"For me art is dramatic. I try to wring out emotions, to build disturbing images, because human history is made up of a series of extreme events that have contributed to our evolution. Art can reflect these things: events, atmosphere, the dark depths of humanity." - Mircea Suciu, in the book "Picturing people" (Charlotte Mullins, Thames & Hudson, 2015)
For this piece, Cologne-based choreographer Carla Jordão works with the simple yet complex concept of hatred in various group dynamics and social constellations.
In her first collaboration with the long-established ensemble of the Folkwang Tanzstudio (FTS), she develops a plot between deep seriousness, looseness and moving absurdity in "A UNIVERSAL HOSTILITY". Human relationships arise and disintegrate; hostility and its empty foundations move the bodies, faces and feelings. Detached from the concrete conflicts of the time, appeals to reason and raw anger are combined. With still bodies, controlled gestures and frozen expressions, "A UNIVERSAL HOSTILITY" becomes an emotionally intense piece. In staged group images of the ensemble, calm meets unleashing and control meets chaos.
SPECIES is a dance company based in Cologne that creates works for moving bodies.
www.spec ies.group
The FTS, founded in 1928 by Kurt Jooss, is an international graduate company that currently employs 10 professional dancers from all over the world and is part of the Institute for Contemporary Dance at the Folkwang University of the Arts.
www.folkwang-uni.de
Artistic direction and choreography Carla Jordão
Dance Mateusz Bogdanowicz, Jennifer Boultbee, Tullia Francischiello, Gabriel Gaudray-Donnio, Harrison Rodrigues Gomes dos Santos , Yun-Ru Lee, Tzu-Chun Liou, Julius Olbertz, Djamila Polo (ensemble of the Folkwang Tanzstudio) and Érika Polifroni Martín (guest)
Project management Anna-Luella Zahner
Dramaturgy Dr. Daniel Rademacher
Music Timm Roller
Assistance Jan Möllmer
Costume Carla Jordão & Anne Bentgens
Lighting design Oliver Semrau & Wolfgang Pütz
Sound engineering Thomas Wacker
Financial management mueva Performance - Lena Peters
Video Julia Franken & Dawid Liftinger
Audio Description Theresa Hupp
Design Büro Freiheit
Folkwang Tanzstudio Artistic Director Prof. Rodolpho Leoni
Collaboration Claudia Lüttringhaus
Photos Christian Josef Clarke
Supported by the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne, the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the NRW Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste
"A UNIVERSAL HOSTILITY" is a collaboration between SPECIES and the Folkwang Tanzstudio/Institute for Contemporary Dance at the Folkwang University of the Arts
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