WITH US. EPISODE 3: KAREL (65) MEETS HANNA (27)

WITH US. EPISODE 3: KAREL (65) MEETS HANNA (27)

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WITH US – EPISODE 3: KAREL (65) MEETS HANNA (27)

Silke Z. & die metabolisten

 

Each of the invited guest performances in the DIVERSITY series is accompanied by a duo dance piece by Silke Z. with dancers from the ensemble die metabolisten, in which the transgenerative perspective on the content of the guest performance is taken up.
Karel and Hanna put themselves in each other’s skin. Themes such as age, shame, belonging and touch are negotiated. The skin as a border to the world offers both performers the possibilities of opening up and communication, as well as resistance and withdrawal.

PAST PERFORMANCES

15.03.2023 @ Cirko – Center for New Circus Helsinki, Finland

16.03.2023 @ Cirko – Center for New Circus Helsinki, Finland

CREDITS / CAST / FUNDING

Artistic direction + choreography: Silke Z.

In collaboration with:

Dance performance: Hanna Held, Karel Vanek
Sound design + music: Liam Giles
Production management: Charlotte Brune
Administration: Carina Graf
Public relations: Anna Boldt
Video documentation: Barbara Schröer

The guest performance series DIVERSITY is funded by the Diversity Fund of the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

DATES

Upcoming performances will be announced here.

SHARING ACROSS BORDERS #2

SHARING ACROSS BORDERS #2

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SHARING ACROSS BORDERS #2

International Dance-Network-Festival

 

The international, innovative festival for dance performance and networking SHARING ACROSS BORDERS will take place for the second time.

On three festival days, SHARING is all about dialogue and the coming together of artists, young talents and the public. ACROSS BORDERS refers to our mission to build an international network. The PITCH (IM)PERFECT format offers young artists a platform to present their own work to experienced performers and thus to help them further develop their ideas. The ehrenfeldstudios invite its national and international partners from their studiotrade network to create a space for dialogue and exchange with six young performing talents.

Come join us for a weekend of discussing and performing at shows, talks, workshops and party!

PROGRAM FRIDAY 19.05.

19:00 OPENING  
19:30 DANCE PERFORMANCES

BAAL | GINOIDE (Spanien)

Year 2029. GINOIDE is a robot with female resemblance. „Nana“ was built following rules set by a neoliberal society. Rules that our bodies, real or fake, have to obey. GINOIDE, will make us think about sentimental and sexual relationships. Where is humanity heading to? What will happen to the reproduction of our species? The performers Catalina Carrasco and Gaspar Morey present the intergenerational piece GINOIDE together with Max. 

Performance: Catalina Carrasco, Gaspar Morey, Max     

      

YELENA ARAKELOW (PHYSICAL félagið) | WAITING FOR A DANCE (Island)

What do we experience in the state of waiting? If we wait together, can we collectively experience a desire for change? Unfolding time through repetition and nothingness increases the anticipation for something to happen. Perhaps something we don’t yet know …

Choreography and music: Yelena Arakelow | Performance: Baiba Vanaga and Yelena Arakelow | Costume: Sólbjört Vera Ómarsdóttir | Financial support: Rúv Tónskáldasjóður and UNM Iceland | Special Thanks to: Khetsin Chuchan, Eydís Rose Vilmundardóttir, Jóhannes Stefánsson, Sól Ey, Dansverkstæðið, Reykjavík Dance Festival and tóma rýmið.

PROGRAM SATURDAY 20.05.

13:00 – 14:00 WORKSHOP: studiotrade | SHARING KNOWLEDGE 

Studiotrade network shares experiences in self-management and networking for freelance performing artists.

14:00 PITCH (IM)PERFECT #1

Ido Grinberg | Keep in Touch (Sweden / Germany)
The performance explores the relation between the individual and the society in a changing world, and examines the movement created in the interaction between the body and the screen through the sense of touch.  

Dessa Ganda | Erb-beben (Germany)
Erb-beben is a multidisciplinary exploration of the socio-philosophical significance of traditions, legacies and heritage. A project with live music, theatre, texts and songs. 

Thaddäus Maria Jungmann, Daniela Riebesam & Carolina Brinkmann | JUNGMANN // JUNGHEINRICH (Germany)
The performance explores the physical relationship between a human and a machine body. The pas-de-deux addresses experiences of discrimination Jungmann made as a queer person jobbing in a logistics centre.

