#1 WE (THE EMPATHIC BODY)

#1 WE (THE EMPATHIC BODY)

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#1 WE (THE EMPATHIC BODY)

# 1 WE is a dance laboratory with artistic working methods. The workshop is led by choreographer Silke Z.

In the workshop, choreographer Silke Z. presents her artistic working method in the context of her production WE which is the first part of the multi-year project THE EMPATHIC BODY.

The performance WE deals with the question of personal qualities as a precondition for an encounter. In the workshop, the participants will be guided in developing biographical movement material and exploring it in different interpersonal and choreographic contexts. In a playful and performative setting, labels, self- descriptions and attributions to others will be explored and developed. The practical result will be transformed into a common vocabulary on empathy through different methods of reflection.

DATE

Fri 17.03.2023

11:00 – 14:00

Liisa Pentti +Co Studio
Helsinki, Finland

TICKETS

 

15 euros
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DETAILS

LANGUAGE  English
DURATION  3h

LOCATION

Laivakatu 5 K, 4. Stock, 00150 Helsinki, Finnland
WE. THE EMPATHIC BODY VOL. 1

WE. THE EMPATHIC BODY VOL. 1

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WE.

THE EMPATHIC BODY VOL. 1 

Silke Z. & die metabolisten

 

GUEST PERFORMANCE IN BONN:
WE. The empathic body Vol. 1 „QUINTET VERSION“

We are emotional.
We are resilient.
We are dependent.
We are loving.
We are uncertain.
We are jealous, assaulting, grateful.
We are strange, tender, ignorant, freaky.
We are online.
We are diverse.

Humans as social beings have the ability to empathise with others, to put
themselves in their place, to take the place of the other. WE transfers the
natural forms of emotional contagion into dance-choreographic settings. The
performers walk tightrope between attraction and aversion, affection and
assault.

In WE, Silke Z.’s ensemble die metabolisten negotiates empathy and
faces the invasive, encroaching side of empathy. This first production of the
project THE EMPATHIC BODY lays the foundation for a perennial
examination of the topic of empathy. The intergenerational company is
looking for new performative perspectives to approach the complexity of
themes and cultivate feelings of WE.

QUINTET-VERSION

Artistic direction + choreography: Silke Z.
Performance: Daniela Riebesam, Caroline Simon, Hanna Held, Bettina Muckenhaupt, David Winking
Lighting design: Garlef Keßler
Costume + stage: Claudia Grünig, Silke Z. and team
Dramaturgical advice: Barbara Fuchs, André Zimmermann
Sound consulting: André Zimmermann
Administration/Management: Hanna Held
Production assistance: Clara Roth
Video documentation: Barbara Schröer

The revival is financed with the kind support of:

 

CREDITS / CAST / FUNDING

Artistic direction + Choreography: Silke Z.
Performance: Daniela Riebesam, Caroline Simon, Dennis Schmitz, Bettina Muckenhaupt, Jimin Seo, David Winking
Lighting design: Wolfgang Pütz
Costume + Stage: Claudia Grünig, Silke Z. und Team
Dramaturgical advice: Barbara Fuchs, André Zimmermann
Sound advice: André Zimmermann
Dance education: Caroline Simon, Dennis Schmitz, Andrea Marton, Hanna Held
Administration/Management: Hanna Held
Public relations: Vinya Cameron
Press work: Kerstin Rosemann
Photo documentation: Claudia Grünig
Video documentation: Barbara Schröer

The overall concept is supported by the following partners: Coproduction
Fokus Tanz e.V. Munich, Junges Schauspielhaus BochumCooperation
Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium Cologne, ehrenfeldstudios e.V.

Funded by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia as part of the 3-year conceptual funding and the city of Cologne as part of the multi-year project funding.

The performances in Helsinki are supported by Exportförderung Land NRW.

PAST DATES

Cirko – Center for New Circus | Helsinki, Finland:

15.03.23 – 7 pm
16.03.23 | 7 pm

ehrenfeldstudios | Cologne:

11.11.21 – 10 am (school performance)
12.11.21 – 10 am (school performance)
13.11.21 – 4 pm (family performance)
14.11.21 – 4 pm (family performance)

Theaterrevier | Bochum:

06.11.21 – 7:30 pm
07.11.21 – 6 pm
08.11.21 – 10 am

DATES

Thu 02.11.2023

20:00

Brotfabrik Bonn

Fri 03.11.2023

20:00

Brotfabrik Bonn

TICKETS

Regular: 15 €
Discount: 10 €
Supporters: 20 €
Students with culture ticket: 3 €
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DETAILS

LANGUAGE  German
DURATION  1h
FÜHL DIE WELT DURCH MEINE HAUT

FÜHL DIE WELT DURCH MEINE HAUT

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FÜHL DIE WELT DURCH MEINE HAUT

Observations on everyday racism Khadidiatou Bangoura & Guests (+AUDIENCE DISCUSSION) 

 

The starting point of the piece is a thought experiment: Black people and PoCs, as the dominant social group, do not experience everyday racism, while white people, who do not belong to the dominant social group, experience everyday racism. Connections between everyday racism and structural racism are explored. Through dance & text, an emotional, complementary and low-threshold approach to the academic and theoretical discourse on racism is pursued in order to promote processes of sensibilisation, self-reflection and self-education to actively combat racism.

Khadidiatou Bangoura is a dancer & choreographer with West African roots. Her artistic works include “The heart is a muscle” (2016), “Adult-ish” (2017), “Moving Structures” (2020) and “FÜHL DIE WELT DURCH MEINE HAUT – Observations on everyday racism (2021)”. Through dance, she aims to enable the analysis of our relationships to each other, to ourselves and to our environment, creating new narratives that provoke reflection.

