What is told when people introduce themselves dancing?
SHARED DANCES – A Portrait Series is an ongoing collection of dancing portraits, inviting us to encounter people while they move.
What do I learn about a person when I can watch them move and they tell me about their movements?
SHARED DANCES – A Portrait Series A portrait series was born out of an interest in giving people and their physicality a narrative space. Eight dancers from the group piece ENSEMBLE (premiere: January 2023) contribute the first portraits and share a common question:
‚What brings you here?’
Our plan to let a portrait archive grow alongside our stage projects aims to question contemporary forms of assembly or contemporary stages as places of assembly: What are many bodies today? What are they depicting? And do contemporary stages provide enough room for polyphony and multiple corporealities?
Chartreuse
Israel Akpan Sunday
Venetsiana Kalampaliki
Chris Leuenberger
Chihiro Araki
Salah Zater
Nina Wollny
Joel Small
TEAM
Concept/Artistic Direction
Jenny Beyer
Dance
Chartreuse
Dance
Chris Leuenberger
Dance
Chihiro Araki
Dance
Israel Akpan Sunday
Dance
Joel Small
Dance
Nina Wollny
Dance
Salah Zater
Dance
Venetsiana Kalampaliki
Dramaturgy
Anne Kersting
Music/Sound
Jetzmann
Video documentation
Helena Ratka
Graphic Design/Animation
Hansen/2
Artistic Production/Press
Stückliesel
Artistic Collaboration
Mara Nitz