Liesa Van der Aa & Louisa's Daughter Company

The idiosyncratic musician Liesa Van der Aa is trying to find a way through the moral chaos of our polyphonous world. Judgements whizz through the virtual airspace at high speed, but the voice that once defined the boundary between good and evil has fallen silent. Liesa articulates the needs of a generation forlornly in search of answers and structures, against a backdrop of permanent excess. What does it mean to live in a good way? Which compass should we be following?
For ‘WOTH’ she sought and found inspiration in an ancient Egyptian ritual which is moving in its simplicity. After death, everyone’s heart is weighed against the feather of truth: is it too heavy, too light or in balance? The Egyptian ‘Book of the Dead’ forms the visual backdrop to an overwhelming musical performance. In her earlier solo work, Liesa’s angular music was already a balancing act between the loneliness of her voice and the bombast of her violin, loops and sound effects. With this experience, a composition for a 42-voice choir enhanced by on-stage video and animation, Van de Aa presents her first musical-theatre creation.