The other performances of Forgotten Orchestra of the World of Dreamers in the Archa Theatre
Forgotten Orchestra of the World of Dreamers
Gulliver's Travels, I (Gulliverovy cesty I.)
A stage project of musician and visual artist, Jaroslav Kořán.
A kaleidoscope of music, sounds and film projections.
May 4, 2000
Zapomenutý orchestr Země snivců (Forgotten Orchestra of the World of Dreamers) was founded in 1992 by drummer Jaroslav Kořán, along with his brother Michal (keyboards) and pianist Marek Šebelka, as an improvisational musical organism with an alternating team of performers.
The first concert of the orchestra took place in the summer of 1992 at the Plasy Monastery. Presently, the orchestra has already played with almost 45 musicians from the Czech Republic, 15 from abroad, as well as twenty visual artists and dancers.
Currently, the orchestra has created a core of six musicians. During various occasions, they also perform with a larger company. The special taste of the orchestra is to accompany projects of film and video artists.
The music of the orchestra arises from improvisation, which alters from jazz to classical music, rock, ethno according to the experiment of the sound. The kaleidoscopic, stage sounds are created by a mosaic of styles and feelings.
The project Gulliver's Travels, I belongs to the series of the performances of the genres on the edge.
Conception and directed by: Jaroslav Kořán
Texts and acting: Radek Špirhanzl
Film direction: Jaroslav Kořán and Petr Zoufal
Film editing and director of photography: Vojtěch Frič
Director of photography: Martin Kublák
Acting: Žan Loose
Photos of Jaroslav Kořán and original illustrations of Gulliver's Travels by J.I.I. Granville are used in the visual part of the performance.
Forgotten Orchestra of the World of Dreams for this evening is created by:
Tereza Roglová - vocals, percussion
Jiří Alexa - trumpet
Jaroslav Kořán - drums, sounds
Lukáš Kytnar - bass guitar
Roman Plischke - guitars and tenor sax
Petr Tichý - double-bass
Petr Varjú - soprano sax, baritone sax, clarinet
Gulliver's Travels II.
Gulliver's Travels III.