ADHS - Anders Durch Halbe Sachen

In the organizer's words:

The interdisciplinary dance production "ADHD - Anders Durch Halbe Sachen "is a performative dance reappraisal of the perspective of neurodivergent artists who work with dance as well as sound and video installations. Immersive and self-ironic, the performers enter into a collective process of understanding. In a one-hour performance, three neurodivergent performers negotiate different personal and scientific perspectives on life with ADHD through dance and theater, with bubble wrap and poetic video sequences as well as sounds ranging from dreamy piano sounds to impulsive techno sounds. Our everyday life, which was conceived for a neurotypical world, is questioned and contrasted with the realities of life for neurodivergent people. The staging not only becomes a means of translating their inner lives, but also develops a new language of movement that stages the various everyday experiences of people with ADHD. We negotiate an appropriate balance between closeness and distance between our bodies, our counterparts and how we move in this space. An inexhaustible wealth of ideas and complete exhaustion.

The stage reflects an inner state of consciousness, characterized by distraction and hyperfocus, filled with garish colors, bright objects, dopamine dispensers and absurdity. Between daydreaming, skin picking and a lack of impulse control, we make decisions, make mistakes, achieve our goals, pave our way and stray from it again. The stage serves as a representation of our everyday life and shows what the recurring social and structural rejection does to us, but also how beautiful, shrill, chaotic and varied life with ADHD can be.

Content warning: Loud music, strobe, fog and sudden noises are used which can trigger an epileptic seizure under certain circumstances.

Audio description via headphones is provided.