Schuhplatteln without lederhosen, is that even possible? It is, but it’s painful. At any rate, it’s what Upper Austrian choreographer Simon Mayer does in this plucky danced attempt at liberating folklore from the dusty corners of traditional-costume-wearing out-datedness. He also makes the whip crack and the chainsaw whirr, using the latter as a makeshift bench to sit down on after the work is done to enjoy the evening sun: Sunbeng = sunbed, obviously. Mayer’s solo SunBengSitting is daring and original, it makes you think, and it has become a classic of Austrian dance performance.
Performance, Artistic Direction, Music: Simon Mayer
Sound & Live-Loop: Pascal Holper
Lighting design: Lucas Gruber, Hannes Ruschbaschan
Artistic Guidance: Frans Poelstra
Technical director/lighting designer on tour: Jeroen Smith
Production creation: Sophie Schmeiser
Touring production: Hiros, Kopf hoch
Co-production: Kopf hoch/Simon Mayer, brut Wien, FREISCHWIMMER 2014/15, Im_flieger
With the support of: Elio Gervasi/raum 33, ROSAS, Kunstencentrum BUDA, shareyourdarlings Plattform, the Austrian Province of Upper Austria, the Office of the Federal Chancellor, the Austrian Cultural Forum in Brussels, the Capital Cultural Fund and the Governing Mayor of Berlin – Senate Chancellery – Cultural Affairs
Thanks to: Kulturverein SPIEL, Trachtenverein Altstädter Bauerngmoa, die Goaßschnalzer Munderfing, Pramtaler Volkstanzgruppe, Fam. Mayer, Christian Schmeiser, Josef Schild, Jan Maria Lukas