Cosmic Swing Orchestra - The Jazz Togetherness Show
The Jazz Togetherness Show is an interdisciplinary performance about self-improvement, apocalypse, and community, written by Petter Dalane.
We follow a charismatic hypnotist who is driven to madness by his belief in market forces and self-improvement, before he eventually finds both his own and the world's salvation in the musical unity of the big band.
Cosmic Swing Orchestra has been blending music, satire, and performance art since 2018, and The Jazz Togetherness Show is the band's largest production to date.
In a time marked by global crises, climate fears, and a constant pursuit of self-optimization, we are drowned in advice on how to become better, healthier, and more successful. Influencers, consumers, and technocrats dance towards doom in the quest for the best version of themselves.
The performance is a satirical and absurd commentary on the culture of self-mastery and the contrast between the crises around us and the smooth superficiality of contemporary life, showing how music can be a force in facing this.
