Program

In the original version of Habitat / Halle E – which first premiered last autumn – the naked bodies of 120 people slap, vibrate and clash with each other to the sound of electronic and abstract techno tracks. Such a utopian place, where bodies can freely interact, touch each other’s sweaty skin and breath together, seems far, far away in view of the current pandemic.

Premiere, dance theater for ages 6 and up

Premiere | Sound and Object Theater | 45 min. | 5+

Premiere, outdoor performance with headphones for ages 10 and up

Theater for ages 15 and up

Theater performance for ages 5 and up

Theater performance for ages 15 and up

The first solo by Claudia Bosse, ORACLE and SACRIFICE 1, is all about thinking with one’s own body. Evacuating the present by taking poetic action, poetics that search the future and the past for oracles and sacrificial deeds, that touch the inner and outer spheres of the body and the world.

Exclusion, transformation, disappearance… In what ways do social institutions like the church, schools and theatres leave marks on the human body? Mathilde Monnier and La Ribot use dance to examine this central question in Michel Foucault’s philosophical oeuvre, accompanied by the poetic language of Portuguese director Tiago Rodriques and music by Béla Bartók. Set against an apocalyptic background, the two dancers will present an impassionate reflection on humanity’s path to self-annihilation, both as an ode to beauty as well as in defence of the horrific.

Performance Passage – a Space for the Poetics of the In-between is part of an initiative comprising nine artistic micro-museums, each dedicated to a single specific art genre. Based on the artistic concept by Christoph Meier, a ceiling solely consisting of mirrors will inherently and inwardly enlarge the space of Performance Passage. Analogous to the walls of a dance studio or the ceilings inside a disco, these mirrors will reflect the image of the person standing in front of them, initiating a moment of spontaneous self-reflection. Everyone can perform in this space, everyone can behold their own transformation in the mirrors.

“What is your true matter of practice?” ghost writer Raimundas Malasauskas asked Miet Warlop once. “Electric jellyfish”, she said. “In transition. From tension to attention, from breathing to singing, from focus to staring, from staring to starring. Vibrating with the smallest detail in galaxy. And there is no frame to add, only gravity. In obeying its pull I will stick one of my hands to the heaven and the other one to the ground. My voice chords will tremble, but I will stay calm.