SOMEBODY@MASCHINENHAUS 26 // DANCE, DINNER & TALK // Signatures – Claudia Küppers & Antonia Koluiartseva / Stumme Radierungen – Unbeschrieben – Ying Xiao

In the organizer's words:

DANCE, DINNER & TALK

Dance, Dinner & Talk with Claudia Küppers & Antonia Koluiartseva / Ying Xiao / Tabea Jung & IG Tanz An evening that creates space for exchange and encounters

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7:30 pm // Signatures (Claudia Küppers & Antonia Koluiartseva)

Claudia Küppers and Antonia Koluiartseva research dance as "writing in space". Based on patterns, patterns, fonts and their graphic representation, a fine poetic and yet expressive personal signature, a physical signature in space, a dance script is created by means of improvisation. Antonia Koluiartseva's dance signature follows her musical intuition and is both deeply sensitive and playful in its expression. The music follows the dance as an abstract narrative, which is simultaneously an occasion, contrast and source of inspiration, sometimes anticipating, sometimes waiting for, sometimes illustrating the dance. This leads to a dance solo that oscillates between the aesthetic expression of the dance, the music and the space.

Idea & Choreography: Claudia Küppers // Dance & Choreography: Antonia Koluiartseva // Music: Henry Purcell: A Ground in Gamut, 2 Henry Purcell: Chaconne in G minor, 3 Henry / Purcell: Suite in A minor / Saraband, 4 Jean-Philippe Rameau: Suite in G major / Les Sauvages // Project assistance: Photos: Landscape Manuel Meza / Portrait: Alexandra Rumyantseva // Duration: 15 min

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Silent Etchings - Unwritten (Ying Xiao)

In "Stumme Radierungen - Unbeschrieben", the performer embarks on a physical search for traces. The project addresses the history of the so-called "comfort women" and questions the inscription of violence in the body. Here, the deep, controlled breathing of Korean dance（this community lives mainly in north-eastern China (especially Yanbian) and on the Korean peninsula (North and South Korea) and the rhythmic power of Wa dance merge with contemporary choreography. The piece breaks with linear narratives and creates a space of collective memory in which the audience is invited to adopt its own observer position. It is an examination of the fragility and strength of women in times of war and poses the urgent question: How can we actively preserve peace today? In a time of global escalation, the body becomes a place of resistance against forgetting.

Choreography: Ying Xiao // Dance: Shuang Liang // Music: Sin // Film: Guo Ke // Photos: Karl // Duration: 12 min // Age: 16+ // Supported by: TanzFaktur Köln (residency) / Stadtbibliothek Essen / Chinese "Comfort Woman" History Museum (documentary material)

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Project G2 or Post Traumatic Femtasy (Tabea Jung)

Project G2 or Post Traumatic Femtasy" is an intimate duet by choreographer Tabea Jung that makes female desire tangible as a powerful, sensual and at the same time vulnerable search movement. In the field of tension between patriarchal imprints, shame and the imagery of pornographic narratives, the question arises as to how this desire can be rethought and experienced after centuries of oppression.

Choreography / Concept: Tabea Jung // Dance: Shauna Fischer, Merel Bastiaans // Music: Béla Baumann // Costume: Hannah Creak // Photos: Lennart Pimpl // Duration: 20 min // Sponsor: supported by Tanzhaus NRW

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URSPRUNG | Origin (Ying Xiao)

Origin" is a choreographic encounter between Chinese classical dance and contemporary dance. Based on point, line and surface, the piece examines the beginning of man and the relationship between the individual and society. It poses a fundamental question: who am I when I return to the starting point?

Choreography, concept, costume: Ying Xiao // Dance: Matilde Bottigelli / Ying Xiao // Assistance: Shuang Liang / Music: "Uni Rec" Alva Noto // Photo: Juli Wang Duration: 7min // Music: Uni Rec "Alva Noto

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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.