Antony & The Johnsons: Swanlights
For the release of their fourth album, Mercury Award Winners, Antony and the Johnsons teamed up with Chris Levine as they toured four major cities with their ground breaking performance ‘Swanlights’.
Originally commissioned by New Yorks’ Museum of Modern Art, Swanlights enjoyed huge acclaim as it filled concert halls and theatres in Melbourne, London and Madrid.
MoMA, Radio City, 2012
The Museum of Modern Art, New York commissioned a performance of Swanlights, the original collaboration between Chris and Antony and The Johnsons.
This show was performed at Radio City Musical and received widespread
critical acclaim.
Photo credits
Clive Osborne and Louis Hudson
Opera House, Manchester, 2009
For the Manchester International Festival 2009 Antony presented the stage performance of ‘The Crying Light’ in collaboration with the Manchester Camerata at the Manchester Opera House. The concert hall was transformed into a crystal cave and illuminated with laser effects by Chris Levine.
Melbourne Festival, Hammer Hall, 2012
“I create key peak moments in response to the music to bring about harmony of light and sound. During the song ‘Crying Light’ I slowly immerse Antony within a cone of laser light. It’s as if he is projected as a hologram and the effect is quite haunting. During the set I take the audience with us into different heavenly modes with the use of lasers projected into crystal. There have been hair-raising moments of sheer beauty.” – Chris Levine
The Royal Opera House, London, 2013
The Royal Opera House presented the first London performances of ‘Antony and The Johnsons: Swanlights’, with the Britten Sinfonia on 25 and 26 July.
Reviews –
Teatro Real, Madrid, 2014
Antony and The Johnsons, Wilderness Festival, 2011
Chris Levine collaborated with Antony and the Johnsons at Wilderness Festival, Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire.