Above Ground
Groundwork, is an embodied research project concerned with our relationship with the earth, hierarchy, our sense weight, roots, connection, disconnection, safety and belonging.
ABOVE GROUND, a new performance developed in response to mass deforestation, questioning our relationship with the earth, issues of removal, belonging and what's really at stake? Above Ground features 7 womxn, figured as companion species we invite you to slow down, to sense with us the pleasure of our materiality and the possibilities social support.
Choreography: Rosalind Holgate Smith
Dancers: Leila Patzies, Sofia Sarmento, Roc Gottchalk del Pozo, Jennifer Schecker, Jodie Kropf, Mandy Lan, Vega Luukkonen
With Thanks to
WandelWesen Collective, Arts Council Wales & GlogauAIR Artist Residency
The Whale in the Room
There is unequivocal scientific evidence that the problem is real - climate change is not a hoax. And given the speed at which it is expanding, the metaphorical idiom ‘the elephant in the room’ seems to lose accuracy when addressing this issue. Perhaps using the biggest animal that ever lived on the planet will make more sense, becoming then The Whale in the Room.
Trying to reach harmony in what could be a last song, the two performers enter a colossal mayhem that takes place above as well as underwater.
Direction & Choreography João Cidade Co-creation & Performance Marie Hanna Klemm and Sofia Sarmento Lighting Design Emese Csornai Music Marcelo Andres Schmittner Assistance Manon Santi
In co-production with Ehemaliges Stummfilmkino Delphi Berlin
Supported by Tanzzentrale der Region Nürnberg e.V. (DE), Acker Stadt Palast (DE), De Figuranten (BE),
While the Others Go Wild
In difficult times replete with uncertainties João Cidade feels the necessity to turn the focus to the values of collaboration. While the Others Go Wild is a compilation of several attempts to achieve something together, something greater. The choreographer’s as well as the performers’ perspectives on the term collaboration are turned into isolated ideas which are then, under Cidade’s directions, orchestrated by the performers themselves.
Direction & Choreography João Cidade Co-creation & Performance Marcelo Andres Schmittner, Isabella Daffara, Erik Elizondo, Marie Hanna Klemm, Rodolfo Piazza Pfitscher da Silva, Telmo Queimado Branco, Sofia Sarmento and Marianne Tuckman Music Marcelo Andres Schmittner Lighting Design Elliot Bursch and Emese Csornai Production Assistance Manon Santi Research Contributors Edith Buttingsrud Pedersen, Bartek Figurski, Risa Kojima, Karolina Kroczak, Sarah Maria Cook, Szymon Osiński, Elwira Piorun, Christina Reinhardt, Roberta Ricci, Karolina Rychlik and Davide Troiani
In co-production with Acker Stadt Palast (DE)
Supported by Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte, Lake Studios Berlin, Zawirowania Dance Theatre (PL), City of Warsaw
