Skatepark (Mette Ingvartsen)

Legend has it that skateboarding was born when low waves forced surfers out of the water and onto the asphalt in Los Angeles. Since then, skateboarding has evolved into a unique choreography. It plays with the surfaces of our cities and appropriates public space with daring tricks. Finally, this art of movement is also conquering the theater: together with a group of skaters and dancers, choreographer Mette Ingvartsen is transforming the Frankfurt LAB into a skate park. She adds clickflips, 180s and boardslides to the usual dance vocabulary - a vivid reminder of her youth, when she was a skater herself. The energetic performance playfully pushes the boundaries of what is possible and creates a utopian community in which differences between skateboarding and dance, between high culture and subculture, theater and street no longer play a role.


^{for everyone aged 12 and over
Language skills not required
Duration: 80 minutes}