In our social labyrinth we are searching for the healing.
É preciso a ruptura? / Cura. Futura. Sutura.
La pérdida, la manipulación y la caza de circunstancias como un recordatorio repetitivo.
The winding paths of everyday life are not the same for everyone. Racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination exert violence in different ways on people. The Berlin-based choreographer and dancer Ricardo de Paula and the company Grupo Oito follow the traces of this violence, search for dance paths through the social labyrinth and, with the help of fantasy and spirituality, for rituals of healing.
Using their own bodies and postcolonial theories as a starting point, they explore transformative potentials to reveal new ways of seeing and accessing their own power and strength. The audience follows this idea through a space where stage and audience space merge and where a fantastic world opens up with countless possibilities, visions and support.
„Labyrinth“ vermittelt tänzerisch das Gefühl, in eine Sackgasse zu geraten. Die Eigenschaften des Irrgartens sehen für jede Person anders aus, ebenso wie die Performance aus jedem Blickwinkel anders betrachtet wird.(....) In einem Ritual gegenseitiger Unterstützung tanzen die sechs Performer*innen miteinander und füreinander.(...)Der energetisierende Rhythmus, der einige Zuschauer*innen sichtlich ansteckt, täuscht keine Zerstörung des Labyrinths vor. Spürbar wird dennoch eine Stärkung, als würde man auf der Reise durch den Irrgarten zur Stärkung eine kurze Pause einlegen.
― Maria Ladopoulos, tanzschreiber.de, Oktober 2022
Premiere | 14.10.2022 – 20:30 |
Venue | HAU 2 – Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 Berlin |
Production | Grupo Oito |
Co-production | HAU – Hebbel am Ufer |
Funded by | Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Fonds Darstellende Künste by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. |
Artistic Direction and Choreography | Ricardo de Paula |
Direction and choreography assistance | Mareike Jung |
Performers and Co-Creators | Caroline Alves, Cintia Rangel, Laura Alonso, Miro Wallner, Natalie Riedelsheimer, Ruben Nsue |
Dramaturgy | Katja von der Ropp |
Music | Fabiano Lima |
Sound engineer | Makoto Inoue |
Lighting design | Raquel Rosildete |
Stage design | Sarah Seini |
Costume design | Michelle Ferreira |
Production managment | MIFRUSH Production (Micaela Trigo & Urszula Heuwinkel) |
Assistant production management | Tamera Vinhas |
Graphic design | PocketDesign |
Photography documentation | Tito Casal |
Video documentation | Tuca Paoli |
Press and public relation | Felix Schnieder-Henninger |
2022
October | HAU 2 – Hebbel am Ufer | Berlin