Cocoon Dance | Chora

In the organizer's words:

When does it start, when does it end? Where is my place? What does silence mean, what does darkness mean? And how much closeness do I dare to seek? The production CHORA turns dancers and audience into a community. Together they move through a setting without stage boundaries. And thus sharpen their perception of each other. The Bonn-based company CocoonDance, founded in 2000 by choreographer Rafaële Giovanola and dramaturge Rainald Endraß, not only enjoys continuous national and international success. It also manages the feat of remaining curious and constantly creating new relationships between body and space, artists and audience. And in this way to conjure up a world of sensations. With an enthusiastic response, also in the case of CHORA: "The production develops a keyboard of emotions in the interplay of dance, light and music, which can be experienced with relish in a space liberated from conventions" (tanzweb.org).

60min
German

Team of 7 alternating performers Cristina Commisso, Martina De Dominicis, Margaux Dorsaz, Álvaro Esteban, Jenna Hendry, Clémentine Herveux, Marin Lemic, Colas Lucot, Bojana Mitrovic, Evandro Pedroni Director Rafaële Giovanola Choreography Rafaële Giovanola in collaboration with MartinaDe Dominicis, Álvaro Esteban Co-authors Fa-Hsuan Chen, Martina De Dominicis, Álvaro Esteban, Susanne Schneider Composition Franco Mento, Jörg Ritzenhoff Sound research Manuel Riegler Light, space Jan Wiesbrock, David Glassey, Boris Kahnert Costumes Fa-Hsuan Chen Dramaturgy, ConceptRainaldEndraß Texts Augustin Casala, Mélisende Navarre, Martina De Dominicis Movement researchMorganeStephan, Werner Nigg, Francisco Ladron de Guevara Video documentation Michael Maurissens, Hugo Pratap Parvex Press and public relations Fabiana Uhart, Rainald Endraß Social media Maud Richard Photos Michael Maurissens, Klaus Dilger, Rainald Endraß, Jo Hempel Production management Marcus Bomski Administration Maxime Rappaz, Till Skoruppa Management Godlive Lavani, Aurélie Martin In co-production with Théâtre du Crochetan Monthey, Theater im Ballsaal Bonn, Ringlokschuppen Ruhr Mülheim, Tanzfaktur Köln. Supported by Kunststiftung NRW, Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, NRW Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste, Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR, Bundesstadt Bonn and Pro Helvetia, ThéâtrePro Valais, Loterie Suisse Romande, Conseil de la Culture État du Valais, Ernst Göhner Stiftung.