Helge Letonja, Kossi Aholou-Wokawui & Ela Fischer: La mer en moi

In the organizer's words:

Many people flee across the Mediterranean to Europe and experience drastic moments and traumas, perhaps even solidarity at sea.
How do those who arrive process their feelings after the crossing? What remains of the experience, the memory of the odyssey? Together with strangers, exposed to the danger of the elements, with the hope of arrival, the prospect of a possible rescue at sea and the fear of being pushed back?
With La mer en moi (The Sea in Me), choreographer Helge Letonja and Togolese dancer Kossi Aholou-Wokawui embark on an artistic search for clues.
The artist and poet *Ela Fischer* contributes her intense textual art and lends her voice to the unspoken.
Letonja transforms the stage into a space that is entirely determined by water. Traces dissolve in the water and time levels intermingle. Flashbacks and flashforwards weave themselves into stories. Embedded in the soundscapes of Volker Klein, musician and composer for film music and orchestra, Aholou-Wokawui's dance in the water reflects the troubled souls of people who calm down and restart their lives after extreme experiences. Water as the gentle and profound place of reflection and as a wild, agitated element in which man becomes a plaything of the tides and the forces that seal themselves off.

Information on accessibility:

The performance lasts approx. 60 minutes without an interval.

The Schwankhalle is "barrier-free" (according to DIN 18040-01). All event rooms in the Schwankhalle are at ground level and accessible without steps. The audience area on the grandstand is seated. There are two wheelchair spaces that can be reserved subject to availability or selected as a ticket category in the online store and at the Box Office. Further information on the accessibility of our premises can be found here. If you have any questions, please contact us at ticket@schwankhalle.de or 0421 520 80 70.

Performance on Sun, 16.2. 16:00 family-friendly

Parents in the theater, children in motion
Augusto Jaramillo-Pineda, artistic director of the young artists, offers a dance taster course for children aged 6 and over during the performance on Sunday. Included in the adult ticket price. Registration at: (email: office@steptext.de)

Price information:

20 € / 12 € reduced Bremen Pass 3 € Kultursemesterticket free of charge Advance booking online only. Remaining tickets from 1 hour before the start of the event at the Box Office