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Program Wednesday 25.10.2023
Moderation: Today Corina Arbenz will lead the evening in sign language.
Corina is a deaf artist researching holistic language on stage with a tireless commitment to inclusion and diversity. She has been dancing in diverse projects with inclusive groups for three years. She is on the Tanzflug team and assists with DanceAbility at Tanzhaus.
Contemporary Dance
The collective term Contemporary Dance is generally understood to mean the choreographic stage dance art of the present. Recently developed dance techniques are integrated and current trends from other art forms are incorporated. Dance here can be very abstract. It is used as a language that speaks only about the body in motion.
Trifft! Kumpane Black Box
Youth dance group from Schaffhausen
Choreography: Tina Beyeler
Dance: Anik Eckhart, Lara Frei, Nives Heuberger, Demi Merkli, Onna Millns, Mona Müller, Alena Roth, Rebekka Stamm, Lynn Meier
Lighting Design: Fiona Zolg
Costume: Dongyan Jaggi
In one sentence
A piece about encounters – planned and spontaneous, pleasant and unpleasant.
Who dances ?
Nine young women between the ages of 16 and 25. They know their bodies well and are so comfortable with it, that they use it as an instrument for their art. The topics, fears, worries and joys of the group members were discussed in the dance studio and are now being expressed together on stage.
What`s it about ?
The starting point of the piece is the fear of having to walk home alone at night. This led to a profound exploration of different types of encounters between people: planned and spontaneous,
pleasant and unpleasant - with oneself and the other.
Funding/Co-Production: Stadt und Kanton Schaffhausen, Jakob und Emma Windler - Stiftung, SIG gemeinnützige Stiftung, Migros Kulturprozent
Breaking & Contemporary Dance
Breaking is a dance form originally practiced on the streets that originated as part of the Hip-Hop movement among African-American youth in 1970s Manhattan. Today, it is a dance form that is increasingly represented on dance stages around the world.
The collective term Contemporary Dance is generally understood to mean the choreographic stage dance art of the present. Recently developed dance techniques are integrated and current trends from other art forms are incorporated. Dance here can be very abstract. It is used as a language that speaks only about the body in motion.
Meat Market Cie Capsule
Six dancers eager to experiment, from Biel
Choreography: Marcel Leemann (2007)
Dance: Beatrice Krapf, Romy Lehmann, Samir Douch, Shean-Li Pung, Rosine Ponti, Marc Ugolini
Music: Iker Gomez de la Hoz
Lighting – and Costume Design: Marc Ugolini
Choreography Assistant: Azusa Nishimura
In one sentence
A group of breakdancers and contemporary dancers explore their bodies and their value.
Who dances ?
The Cie Capsule is an interest group that was founded in 2011 by Marc Ugolini. For this piece, three contemporary dancers and three B-girls/boys have come together to form a group. They are between 20 and 30 years old and meet once a month for an intensive rehearsal.
What`s it about ?
The original version of this piece was created by Marcel Lehmann back in 2007. The choreographer addressed how dancers have to “sell” their bodies on the dance market. In the reinterpretation of
the choreography for the festival kulturerbe, tanz! 2023 this topic was taken up again, but from the point of view of the breaking scene. This scene is increasingly present on dance stages, where
breakers face the same rat race as contemporary dancers.
Funding/Co-Production: Capsule Academy, kulturerbe, tanz!
Contemporary Dance & Dance Improvisation/Instant Composition
The collective term Contemporary Dance is generally understood to mean the choreographic stage dance art of the present. Recently developed dance techniques are integrated and current trends from other art forms are incorporated. Dance here can be very abstract. It is used as a language that speaks only about the body in motion.
Improvisation means acting out of the moment and spontaneously. As in music or theater, improvisation in dance can be used in the creation process or practiced as its own stage form. There are different tasks that serve as a framework and are practiced just as much as fixed choreographies.
Spekulative Praktiken KATINES
Greek expats living in Zurich
Choreography: Eleni Mylona
Dance: Domenica Chandra, Fani Kanoni, Irini Karavouzis, Daphne Kokkini, Angeliki Papadia, Vassia Roussi, Ioulitta Stavridi, Christina Tsouma, Nassia Vlachou
Live-Music: Pablo Allende (Gitarrre), Nassia Vlachou (Stimme)
Costumes: Hallelujah-Eleftheria Domenikou
General support: Elftheria Tzika
In one sentence
Eight women spontaneously dance their answers to movement tasks, accompanied by live singing.
Who dances ?
KATINES is a small dance group of Greek women who have been living and working in Zurich for several years. The women share the same culture, which they express, among other things, in their language and their movements. KATINA is a female Greek name that used to have sexist connotations. To counteract this, Greece's first feminist magazine gave itself this name.
www.mylonaeleni.com | www.storychoreo.com
What`s it about ?
The piece begins with a live performance of a traditional Greek love song from 1828. The dancers react to the song and to the movement tasks of the choreographer Eleni Mylona. They create movements through «instant composition». This means that there is no fixed choreography, but that the piece is created directly on stage through the implementation of the movement tasks.
Performance
Performance is a term from the visual arts that describes an action-oriented, ephemeral presentation. In the field of dance, pieces that are body-related but not necessarily conceived and performed by artists trained in dance are collected under the term “Performance”. They often deal with current, socially critical topics.
ÜBER DAS ALLMÄHLICHE VERSCHWINDEN StuhlBrand
A man and a woman from Kreuzlingen
Choreography: Micha Stuhlmann
Dance: Werner Brandenberger, Micha Stuhlmann
Video & Light: Raphael Zürcher
In one sentence
A professional performer and an 85-year-old man with a disability in dialogue with each other.
Who dances ?
Werner Brandenberger and Micha Stuhlmann have been working together since autumn 2022. The two are deeply connected. They work together as equals, although they come from different worlds: Werner Brandenberger is a former judge with polio, Micha Stuhlmann is a professional dance performer.
What`s it about ?
In this first collaborative work, they explore the world of movement together. The two dancers explore the give-and-take between the “I” and the “you”. Despite the discomfort created by
impairments and opposing worldviews, the two come together in unexpected and poetic ways. They engage with each other while expanding and deconstructing each other's attitudes and perspectives.
Spectators are invited to do this in encounters with their fellow human beings with as much courage and relish as the performers.
Funding/Co-Production: LABORATORIUM FÜR ARTENSCHUTZ
We are grateful:
Bundesamt für Kultur BAK | Ernst Göhner Stiftung | Stadt Zürich Kultur | Stiftung Corymbo | Stanley
Thomas Johnson Stiftung | Stiftung Anne-Marie Schindler | Cassinelli-Vogel-Stiftung | Elisabeth Weber Stiftung | Migros Kulturprozent | Fondation Oertli Stiftung and other founding agencies.