This is not about monsters. Or is it? An invitation to encounter those fleeting creatures that emerge within us, sometimes quietly, sometimes loudly, when closeness reaches its limits. When we don't know whether we are falling or flying. When trust is challenging.
Beasts & Bodies is dedicated to what we cannot bear alone. Between the fear of losing control and the longing for the unknown, new places unfold in the in-between. Riding through familiar and distant spaces, bodies reposition themselves, shift and take off. A piece that defies gravity - in an atmosphere of neon circus and fairground glitch.
What does a body that doesn't think on its own look like? What does a movement sound like that doesn't yet know which direction it will take? What if trust is not a promise of security, but the courageous step into togetherness? Which beastly superpowers and cute monsters do we want at our side then?
With its unmistakable signature between contemporary dance and acrobatics, Overhead Project creates an impressive performance about closeness, risk and what can happen when we trust each other.
Beasts & Bodies is the first part of the series "Transgressing bodies" in which the company Overhead Project has been exploring the boundaries of collective imagination for several years.
Artistic direction, choreography: Tim Behren
Performance, creation: Leon Börgens, Francesco Germini, Mijin Kim, Greta Salgado, Maiol Pruna Soler
Dramaturgy: Anna Menzel
Musical composition: Simon Bauer
Costume design: Fa-Hsuan Chen
Outside Eye: Breno Caetano
Technical direction: Philipp Zander
Production management: Lisa Lehnen, Lukas Zimmermann
Public Relations, Management: Mechtild Tellmann
International networks: Valentina Barone
Financial administration: Aileen Berndt, Lena Peters
Supported by:
Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media; Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia & Neue Künste Ruhr; Kunststiftung NRW; Cultural Office of the City of Cologne; Landesverband Freie Tanz- und Theaterschaffende Baden-Württemberg (LaFT BW). LaFT BW e.V. is funded by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts .
Co-produced by Ringlokschuppen Ruhr.
The research preceding the project conception is made possible by a research grant from the Kunststiftung NRW.
Price information:
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