Production Details / Press Releases
In light of what’s going on right now in the world, it seems paradoxical that a return to and into the body is taking place. As the last domain that still seems controllable, the body has become the battlefield for the conflicts that surround us. It is shaped and designed to become the ultimate weapon. Superhuman strength is just one of the skills we need to train to survive what is coming. Current fitness trends combine an extremely wide range of physical practices in order to achieve nothing less than being prepared for anything. What visions of the future, ideologies and role models are hidden behind this desire? An army of ultra-fit women who are prepared to deploy their bodies, but don’t exactly know what for, will fight for answers to these questions on stage.
Cast & Credits
CONCEPT, REALIZATION: Rose Beermann
ARTISTIC COOPERATION: July Reinartz
BY AND WITH: Lisen Ellard, Annegret Schalke, Melody Panosian, Lea Kieffer
STAGE, COSTUME: Arnita Jaunsubrēna
SOUNDDESIGN: Malu Peeters
ADVISOR LIGHT DESIGN: Dirk Lutz
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: ehrliche arbeit – freies Kulturbüro
Thanks to Katia, Antoinette, Justine, Markus, Frauke Havemann, Ursula Bülow-Rust, Sophie Beermann, Wilhelm Beermann, Caroline Pitzen, Nora Rigamonti, Hannes Müller, Christina Rippl, Lisa Ertl, Jana Penz, Julia Schlüter, Stefanie Kulisch and Black Sheep
A production by Rose Beermann in co-production with Lofft – Das Theater und SOPHIENSÆLE.
Funded by the Capital Cultural Fund and the City of Leipzig, Kulturamt.
Sophiensæle
Video Documentation
The video documentation is produced on behalf of the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. The purpose of this contract is to document productions in the field of contemporary dance in Berlin. The master recordings are archived by the University Library of the Berlin University of Arts. Copies of the recordings on DVD are available for viewing exclusively in the reference collections of the following archives (at media desks in these institutions):
University Library of the Berlin University of Arts
Mediathek für Tanz und Theater des Internationalen Theaterinstituts / Mime Centrum Berlin
Inter-University Centre for Dance Berlin (HZT)