PLAY (gallery)
Dock 11 Kastanienallee 79, 10435 Berlin
Wednesday 5 June 2024, 6:30pm - 9:30pm Friday, 7 June 2024, 6:30pm - 9:30pm Saturday, 8 June 2024, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
tickets: https://dock11-berlin.de/theater/service/tickets
Four women, three hours, one space: PLAY stages dance as a sculpture and imagines the stage as a museum. Our everyday flood of digital images is countered by the immediacy of the decelerated body. Between stillness and movement, object and subject, four dancers compose their bodies as living works of art. In close proximity to the audience, they question our ideas of intimacy, risk and community. Gravity meets weightlessness, density meets permeability, falling meets flying. falling / flying / holding (PLAY VI) combines dance and visual art in a durational performance that embraces stillness, reduction and slowdown.
durational performance: the audience is free to decide at what time to arrive, how long to stay and from where to watch.
With a return to the stage as durational performance, we will complete my work-series PLAY, which has been staged internationally for the past five years in over twelve locations in the theatre, outdoors and in galleries.
Artistic direction: Mirjam Gurtner
Creation/Performance: Asuka Riedl, Erin O’Reilly, Laura Gaillard, Melissa Kieffer
Light/Stage: Julian Hoffmann
Production: Pascal Moor/Spring Production, Chris Wohlrab/TATWERK I Performative Forschung
Coproduction: Theater ROXY Birsfelden, 48-Stunden-Neukölln Festival
Cooperation: TATWERK I Performative Forschung
Kindly supported by Fachausschuss Tanz und Theater BS/B; Pro Helvetia, Schweizer Kulturstiftung; Hauptstadtkulturfonds Berlin; Stanley Thomas Johnson Stiftung; Jacqueline Spengler Stiftung; Fondation Nestlé pour l’Art; Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung SIS; Stiftung Corymbo
Access: Relaxed performance. Gentle lighting and sound, no sudden changes, without language. Wheelchair accessible. Different seating provided. Option to leave and come back any time. Further access info: https://dock11-berlin.de/theater/service/besuch
©Daria Kolacka
Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal
Saturday 28 January 2023, 2pm - 5pm Sunday, 29 January 2023, 2pm - 5pm
> Review: Volksstimme, die Zeitung für das Oberbaselbiet, February 2023
Four women, four hours. Between stillness and movement, object and subject, four dancers compose their bodies as danced tableaux vivants. falling / flying / holding (PLAY IV) combines dance and visual art into an interdisciplinary durational performance marked by repetition. Staged site-specifically for Kunsthalle Palazzo, the historic gallery spaces open and limit the physical possibilities of the bodies as a living canvas. Oscillating between sculpture, painting and dance, the everyday flood of digital images is countered by the immediacy of the decelerated, tender and dangerous body.
Artistic direction: Mirjam Gurtner Creation/Performance: Laura Gaillard, Asuka Riedl, Erin O’Reilly, Mirjam Gurtner Production: Pascal Moor / Spring Production Cooperation: Kunsthalle Palazzo Liestal
Co-produced by Theater ROXY Birsfelden, 48-Stunden-Neukölln Festival Berlin
Supported by Fachausschuss Tanz und Theater BS/BL, Hauptstadtkulturfonds Berlin, Stanley Thomas Johnson Stiftung, Jacqueline Spengler Stiftung, Fondation Nestlé pour l‘Art, Stiftung, Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung SIS, Stiftung Corymbo, BLKB Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank, Aikido Schule Liestal, Kunsthalle Palazzo Liestal
Fotos ©Daria Kolacka / Azura Silberschmidt / Lara Uebelhart
FASONO Studio Berlin
part of 48-Stunden-Neukölln Festival 2023
Friday 23 June, 8 - 11pm Saturday 24 June 7 - 10pm Sunday 25 June 2 - 5pm
Artistic direction: Mirjam Gurtner Creation/Performance: Laura Gaillard, Asuka Riedl, Melissa Kieffer, Mirjam Gurtner Production: Pascal Moor / Spring Production Cooperation: FASONO Studio Berlin
Co-produced by Theater ROXY Birsfelden, 48-Stunden-Neukölln Festival Berlin
Supported by Fachausschuss Tanz und Theater BS/BL, Hauptstadtkulturfonds Berlin, Stanley Thomas Johnson Stiftung, Jacqueline Spengler Stiftung, Fondation Nestlé pour l‘Art, Stiftung, Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung SIS, Stiftung Corymbo, FASONO Studio Berlin
touch / crash /fly (PLAY V)
FASONO Studio Berlin
Four women, three hours, one room. Between stillness and movement, object and subject, four dancers compose their bodies as a danced sculpture. touch / crash / fly (PLAY V) combines dance and visual art into a durational performance marked by repetition and the play with time. Staged site-specifically in an empty gallery, the exhibition space opens and limits the physical possibilities of the bodies as a living work of art. Oscillating between architecture, plastic and dance, the immediacy of the decelerated, intimate and playful body is set against the everyday flood of digital imagery.
PLAY V is a contemporary dance production. The performance lasts three hours and is open to the public during this time. The audience is completely free to decide when to come, how long to stay and from where to watch. Depending on the time of their visit, they will be in the space with many other people or experience the performance in an intimate setting by themselves. (Foto: Daria Kolacka)