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Lisa Kaschubat: PHYGITAL INTIMACY (Berlin/Cologne) / 19:00

VR glasses are available for up to 7 people per performance.

Phygital Intimacy is an interactive mixed reality performance and cooperative multiplayer game that combines contemporary dance, generative music production and XR technologies to create an immersive experience of connection and intimacy between the players and the technology.

Lisa Kaschubat (she/they) is a transdisciplinary artist from Berlin. Her work explores physicality, relationships and emancipation in the field of tension between technology and virtuality. Using XR, digital worldbuilding, 3D animation, performance and sculpture, she connects virtual and physical spaces and questions common boundaries between real and virtual.

Duration: 30 min.

Concept and artistic direction: Lisa Kaschubat
Choreographic development: Tasha Hess-Neustadt
Dance performance: Yurika Sophie Yamamoto
Sound composition and interaction design: Jane Arnison
Live sound: Luca De Michieli
3D programming: Leonid Barsht
3D art: Lisa Kaschubat and Dagmar Schürrer
Project coordination and production: Maja Stark
Avatar and portal design: Carolina Ovando
Cup design: wro wrzesińska
Stage design: Louis Caspar Schmitt

The project was realized with the support and in cooperation with the AURORA XR team and supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the program "Strengthening Innovation Potential in Culture III" (INP-III) and DOCKdigital Berlin.

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Jonas Frey: Deciphered (Mannheim) / 20:00h

Deciphered is a choreography for four dancers from urban and contemporary dance that questions the cipher - the circle as a place of dance dialog - in a new way. Instead of individual performance, the piece focuses on togetherness and extends to the shared stage space.

Jonas Frey is a choreographer, dancer and dance mediator from Mannheim. With roots in breaking and contemporary choreography, he combines dance cultures, explores social issues and develops collaborative works for stage and community.

Duration: 50 min.

Choreography: Jonas Frey
By and with: Juliette Lefauconnier, Mike Planz, Lukas Steltner, Fanny Vaucher
Cast: Juliette Lefauconnier, Mike Planz,Jonas Frey, Fanny Vaucher
Outside Eye and production management: Julie Pécard
Dramaturgy: Célestine Hennermann
DJing and sound design: Johannes Kompa, Danijel Lokas
Costumes: Petra Vaskova
Lighting: Stefan Grießhaber
Research: Antoine Ragot, Frieda Frost, Bryan Vit

Supported by 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, the Cultural Office of the City of Mannheim and the LBBW Foundation. Developed in the Inter-Actions Studio. In cooperation with EinTanzHaus. In residence and in cooperation with Tanztendenz München e.V..