PLAY (outdoors)
©Saki Tagami
Driven by the powerful sound of a one-woman band, four dancers surprise the audience on their journey through different states of play. Between order and chaos, emergence and disappearance, they compose their bodies in close proximity to the public, challenging our notions of power, intimacy and community. Gravity meets weightlessness, density meets permeability, falling meets flying.
Mirjam Gurtner's latest work combines dance and live music to create an interdisciplinary open-air performance marked by improvisation. Music, bodies and environment blend, the audience and the location are part of the composition. How much regulation and how much freedom does a society need? Can co-existence be rethought in play?
Performing Arts Festival Berlin 2023 31 May, 2 June, 3 June 2023 Tempelhofer Feld/Luftgarten, Berlin
Access: We offer live audio description and a pick-up service for visually impaired audiences.
Tanzfest 2022 Swiss National Tour 13 - 15 May 2022 Fribourg/Place Georges Python, Moutier/Chantemerle Aarau/Bankplatz AKB, Basel/Kaserne Basel Geneva, Parc des Bougeries, Plan-les-Ouates
48-Stunden-Neukölln Festival 2021, Berlin 18/19/20 June 2021 Thomashöhe 12053 Berlin / Kranoldplatz 12051 Berlin
Access: In collaboration with Berlin artists Xenia Taniko and Sophia Neises, PLAY is conceived as an accessible performance, anchoring the creation of access as a creative element in its own right. We offer live audio description and a pick-up service for visually impaired audiences.
CREDITS Artistic direction/Choreography: Mirjam Gurtner Performance: Aly Khamees, Melissa Kieffer, Michael Kaddu, Katy Hewison Creation/Original Cast: Aly Khamees, Diethild Meier, Makisig, Michael Kaddu Music: Teresa Riemann, Original Composition: Jana Sotzko. Sound technician: Nicola Misic (CH), Utku Tavil (DE) Scenography: Lisa Premke Costumes: Nic Tillein Dramaturgy: Maya Weinberg Audiodescription: Xenia Taniko/Sophia Neises (2021/22), Felix Koch/Johanna Krins (2023) Graphic Design: Lisa Klabunde Press (Berlin): Anita Goß, Media Partner: TAZ. Die Tageszeitung Production: Pascal Moor/Spring Production, Production Management Berlin: Chris Wohlrab/TATWERK Assistance: Beatrice Zanesco; Vincent Calafiore (DE)
Co-produced by Theater ROXY Birsfelden and 48-Stunden-Neukölln Festival Berlin
Supported by Fachausschuss Tanz und Theater BS/BL, Hauptstadtkulturfonds Berlin, Pro Helvetia, reso Tanznetzwerk Schweiz, Stanley Thomas Johnson Stiftung, Jacqueline Spengler Stiftung, Fondation Nestlé pour l'Art, Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung SIS, Stiftung Corymbo
The revival 2023 in the frame of Performing Arts Festival Berlin was presented by TATWERK | Performative Forschung. Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste aus Mitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien in the frame of NEUSTART KULTUR, Pro Helvetia, Fachausschuss Tanz und Theater BS/BL.
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Tanzfest Basel 2022 ©Matthias Wäckerlin
Performing Arts Festival Berlin 2023 ©Oliver Look
48-Stunden-Neukölln 2021 ©Saki Tagami