20:00 DANCE PERFORMANCE

LOW AIR Vilnius city dance theatre | Me Two / We, The Clique (Lithuania)

A group of young dancers share their experiences of growing up between developing queer identities, sexual harassment and power abuse. The performance portraits personal perspectives and conveys the importance of open discussion in creating a sense of belonging and community within The Clique. The audience is invited to revisit vibrant teen-hood, through the lens of the spectator, a parent, a teacher, and a decision-maker, and to reflect on the boundaries of power in interpersonal and intergenerational relationships.   

Idea, choreographer: Airida Gudaite | Dancers: Greta Snitkute, Arminas Kazanavicius, Rokas Bugys, Ugne Laurinaviciute, Grete Vosyliute, Elena Milaknyte, Beatrice Saltenyte, Emilija Ieva Giedraityte, Barbora Mickute, Aura Sriubsaite, Saule Buciunaite, Smilte Kavoliunaite | Director: Jonas Tertelis | Composer: Agnė Matuleviciute | Scenographer: Renata Valcik, Emilis Seputis | Light designer: Julius Kursys | Producer: Laurynas Zakevicius | Manager: Gabriele Kundrotaite 

21:30 CHAT – CHOP – CHEERS!

Ain’t no party like a kitchen party! According to this principle, we provide performers, young artists and the public a space to get curious, to get to know each other better and to exchange ideas and experiences informally while we prepare dinner all together. After dinner, it’s time to hit the dancefloor! 

PROGRAM SUNDAY 21.05.

10:00 – 12:00 WORKSHOP: LOWAIR | GROOVE YOUR FLOW

LOWAIR experiments with different forms of movement and dance styles. Laurynas and Airida’s creative exercises encourage to build interdisciplinary bridges. Their workshop connects Breaking Transitions, Isolations and Grooves from Hip-Hop, Intelligent House and Jazz Footwork. Open for all levels. 

13:00 PITCH (IM)PERFECT #2 

Mariona Jaume & Maya Triay | TRENTA-SET I MIG (Spain)
Our paths create a multitude of possibilities: encounters, crossings, approaches and distances. Tension and curiosity draw lines in the common and individual space. Simultaneity of seemingly contradictory realities will be explored through dance.

Hanna Held, Vivien Kovarbasic, Vika Grin, Rina Schmeing & Andrea Kößler | FOODPORN (Germany)
In FOODPORN, the performers put food at the centre of their feminist utopia and offer an invitation to collective seduction through the seemingly sinful charms of food.

Ema Senkuvienė, Marius Eidrigevičius & Greta Snitkutė | Truth or Dare (Lithuania)
As pieces of a global game we move on the space-like game board, hoping to be on the right side at the end. But: What is right for you? The performers reflect on their own origins and their history. 

CREDITS

Artistic direction: Silke Z.
Network partner: studiotrade 
Organisation/Production Management: Anna Boldt
Administration: Carina Graf
Photo: Audrius Solominas
Graphics: Caroline Simon

FUNDING

        

   

      

WITH US. KAREL (65) MEETS DAVID (25) AND HANNA (28)

WITH US. KAREL (65) MEETS DAVID (25) AND HANNA (28)

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WITH US. Karel (65) meets David (25) and Hanna (28)

Guest performance in Vilnius, Lithuania

 

In WITH US, the three dancing bodies of different ages become landscapes that are relentlessly open and surveyed with a radical eye for all details in order to uncover the information they harbour.  WITH US vividly shows how the bodies and the landmarks attached to them provide information about their owners without being asked and divide them into categories such as disabled, old, privileged. Characteristics such as skin colour, wrinkles, scars, facial features, pigmentation or hair structure become landmarks on the map of social standardisation.

The dance and performative measurement takes place between two generations that rarely encounter each other so directly and physically. WITH US creates an intergenerational questioning and encounter in which eye level and categories such as age, disability and skin colour are negotiated. Prejudices, privileges and visibility are negotiated through play and reflected with great political relevance.

WITH US is an intergenerational dance performance with three dancers of the ensemble die metabolisten by choreographer Silke Z. The performance is based on two duos (“WITH US. Karel meets David” and “WITH US. Karel meets Hanna”), which were created in 2022 and 2023 as part of the guest performance series DIVERSITY and were further developed and elaborated into a full-length piece.

CREDITS / CAST / FUNDING

Artistic direction: Silke Z.
Dance: Karel Vaněk, David Winking, Hanna Held
Lighting design: Garlef Keßler
Sound design: Liam Giles
Management: Carina Graf, Hanna Held

Supported by the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK Guest performance funding dance, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, as well as the Ministries of Culture and the Arts of the Federal States.

   

DATES

Thu 17.08.2023

19:00

Menu Spaustuve (Arts Printing House) | Studio II.

