"Dare to Care" - Ein Tanzstück von Tiago Manquinho, gespielt von act:on

How can care be lived in a present characterized by crises, inequality and withdrawal? "Dare to Care" places this question at the center of a choreographic exploration that sees care not as a weakness, but as a resistant practice - against exclusion, isolation and standardizing ideas of closeness, autonomy and community.

The piece negotiates care as political action: Who is seen? Who is protected? Whose needs are considered legitimate and whose are not? Based on the perspectives of "disability justice", "Dare to Care" focuses on bodies that are marked as "dependent", "deviant" or "invisible" in our society. The production understands interdependence not as a flaw, but as a reality and as a potential for solidary relationships.

"Dare to Care" asks: How can we take responsibility for each other without falling into power relations? What does it mean to be there for each other, physically, emotionally, socially - beyond the pressure to perform and social norms?

The play invites us to understand care not as a private task, but as a collective, intersectionally conceived practice. An invitation to develop new forms of togetherness between bodies, biographies and social realities.

Artistic direction: Tiago Manquinho
Choreography: Tiago Manquinho in collaboration with the dancers
Dance: Victoria Antonova, Irene Giró, Paulina Porwollik
Development of audio description: Lena Michels
Production management: Olivia Hotz
Production assistant: P. (Paula) Emmrich
Stage consulting: Katharina Andes

Free workshop before the show. Start: 17:30
Please register at marc.miottel@kulturzentrum-faust.de.

"Dare to Care" is a dance guest performance as part of "Spotted". "Spotted" was created as a model project of LaFT - Landesverband Freie Darstellende Künste in Niedersachsen e.V. and the cooperative TANZKOOP - for dance guest performances in Lower Saxony to improve the visibility of contemporary dance in the state of Lower Saxony.

"Spotted 2026" is co-produced by the Lessingtheater Wolfenbüttel and is funded by Stiftung Niedersachsen, Landschaftsverband Osnabrücker Land, Landschaftsverband Hameln Pyrmont, Stiftung Braunschweigischer Kulturbesitz, Lüneburgischer Landschaftsverband and Landschaftsverband Stade. Additional dance guest performances are possible as part of Tanznetz Niedersachsen, supported by Tanzpakt Stadt-Land-Bund with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture (MWK), the state capital of Hanover, the city of Braunschweig and the Lower Saxony Foundation.

Information on accessibility, audio description and all other access offers can be found "in this document": https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DjYBRm6Dyx-QPhWj5T5cbsEN3h7kV-PFjt-AA5R9L_A/edit?usp=sharing!

The audio description is funded by Aktion Mensch. With the kind support of TANZKOOP Niedersachsen and LaFT Niedersachsen - Landesverband Freie Darstellende Künste.