In the organizer's words:

Body that Stands is a dance performance that explores the concept of resistance, particularly in terms of resilience. Over the course of the 60-minute piece, the three performers engage in simple physical resistance - not only against each other, but also in relation to the space itself.

In front of a stage with hundreds of wooden bricks, they move in an endless loop of destruction and construction. Images emerge in the shifting landscape - fragments that reflect ruins, battles and aftermath - and conjure up scenes that inevitably recall wars and conflicts, aligning the work with the tensions of our present.

On Sunday, February 8, the workshop Practicing (soft(ly)) resistance the language of Body that Stands will take place from 11:00-15:00. Please register by 12.12.25 by e-mail to ask@smadargoshen.com You can find all information here.

With

Concept, choreography & artistic direction: Smadar Goshen
Co-creation & performance: Bar Gonen, Cordelia Eleonore Lange, Zuki RingArt
Dramaturgy Maya Weinberg
Original music: Leonard Küßner and Vincent Wikström
Oud, Violin, Saz recordings: Idan Elmalem.
Additional music: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106: I. Andante tranquillo: Béla Bartók; 2 Live from studio S2: Hania Rani
Costume & stage design: Lilo Ming
Technical direction & lighting design: Nadja Weber
Video: Aleksej Nutz
Photography: Dominique Brewing, Zoia Domaskina
Graphic design: Evelyn Fortmeier
Production & Finances: Christine Koschel
Project Management & Distribution: Astrid Rostaing
Communication: Maya Mayzel

Play duration: 60 min.

Body that stands premiered in March 2025 and is a co-production with Theater Rampe, funded by the state capital Stuttgart, by the concept funding of the Landesverband Freie Tanz- und Theaterschaffende Baden-Württemberg e.V. with funds from the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Freie Tanz- und Theaterszene Stuttgart gUG, the Péter Horváth Foundation and the LBBW Foundation. Sponsored by Ritter Sport and supported by the Produktionszentrum Tanz und Performance Stuttgart.

Made possible by the residency program of the Réseau GRAND LUXE network and the special support of the dance department of the Theater Freiburg. As part of the Réseau GRAND LUXE network, also supported by the Trois C-L Center for Creation and Choreography in Luxembourg and POLE SUD - CDCN national center for choreographic development in Strasbourg.

Price information:

Admission solidarity price system: 10€ /15€ /20€ /25€