Fri 18.08.2023

19:00

Menu Spaustuve (Arts Printing House) | Studio II.

INFO

➔ menuspaustuve.lt
Šiltadaržio g. 6, 01124 Vilnius, Lithuania

DETAILS

LANGUAGE  English
DURATION  45 min.
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 €
➔ Tickets here

DETAILS

LANGUAGE  German
DURATION  1h
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.

NachWieVor | dance performance & age(ing)

NachWieVor | dance performance & age(ing)

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Program series NachWieVor

dance performance & age(ing)

As part of the networking and exchange project NachWieVor | dance performance & age(ing), curated by Barbara Fuchs and Silke Z., we are looking forward to the participatory AudioWalk by the ensemble DanceOn60+ from Munich. Together with artists, scientists and our intergenerational audience, we would like to take a look at age(ing) in this series.

DANCE ON 60+ GEHT RAUS

Introductory workshop with AudioWalk in public space with Andrea Marton (Munich)

Put on your headphones and dance away! DanceOn60+ gets the audience moving: People of all ages are invited to enter into a dance dialogue with each other and with the urban space through the AudioWalk. Each person separately and yet together, the participants are guided through the AudioWalk and Dance with headphones. Andrea Marton’s concept underlines her concern to enable the cultural participation of all people.

 

Concept and artistic direction: Andrea Marton Project manager: Ralf Otto Piano: Lukas Maier Speaker: Ruth Geiersberger Video documentation: Barbara Schröer Technician: Beppo Leichenich Photo: ©Birgit Widhopf

Produktion DanceOn60+ Supported by Erasmus+ Projekt “Creative Aging – culturalengagement instead of social isolation” and Kulturreferat of the LH Munich
Supported by Kulturator | Die Gute Dinge Stiftung

Dates: 18 & 19 June 2022

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STADTFÜCHSE

In September, the FELD Theatre for Young Audiences (Berlin) is a guest in the NachWieVor programme series.

The research STADTFÜCHSE uses the figure of the fox as a mythical creature to not only deal with the demarcation between humans and animals, but also philosophises and fabulates musically, dancingly and figuratively above all about being human in itself and the relationship of humans to their environment.

Performance + Dance: Ziv Frenkel, Julia Keren Turbahn Performance + Music: Erik Leuthäuser Costume + Space: Jeanne Louët Director + Dramaturgy: Gabi dan Droste Production Manager: Miriam Glöckler Photo: ©SickRick_Photocase

STADTFÜCHSE – Spurensuche
by: Droste, Frenkel, Leuthäuser, Louët, Turbahn
A production by FELD Theatre for Young Audiences.
Supported by the NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZ – STEPPING OUT,
sponsored by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and
Media within the framework of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR. Support programme dance.

Dates: 23 & 24 September 2022

BLÜHENDE LANDSCHAFTEN

For the third event in the NachWieVor programme series, we will be hosting the AltentanzTheater Ensemble ZARTBITTER in October.

Together with Lisa Thomas, the artist Justyna Koeke and the choreographer/dancer Pascal Sangl, ZARTBITTER 2022 has embarked on a research. The ensemble moves in the interplay of body, dance and living material: flowers and plants. The installative-choreographic performance adapts to the respective location and thus becomes a unique experience again and again. The ensemble under the artistic direction of Lisa Thomas was founded in 2010 from a group of older people with a special passion for dance theatre.

Choreography: Lisa Thomas, Pascal Sangl Costume: Justyna Koeke Dance: Marion Koch, Roswitha Münchbach, Lilo Mohaupt, Stefan Mohr-Bender, Helmut Rumpf-Hufnagel, Hildegard Schäffler, Gabriele Würch, Eva Schwanitz, Sebastian Hettenkofer, Hans Nau, Renate Denzel

Production: Tanz- und Theaterwerkstatt e.V., the City of Ludwigsburg and the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg

Funded by: The project research was supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR.

Dates: 21 & 22 October 2022

TEAM + FUNDING

Artistic direction: Barbara Fuchs, Silke Z.
Production management: Magdalena Schmitt
Administration: Carina Graf
Organisation: Anna Boldt
Communication: Hanna Held
Cooperation partners: kubia (Cologne), DanceOn 60+ (Munich), FELD Theater (Berlin), Tanz- und Theaterwerkstatt (Ludwigsburg)
Press and public relations: Kerstin Rosemann
Graphic design: Caroline Simon

Supported by the Performing Arts Fund with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR, the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne and the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

 

                

                

   

DATES

No upcoming dates

TICKETS

Sliding Scale 8-20 €

karten@ehrenfeldstudios.de