MEETING ANOTHER
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“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 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.
“To say after that that we knew each other personally.” S. Beckett
Through sight, sound, speech and touch we increase both the audience’s and our own ability to empathize with a stranger. The encounter will always happen between one dance performer and one participant. By bringing our attention to the present and our senses, both ourselves and the audience can become more comfortable with the unfamiliar. The combination of movements created in dialogue and the individual decisions of the participants makes each performance an original work.
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-Gerwern, DLR Arts Office, Dance Ireland
Upcoming:
21.01.2022 Workshop at the Work Room Glasgow
SMACK
SMACK
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:
22. – 24.08.2022 Edinburgh Festival Frindge UK
4.09.2022 LBT Huddersfield, UK
BLOOD DRIVE VOL. 2
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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.
Based on the historical figure Elisabeth Bathory and her myth, the artistic collaboration around the project Blood Drive Vol. 2 discusses the patterns of femininity in times of social media and permanent self-expression. Having investigated self and foreign perception of the body – in real as well as virtual contexts – Blood Drive Vol. 2 negotiates power and gender relations and looks for a future where the division between male and female becomes superfluous.
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
VERA ILONA STIERLI 