MEETING ANOTHER
“To say after that that we knew each other personally.” S. Beckett
Die menschliche Begegnung, die Begegnung des Anderen und des Unbekannten. In diesem interaktiven Tanzstück begegnen sich Tänzer*in und Zuschauer*in zu zweit in einem Raum, mit dem Ziel, die traditionelle Hierarchie zwischen Publikum und Darstellenden zu dekonstruieren. Die Kombination aus Bewegungen, die im Dialog entstehen, und den individuellen Entscheidungen der Teilnehmenden macht jede Aufführung von neuem zu einem originellen Werk.
Performance/Choreografie: Kate Haughton & Vera Ilona Stierli in Zusammenarbeit mit den Tänzer*innen I Dramaturgie: Tobias Eule I Outside-Eye: Chris Lechner
Gefördert von: Kultur Stadt Bern, Swisslos Kultur Kanton Bern, Burgergemeinde Bern, Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung SIS, GVB Kulturstiftung, Gesellschaft zu Ober-Gerwen, DLR Arts Office, Dance Ireland
Upcoming:
07. – 09.05.2021 Premiere zum Tanzfest Bern CH
SMACK
A multimedia dance performance that positions the influence of pop-culture on the individual and shared portraits of three women, which emerged from conversations around common memories of 90’s youth. This work is a dialogue between the digital camcorder and the female body, where the actual body and the digital image of the body are in conversation. We meet and communicate with the audience through technology, through a lens, allowing choices of what to see and how to see be made by the viewer. Space is given to any embarrassment we may/may not have. In SMACK nostalgia and criticism, awkwardness and physical agency are explored.
How do you say what you want through your body with an awareness of how culture defines/defined it? The dichotomy of wanting to embrace and wanting to reject serves as a base for this production.
“SMACK is both playful and carefully considered. Assertively performed with attention, against the soundtrack of Barbie Girl [Aqua], I found myself reassessing the mantras of our childhood without neglecting joy of dancing to pop music” — Hannah Parsons
SMACK has since 2016 been co-produced by Gaskssel Bern, supported by venues and residencies including Hamar Teater, Hamar Kulturhus, Dampfzentrale, Tanzatelier NiVo, and funded by Stanley Thomas Johnson Fund, Swisslos / Kultur Kanton Bern, Burgergemeinde Bern, Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung SIS, Norwegian Embassy of Bern, Hamar Kommune & Hedmark Fylke.
Choreographed & Performed by: Olivia Edginton, Ingvild Marstein Olsen & Vera Ilona Stierli
Trailer
Upcoming:
31.10.2020 Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield UK CANCELLED
24. – 27.08.2021 Edinburgh Festival Frindge UK
03.07.2021 Rich Mix London, London UK
BLOOD DRIVE VOL. 2
Ausgehend von der historischen Figur Elisabeth Bathory und ihrem Mythos, verhandelte die künstlerische Kollaboration um das Projekt Blood Drive Vol. 2 die Muster von Weiblichkeit in Zeiten von Social Media und permanenter Selbstdarstellung.
Die Premiere des Stückes fand am 1. Juni 2019 im Turm Schloss Holligen statt.
Performance/Choreografie: Cindy Hammer & Vera Ilona Stierli I Musik: Daniel Williams I Multimedia Modesdesign: Alexandra Boerner I Dramaturgie: Tobias Eule I Outside-Eye: Chris Lechner I gesprochener Text inspiriert von: Twice Told Tales of The Pomegranate Forest – Harumi / Guerilla Girls
Gefördert von: Kultur Stadt Bern, Swisslos Kultur Kanton Bern, Burgergemeinde Bern, Gesellschaft zu Ober-Gerwen, Bürgi-Willert-Stiftung
VERK/WERK/WORK
Quartet
What do you perceive, what do you do and how do you translate it?
Performance and concept: Vera Ilona Stierli, Ingvild Olsen, Anne Oortwijn & Wanda Breistrand
UTOPIA OF THE PRESENT – VARIATIONS
“Utopia of the Present – Variations” is an event, containing performance, dance and installation – driven by the idea that a (social and personal) utopic reality should not be envisioned in the future or the past, but can and should be explored in the present moment.”
A place in which no one needs to achieve anything
