Club guy & roni /HOL/ & NYYD Ensemble
‘Myrrh and Cinnamon’

'Myrrh and Cinnamon' is a dance concert based on the Song of Songs by Salomon, one of the most poetic and intriguing chapters of the bible which supplies an almost limitless ground for interpretation. The compositions are by the Estonian composers Arvo Pärt, Lepo Sumera, Märt-Matis Lill and Erkki-Sven Tüür.
The music will be performed live by the prestigious Estonian NYYD Ensemble.
Club guy & roni is Groningen (The Netherlands) based company established by two choreographers Roni Haver and Guy Weizman. The company presents a combination of strong and determined physicality with a clear theatrical focus. Previous work: ‘Barbie Q’ (2004), ‘Language of walls’ (2003), ‘5 Shorts’ (2002) and ‘A green old man’ (2001).

February 22 & 23 at 7:30 PM at Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Tallinn
February 25 & 26 at 7 PM at Sadamateater, Tartu

Concept and choreography: Guy Weizman, Roni Haver
Dance: Jens Daele, Roni Haver, Päär Pärenson, Eva Pusschendorf, Yvonne Weschke, Sara Wiktorowitz
Music: Erkki-Sven Tüür "Symbiosis" (1996); Erkki-Sven Tüür "Motus I" (1998); Lepo Sumera "2 pieces from 1981"; Arvo Pärt "Für Alina" (1976); Märt-Matis Lill "Spots of Fire in the Dark" (2004)
Musicians: NYYD Ensemble: Mihkel Peäske, Jana Peäske, Madis Metsamart, Juta Õunapuu, Mati Lukk. Artistic director: Olari Elts
Set: Ascon de Nijs; Light: Wil Frikken; Costumes: Roni Haver, Ascon de Nijs, Eva Puschendorf; Music adviser: Frits Selie (Prime); Dramaturgy: Veerle Van Overloop; Technique: Tuuk van der Tuuk, Wil Frikken; Photography: Karel Zwaneveld; Grafic design: Peter de Kan; Production and illustrations: Pol Wijnberg; Publicity: Marjan Moes.

Estonian tour producers: Kanuti Gildi SAAL/ 2.tants in cooperation with NYYD Ensemble

Myrrh and Cinnamon is a Grand Theatre Production co-produced by Stichting Prime and subsidized by: Council and Province of Groningen, Fund for Amateur Art and Performing Arts, the VSBfund, Association of Venues for New Music.

Myrrh and Cinnamon is part of Thinking Forward, the cultural programme for the Dutch presidency of the European Union in 2004. The programme is an initiative of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and is commissioned by the Fund for Amateur Art and Performing Arts and the Mondriaan Foundation.

Estonian tour supporters: Tallinn City Council, Ministry of Culture of Estonia, Royal Netherlands Embassy in Tallinn, Tartu City Council, Estonian Music Academy, SOKOS Hotel Viru and Hotel Tartu.

Tickets: 90/190 EEK in Tallinn; 70/170 EEK in Tartu. Tickets are on sale at the Piletimaailm/Piletipunkt (www.piletipunkt.ee). and Piletilevi (www.piletilevi.ee) box-offices all over Estonia. For Tallinn performances also at Von Krahl Theatre box-office (Rataskaevu 10, Tallinn, ph: +372 626 90 90) and for Tartu performances at the box-offices of Vanemuine Theatre.

Press quotes
(premiere 30 oktober CaDance Festival, Den Haag)

NRC Handelsblad / 1–11-2004
‘More hip was Club guy & roni; Roni van Roni Haver and Guy Weizman, ex-dancers from Galili Dance. Their new piece Myrrh and Cinnamon is inspired by the mystical love of the Song of Songs. The work of four composers from Estland, including Arvo Pärt, are being played live on stage. With humour, aggression, lesbian kissing, dance of exhaustion, pretentious swarming and mystical slogans, the duo creates a world which touches many, but also left others indifferent. On its self, this dividing of mind, is an achievement, so Club guy & roni is a duo to keep in mind.

Volkskrant / 2-11-2004
‘Also inspired by love between two passionate but incompatible souls is Myrrh and cinnamon of Club guy & roni; Guy Weizman and Roni Haver (ex-dancers of Itzik Galili). Their device comes from the eroticism of the Biblical Song of Songs. This translates too many cross-cross-contacts. Six strong dancers, with eye catchers Jens van Daele and Roni Haver, turn, jump, tumble and glide with a magnetic field between the erogenous zones as the central element. The language of Weizman and Haver is known; a constantly hot, explosive and acrobatic tumbling.‘