Un-Zeit
Helge Letonja
UN-ZEIT creates hypnotic images emerging into a fog-filled space. The perception of time seems to fray; movements that were just moments ago orderly and unified begin to lose their linearity. Individuals break out of the form and move in radically disoriented ways. Postures twist under the impact of new realities and contradictions. Movements fall out of structure, and bodies, in intimate moments, search for reliability and support.
With this choreography, Helge Letonja once again surprises his audience: the powerful Symphony No. 4 by Henryk Mikolaj Górecki, with its strong contrasts and dramatic accents, provides the musical anchor for Letonja’s dynamic contemporary group choreography. UN-ZEIT was created as a commentary on recent societal developments around the world—fragmentation, isolation, and military aggression.
Choreography: Helge Letonja | Choreographic Assistance, Training Direction: Albert Garell Buñuel | Dance: Lys Cabral, Wan-Yun Chen, Jed Nagales, Tiago Reis, Daniel Sabia, Pere Sansaloni Servera, Carolina Verra | Composition: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki, Symphony No. 4, Tansman Episodes | Dramaturgy: Anke Euler | Costumes: Rike Schimitschek | Lighting: Laurent Schneegans | Technical Direction: Nathaniel Johnson | Management: Kerstin Witges | Production Management: Médoune Seck | Dramaturgical Consultation, Texts: Anke Euler | Press Relations: Anja Michalke | Graphic Design: Andrea Dilzer | Photo: Marianne Menke | Film/Media: Médoune Seck
Original Cast: Kossi Aholou-Wokawui, Maria Adriana Dornio, Mariko Koh, Yen Chu Ku, Noémie Larcheveque, Daniel Moret, Andrea Scarfi, Alice Zucconi
A production by TanzRAUM Nord gUG with steptext dance project. Funded by TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund with support from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture, the Cultural Office of the City of Hanover, the Senator for Culture Bremen, Theater Bremen, Stiftung Niedersachsen, and the Karin and Uwe Hollweg Foundation.
Performance Dates
02 & 03 February 2024 | 8:00 pm
04 February 2024 | 4:00 pm (family-friendly performance time with a dance workshop for children)
* Parents to the theatre, children get moving.” steptext dance project invites children to a dance workshop during the performance of ORT / UN-ZEIT. For kids aged 6 and up.
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