tanz nrw: Ursina Tossi & EXCESSIVE SHOWING - SWAN FATE

In the organizer's words:

SWAN FATE is a queer-feminist perspective on the ballet classic Swan Lake. People turn into swans and back into people again. New encounters and fantasies develop between these creatures beyond boundaries. With powerful images, dance virtuosity and atmospheric density, the performers break with traditional notions of love and fate - and with the classical heritage and colonial narratives of ballet. To the music of the band CocoRosie, they use urban dance styles and contemporary dance to create a diverse, contemporary declaration of love to dance. An essential part of the production is the integrated audio description and integrated sign language.

SWAN FATE is a queer-feminist perspective on the ballet classic Swan Lake. Humans turn into swans and back into humans. New encounters and fantasies develop between these creatures beyond boundaries. With powerful images, dance virtuosity and atmospheric density, the performers break with traditional notions of love and fate - and with the classical heritage and colonial narratives of ballet. To the music of the band CocoRosie, they use urban dance styles and contemporary dance to create a diverse, contemporary declaration of love to dance. An essential part of the production are integrated audio description and sign language.

Inclusion information Wheelchair accessible, audio description (incl. tactile guidance), with sign language, with hearing amplification via induction loop

Content Note Nudity

Premiere cast

Artistic direction, choreography, concept Ursina Tossi

Stage Raphaela Andrade

Co-choreography & dance Anne-Lene Nölder, Alexandra Filippidou, Chetan Yeragera, Cliff Huen Tin Yeung, David Pallant, Enting Zhang, Francesca Waehneldt, Laure Fleitz, Victor Gonzales

Costume design Nina Divitschek & Meret Zürcher

Creative Production & Communication and PÖA STÜCKLIESEL

Production concept Ursina Tossi, Uta Engel, Sina Rundel

Collaboration Costume Daniela Dreisigacker

Artistic audio description René Reith

Lighting design Ricarda Köneke

Music CocoRosie

Performance, DGS, Access Consulting Dodzi Dougban

Video Friederike Höppner

Co-production Kampnagel Hamburg

Funded by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Ministry of Culture and Media (Elbkultur Fonds), supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

Supported by the Gabriele Fink Foundation