Luettringhaus
Dance/movement creation/co-directing: Naomi Greenberg

Solitude awakens our imagination.

About 'VOLO'
30' wingspan sarus crane bird puppet. Operated by 5 people. Designed and build by Karola Luettringhaus. VOLO is hte SARUS Festival's mascot.
Be a volunteer that flies VOLO across the beach! contact us!
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'VOLO' photo by Harry Schnitzler.
Where you can see this artist's work:

SAR-LETS FAMILY DAY
'<vibrations>' & 'Taking Space'
Children's pieces and scene designs by
young designers

July 2nd, 2016
3-6pm
Peace Rose Montessori School
Wilmington, NC


SARUS PREVIEW
for young and old with Naomi Greenberg, Karola Luettringhaus, and Samuel Allen Taylor

July 6th, 2016
10:30-11:30am
Kenan Auditorium
UNCW Campus

'... the Pattern Sings in Crystal Constellations'
Performance and Concert
July 8th, 2016
7:30pm
Kenan Auditorium
UNCW Campus

'Mature Brains' - 'CORE'
Saturday, July 9th, 2016
8pm (performance)
CFCC studio theatre
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'Keel' 
Sunday, July 10th, 2016
6:15am: As part of the Sunrise program that begins at 6am
further performance at Carolina Beach: 7am Kure beach access #1347 and 7:15pm Carolina Beach access #6
RAIN OR SHINE
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About SARUS Preview:
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Photo of 'The Suitcase Garden' by Bonnie Dixon.
'The Suitcase Garden' 
30 minute dance theatre performance on the cycle of life.
A woman holds all her memories within a suitcase; the house she grew up in, the river nearby and the garden.
For audiences ages 3 and up.
video (from performance at Pine Valley Elementary School)

Other works shown include 'vita3' and 'Hey!' ( a short dance solo, a self portrait.


About 'CORE'
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Photo of 'CORE'
Printmaker Ben Billingsley, Musician Luis Adorno, Performance artist and Sculptor Grey Pascal and Choreographer/Scene Designer Karola Luettringhaus are collaborating on a piece that is part interactive installation, part performance, exploring the forming of beliefs, the shedding of the unnecessary, and the dismantling of social constructs such as shame, guilt, and hatred. This performance contains nudity and invites mature brains into an honest and open exchange.
About 'Keel'
Choreography/Costume: Karola Luettringhaus
Performers: Janette K. Hopper, Luis Adorno, Grey Pascal, Ben Billingsley, Shea-Ra Nichi, Amanda Cordova, Karola Luettringhaus, Rachael Goolsby, Bonnie Dixon and others

'The attentiveness of silent communication, the support of touch, individual agreement. Evolution is what is happening right now; taking a more distant vantage point, from far away, I see defeat and recovery.'
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Keel/breastbone of the bird.
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Keel of ship laid out for construction.
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Photo of KEEL by Karola Luettringhaus by Joel Vannfuller

 
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