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Vaya Art of Human Movement: Viendo Viento (Freiburg)

Viendo Viento" explores falling as a dynamic process: four dancers use kinetics as a source of acrobatic movement compositions. A walk-on stage set inspired by a wave opens up a dialog with gravity; the stage becomes a partner, the space is explored vertically. Falling appears poetically virtuosic as a cyclical transformation in which a new equilibrium can emerge from the apparent loss of stability.

VAYA Art of Human Movement is a freelance company for contemporary dance under the direction of Tina Halford. The company produces and creates its own pieces, with which it tours internationally, offers workshops and is involved in the production of cultural events such as the NEXO Festival.

Artistic Director | Choreography Tina Halford

Dance: Matilde Casini, Sergey Poltavsky, Francesco Grilli-Cicilioni, Tina Halford

Creation with: Alexandre Nodari, Patryk Kłos, Sergey Poltavsky, Tina Halford

Dramaturgy: Laura Saumweber

Stage: Steffen Melch, Konrad Frensch

Costume: Bianka Heck

Musical composition | sound design: Iskander Yerimbetov, Maria Teriaeva

Lighting: Steffen Melch, Konrad Frensch

Video: Marc Costa Marc Costa

Production management: Clara Dolinschek

Duration: 30 min.

A co-production of E-WERK Freiburg. Supported by the Cultural Office of the City of Freiburg and 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. With the kind support of the Residenzzentrum Tanz+ in Baden (Switzerland), Tollhaus Karlsruhe, Freiburger Turnerschaft e.V. and Reha Fitness Sporbeck.

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Alexandra Waierstall: IN THE HEART OF THE HEART OF THE MOMENT (Düsseldorf)

IN THE HEART OF THE HEART OF THE MOMENT returns as an intimate duet for Karolina Szymura and Amy Josh. Two bodies explore shifting constellations of relationship, care and resilience in Waierstall's precise, sensitive choreography. A condensed landscape of listening and transformation invites the audience to experience the complexity of our time through movement and shared presence.

Düsseldorf-based choreographer Alexandra Waierstall has been working for around 20 years with local roots and international appeal. She sees choreography as an artistic and social practice that opens up new forms of togetherness, listening and sharing and connects bodies, spaces and disciplines.

Duration: 25 min.

Choreography, concept, direction: Alexandra Waierstall

Performance, collaboration: Amy Josh, Karolina Szymura

Dramaturgical support: Eva Martinez

Artistic collaboration: Volker Hermes, Maria Iole Karolidou

Composition: Stavros Gasparatos

Light design: Caty Olive

Text: Alexandra Waierstall, Maria Iole Karolidou

Stage, lights: Alexandra Waierstall

Costumes: Alexandra Waierstall, Horst Weierstall

Artistic Production Management: Judith Jaeger

Production: Noema Dance Works e.V.; Coproduction: tanzhaus nrw; Supported by: the Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Kulturamt der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf.