SOMETHING SHARED

In the organizer's words:

Dance performance | By Anna Lublina
In cooperation with Sommerblut Kulturfestival and Reframing Dance - Mittelzentrum Tanz & Performance Köln

Rhythm travels, rhythm migrates, rhythm adapts, rhythm resists. Rhythm is a vibration that synchronizes one's own heartbeat with that of another. In this performance, rhythm embodies the Jewish diaspora and reaches back into the past of shared Jewish-Muslim worlds that were not defined by borders, nationalisms or the divisions created by colonialism.

The performance something shared by Anna Lublina is an artistic collaboration between artists with different diasporic identities, including Jewish and Palestinian. Based on archival research on shared Jewish-Muslim sound traditions - such as Uzbek Shashmaqam music, Talmudic prayers or agricultural practices - the artists experiment with tap dance and extended singing techniques. In this way, the performance asks what the history of diasporic Jewish rhythms - and their embodiments - can teach us in a present characterized by division and violence?

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Sprache/Language: Englisch / English
Duration: 75 minutes without intermission

Content Note: Sensory stimuli:
Light: The stage is mostly dark, there are shadow plays. There are no abrupt changes of light or strobe effects.
Sound: The music is sometimes loud and contains deep bass. However, there are no sudden loud noises.
Smells: There is a distinct smell of garlic during the performance.
Projections/videos: Small video clips are projected onto tin cans.
Space and movement: The audience sits on the floor, but there is also the option of sitting on chairs. No special mobility required, the space is at ground level.
Content: The play contains allusions to violent historical events, but no explicit depictions.

Supported by Ottilie Roederstein Stipendiem from the Hessian Ministry of Science, Research, Art and Culture; Kulturamt Frankfurt; Kulturamt Gießen; Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
Development supported by the LAB at English Theater Berlin and Ma'r'ayah Fellowship for Jewish and Muslim artists at Künstlerhaus Bethanien

"something shared" is realized by FWT: Cologne in collaboration with Sommerblut Kulturfestival and Orangerie Theater. As part of Reframing Dance - Mittelzentrum Tanz & Performance Köln, a cooperation between Orangerie Theater and FWT: Köln.