composition/direction/stage design: Simon Steen-Andersen; dramaturge: Ina Karr;

»if this then that and now what« is a music theater piece for sixteen musicians and four actors that moves between theater, a lecture performance, concert, light show, and installation. Or better said: Instead of an »in-between« this evening will attempt to be everything simultaneously. Because in his works Simon Steen-Andersen combines musical and acoustic material with visual elements. The results are compositions where images, movements, and gestures take on a role that is as equally important as the music, and relate to one another in polyphonic complexity. Performing the music is itself part of the compositional thinking. Thus, for example, musical structure is created from the choreographically composed movements of the musicians. In addition, Steen-Andersen will develop several sound objects for this piece; they are fascinating in that they have precisely this combination of visuals and acoustics.

»I see the project as a translation of my main interests from the last three to four years in a large scenic format, where I will explore the connection between sound and vision.« (Simon Steen-Andersen)