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Performances 2009
venue:
Schauspielhaus
dates:
July 16, 21:00
July 21, 22:15
[8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series

Moravia Naranjo
"atraída"

There are days we find ourselves utterly confused, have no idea whether we are coming or going. On others we are seemingly taking pleasure in a world gone upside down, and every little twist in our perception will make us smile. In Moravia Naranjo’s "atraída" there is an acordion weeping, there is a white dance floor, and a white back wall covered by an empty black frame. "atraída" translates as "to be attracted by something" or "to gravitate towards something" _ and Naranjo does indeed challenge gravity, while the black frame hanging beside her reminds us of the ubiquitous risk to step out of line ...


Palle Dyrvall & Caroline Hainaut
"Catastrophe Communication Combinatoria"

Aren’t we all shaped by minor or major accidents? In any case, this is what the young man wearing a suit wants us to believe. While he is telling his stories, he is laying out a carpet of logic series, inevitable coincidencies, possible accidents and beginning catastrophes. And he does all this in such a charming and eloquent way, that we, the audience, find ourselves suddenly convinced of accidental power and start to wonder where we would be without it. But then his body starts being put through the hoops of core and periphery, of language and grand gestures ...

Text: Marty Huber
Price: € 25,- | Reduced: € 21,-