In a society dominated by capitalistic values we very much tend to define the elderly body in regards to its deficiencies. We focus on what these bodies CAN NOT accomplish and CAN NOT embody anymore. But then, how can we encounter and perceive the elderly body beyond parameters of performance and qualities.
In her dance piece Antje Velsinger deals with body qualities that are irrelevant for efficiency and for that takes into account her research lead in different geriatric institutions and senior citizen meet ups in Cologne and Hamburg. In a poetic composition including video and sound fragments, objects and the bodies of a thirty-five years and seventy-five years old female dancer a choreography comes to life where boundaries get blurred and oscillate between activity and passivity, isolation and retreat, joy and resignation.
“Dreams in a cloudy space” wants to amplify all the voices and bodies we usually do not listen to and is a quest for an appropriate attitude towards ageing.
Tanz: Pauline Payen, Brigitta Schirdewahn. Performance Video: Marlies Dietrich, Inge Jost, Antje Velsinger. Künstlerische Leitung/ Choreografie: Antje Velsinger. Bühne: Sophie Aigner, Video: Ayla Pierrot Arendt. Sound: Julia Krause. Kostüm: Valentina Primavera. Dramaturgie: Heike Bröckerhoff. Licht: Henning Eggers. Produktionsleitung: Sabina Stücker.
Eine Produktion von Antje Velsinger in Koproduktion mit dem tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf.
Gefördert von: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg | Behörde für Kultur und Medien, Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes NRW, NRW Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste, Fonds Darstellende Künste, Kunststiftung NRW. Mit Unterstützung von: tanzfaktur Köln, Lichthoftheater Hamburg, Altenzentrum Deckstein-Clarenbachwerk Köln, Seniorenhaus Heilige Drei Könige Köln, DRK Seniorentreff Haus Ottensen Hamburg.
Photo: © Imke Lass