There will be an audience discussion after both performances.

CREDITS / CAST

Concept & Choreography: Khadidiatou Bangoura
Dance & Choreography: Khadidiatou Bangoura, Janaina Celina Domingos, Bawelima Dessa Ganda, Mareile Gnep, Joana Kern, Maria Eugenia Lapadula Plà, Emiko Tamura
Assistance: Waithera Schreyeck
Costume design: Douakro Kante
Photography & Stage design: Lorena Spülbeck
Music & Sound editing: Tatiana Heuman

Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the program NEUSTART KULTUR.

DATES

Sat 04.03.2023

20:00

ehrenfeldstudios, Köln

Sun 05.03.2023

16:00

ehrenfeldstudios, Köln

TICKETS

Sliding Scale 8-20 euros
karten@ehrenfeldstudios.de

INFO

The performances take place within the framework of the guest performance series DIVERSITY curated by Silke Z.

DETAILS

LANGUAGE  german
DURATION  approx. 60-70 min.
DEINE WAHL! THE EMPATHIC BODY VOL. 3

DEINE WAHL! THE EMPATHIC BODY VOL. 3

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DEINE WAHL!

The empathic body vol. 3

In the third and last part of the series THE EMPATHIC BODY , Silke Z. and die metabolisten put themselves and their audience to the test: they explore the limits of empathy and throw themselves into absurd situations on stage, which resembles an arena.

Sound designer Sarah Procissi and songwriter Nikolaj Grunwald push the performers into an extreme display of their supposed individuality and uniqueness. What at the beginning seems like a “normal” casting show, disassembles itself in the course of time and at the same time pushes the machinery of show business to the extreme.

Die metabolisten challenge the audience to leave their comfort zone of anonymity and present them with a choice over and over again – it’s YOUR CHOICE!

PAST EVENTS

Thu 17.11.22 | 8 pm | PREMIERE
Fri 18.11.22 | 8 pm
Sat 19.11.22 | 8 pm
Sun 20.11.22 | 4 pm
Wed 11.01.23 | 10 am
Thu 12.01.23 | 10 am

CREDITS / CAST

Artistic direction + choreography: Silke Z.
Concept: Silke Z., André Zimmermann, Hanna Held
Moderation: Caroline Simon, Hanna Held
Dance: Meike Kattwinkel, Bettina Muckenhaupt, David Winking, Dennis Schmitz, Hartmut Misgeld, Jimin Seo, Manuel Kisters, Vivien Kovarbasic, Daniela Riebesam
Sound design: Sarah ProcessI, Nikolaj Grunwald
Lighting design: Garlef Keslser
Production management: Charlotte Brune
Sound engineering: Beppo Leichenich
Video animation: Beni von Alemann
Dramaturgy: Lilith Giles
Guest choreography: Laurynas Žakevičius, Airida Gudaitė
Management: Hanna Held
Organization: Anna Boldt
Administration: Carina Graf
Press relations: Kerstin Rosemann
Photo and graphics: Stefan Henaku
Video documentation: Barbara Schröer

Thanks to: neues lernen e.V., Nachtigall Club, Compact Records.

Supported by: Cultural Office of the City of Cologne, Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, process support of the Performing Arts Fund with funds from Neustart Kultur

In cooperation with: ehrenfeldstudios e.V., Fokus Tanz e.V., Junges Schauspielhaus Bochum, Albertus Magnus Gymnasium Cologne

DATES

No upcoming dates.

TICKETS

Sliding Scale 8-20 euros
karten@ehrenfeldstudios.de

DETAILS

LANGUAGE  German
DURATION  60 min.

SHAME MY NAME | Konnective

SHAME MY NAME | Konnective

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INFO | DATES | PRESS

SHAME MY NAME | Konnective

SHAME MY NAME is the second guest performance in the Diversity series on the theme of gender & sexuality.

The guest performance series curated by Silke Z. in cooperation with Querfeldein will present national and international dance productions over the next two years that deal with the themes of inclusion & participation, gender & sexuality, privilege, appreciation & racism, age, everyday life & visibility. In this format, topics of the diversity discourse are explicitly anchored in the repertoire in order to make their visibility sustainably effective.

 

The intermedial performance SHAME MY NAME deals with the affair between Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton, the nipplegate around Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake and the rape allegations of GNTM contestant Gina-Lisa Lohfink.
Konnective examines the digital shaming of the three women and asks: How were their stories stored in the collective memory and what strategies did the women use to survive the shaming?
What continuities can be found with the history of female humiliation?

Performers:
Saliha Shagasi, Judith Niggehoff, Sophie Halcour

supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media within the framework of NEUSTART KULTUR.

 

Please note !
The performance deals with the theme of sexualised violence.
At one point there are stroboscopic light effects.

 

 

DATES

16 September 2022 | 8 pm
17 September 2022 | 8 pm
18 September 2022 | 4 pm and 6:30 pm

16 & 17 September | DIVERSITY: SHAME MY NAME by Konnective + MIT UNS – Episode 2 | Karel (65) & Annika (19) by Silke Z. & die metabolisten

18 September | DIVERSITY: SHAME MY NAME by Konnective

Tickets: Sliding Scale 8-15 euros | karten@ehrenfeldstudios.de 

 

FUNDERS

CONTACT

Silke Z. I c/o ehrenfeldstudios
Wissmannstrasse 38, 50823 Köln
0221 222 666 3

info@resistdance.de
www.resistdance.de

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