Four women, three hours, one space: PLAY stages dance as 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. The spectators are free to decide at what time to arrive, how long to stay and from where to watch.
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: dock11-berlin.de/en/theater/service/visit
Artistic direction: Mirjam Gurtner
Creation,Performance: Asuka Riedl, Erin O'Reilly, Laura Gaillard, Melissa Kieffer
Production: Pascal Moor/Spring Production, Chris Wohlrab/TATWERK I Performative Research
Co-production Theatre ROXY Birsfelden, 48-Stunden-Neukölln Festival
Cooperation TATWERK I Performative Research
Duration: 3 h / durational
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
