Slave to the Rhythm – Gustav Adolfs square/The Royal Opera house, Stockholm

Mot Operahusets entré på Gustav Adolfs Torg skapar konstnärerna Bogdan Szyber och Carina Reich en trevånings dansskulptur kallad ”Slave to the Rhythm”. På de olika nivåerna rör sig dansare, akrobater, slagverkare och sångare i en rytmisk och musikalisk hyllning till stadens puls.

Place

The facade of The Royal Opera building, Gustav Adolfs square. Also a club night dancing with a different musical style every night, June 1st-8th 2002.

The Concept

16 accordion players, 3 drummers, soloists from The Royal Opera, contest dancers, tap dancing virtuosos and acrobats appeared for 45 minutes in a musical potpurri featuring artists such as Kraftwerk, Edvard Persson, Elvis Presley, Maurice Ravel and Dolly Parton.

Music

– Also Sprach Zarathustra (Strauss)

– See See Rider (Elvis)

– Taschenrechner (Kraftwerk)

– Whip It (Devo)

– Fütter Mein Ego (Einstürzende)

– Kashmir (Led Zeppelin)

– Kalles Klätterträd (Jojje Wadenius)

– New York (Monica Z)

– The Persuaders Theme (John Barry)

– Groove Is In The Heart (Dee Lite)

– Da Da Da

– 9-5 (Dolly Parton)

– Satellit (Ted Gärdestad)

– Små Lätta Moln (Pugh Rogefält)

– Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

– Tainted Love (Soft Cell)

– Sommar Sommar Sommar

– Stop In The Name Of Love

– It’s Not Unusual (Tom Jones)

– Kiss (Prince)

– Billion Dollar Babies (Alice Cooper)

– Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed)

– Jag Har Bott Vid En Landsväg

– Street Life (Donna Summer)

– My Generation (The Who)

– We Will Rock U (Queen)

– TNT (AC DC)

– Black Night (Deep Purple)

– War Pigs (Black Sabbath)

– The Man With The Golden Arms (Sweet)

– Cute (Neal Hefti)

– In Dreams (Roy Orbison)

– Bolero (Ravel)

– Fram För Svenska Toner

– Dansa Din Djävul (Di Leva)

– Hög Standard (Peps Persson)

– Sån’t e livet

– I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)

– Brazil

– See See Rider (Elvis)