SOMEBODY@MASCHINENHAUS 26 //

In the organizer's words:

Existence (Echo Tái)

Nothing seems to be fixed; movement makes time visible. Objects with colored water hang at different heights in the room. Little by little, drops begin to mark the paper beneath them. A dancer moves between the swinging forms. A dialog is created between body, material and gravity. Time unfolds as a slow process of change. Drops, traces and movements condense into images. Without a linear narrative, a space of perception is created. Stillness and movement are in a fragile balance. Memory appears as a trace in the material. Eyes follow the changing surface. Duration can be experienced as a layering of moments. Every movement shifts the order of the space. The atmosphere changes imperceptibly. Traces grow into a silent record of time. Dance combines body, object and image. Water draws fleeting lines on the paper. In the end, what remains is a condensed landscape of traces. Despite the stillness, the process continues. Choral movements of the material remain in the space. Here it is enough to look.

Concept: Echo Tái // Dance: Ching-Mei Huang Stage design / I-Chu Lin // Sound design: Nina Koncic / goodweib // Photos: Karl-F.Degenhardt & Anastassiya Ponomaryova // Duration: 30 minutes // Funding: Supported by Stadt Essen Kulturamt

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SMELL (Aline Braun)

You see. You hear. You taste. Yes, you see the play. You hear the music. You taste the drinks at the premiere. But do you also smell? In the world of theater, we rely almost exclusively on sight and sound, leaving some of our strongest senses unused. The sense of smell, which is most closely linked to memories and emotions, is missing on stage, even though it has the power to draw the audience into a world more than any set or score. The sense of smell evokes associations, creates atmosphere and stimulates the imagination and reflection in a way that words and images alone often cannot. SMELL is a two-part contemporary dance piece that explores the duality of scent, its power to seduce and its ability to repel. In a colorful aesthetic inspired by pop music, two women move between scent and dirt, between what remains in the memory and what society would rather forget.

Concept and choreography: Aline Braun // Dance and co-design: Tullia Francischiello, Mariane Verbecq // Supported by: Stadt Essen Kulturamt // Lighting design, photos and videos: Arnaud Dubois // Duration: 45 minutes // Supported by: Stadt Essen Kulturamt

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somebody@maschinenhaus 26 is a project by IG Tanz Essen, co-produced with the Maschinenhaus Essen as part of the Mittelzentren Förderung Tanz und Performance and funded by the Allbaustiftung Essen.