A dance poem about the ambivalence and changeability of WATER - from the formation of the first drop to the mighty currents of the oceans.
Water is the basic element of life.
consist of about seventy percent of it and it covers just as much of the surface in the form of streams
streams, rivers, lakes and oceans, it covers just as much of our planet's surface.
A lack of water desolates entire regions, while floods bury others.
bury others beneath them.
Water is ambivalent and changeable and therefore has great potential for
This potential is what the Deutsche Tanzkompanie wants to explore.
the Deutsche Tanzkompanie would like to explore this potential and develop a dance poem
that does not turn a blind eye to the destructive forces inherent in this element.
destructive forces inherent in this element, but prefers to focus on the
the invigorating and sensual aspects in an aesthetically playful way using the
the means of dance: from the creation of the first drop - or even the first
drop - or even the first molecule - to the mighty currents of the oceans.
currents of the oceans.
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Choreography and production: Lars Scheibner
Stage design: Axel Rothe
Costumes: Nicola Clarissa Gehring
Dramaturgy/ Libretto: Oliver Hohlfeld
Music: by Cristobal Tapia De Veer, Nils Frahm, Ben Bertrand and Richard Wagner, among others
Duration: approx. 90 min
Premiere: on 12.04.2024 at the Landestheater Neustrelitz
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