Tanz Performance: Being

In the organizer's words:

Being explores what it means to "be yourself" beyond simplified ideas of authenticity. It asks how we embody the multiple, sometimes conflicting facets that shape who we are, and how these facets coexist within social expectations.
To embrace individuality is to diverge from the norm - and expose difference rather than conceal it. Life is a constant act of composition: adjusting, negotiating, aligning, resisting. On a daily basis, we move between what we feel internally and what is expected of us, between impulse and control.
This piece explores that tension. It is an invitation to see beauty in our complexity - our paradox. A vision of identity not as a fixed state, but as an ongoing negotiation between self and environment. A dance in which everything belongs.

Credits:
Choreography & Sound: Gaetan Matel

Admission to the performance and Bar Blau (DJ set from 8pm to 10pm) at the box office: €5, free for members of the Heidelberger Kunstverein

Performance: Diana Mick, Julie Lehner, Natalie Blaser, Desiree Deckenbrunnen
With the Support of INTER-ACTIONS Dance Company and Heidelberger Kunstverein e.V.

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"Being" explores what it means to "be yourself", beyond simplistic notions of authenticity. It asks how we embody the multiple, sometimes contradictory facets that shape us, and how these facets coexist with societal expectations.
Embracing individuality means deviating from the norm - and revealing differences rather than hiding them. Life is a constant act of composition: adapting, negotiating, aligning, resisting. Every day we move between what we feel inside and what is expected of us, between impulse and control.
This piece explores this tension. It is an invitation to see the beauty in our complexity - in our paradox. A vision of identity not as a fixed state, but as an ongoing negotiation between self and environment. A dance in which everything has its place.

Participants:
Choreography & sound: Gaetan Matel

Admission to the performance and Bar Blau (DJ set 8pm-10pm) at the Box Office: €5, free for members of the Heidelberger Kunstverein

Performers: Diana Mick, Julie Lehner, Natalie Blaser, Desiree Deckenbrunnen
With the support of INTER-ACTIONS Dance Company and Heidelberger Kunstverein e.V.