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The use of the photo is only free of charge in the context of the announcement of performances and with denomination of the author. Any further use of the photos, for example for illustration of reviews, shall be subject to payment of a fee. Please contact the photographer.
The use of the photo is only free of charge in the context of the announcement of performances and with denomination of the author. Any further use of the photos, for example for illustration of reviews, shall be subject to payment of a fee. Please contact the photographer.
The use of the photo is only free of charge in the context of the announcement of performances and with denomination of the author. Any further use of the photos, for example for illustration of reviews, shall be subject to payment of a fee. Please contact the photographer.
The use of the photo is only free of charge in the context of the announcement of performances and with denomination of the author. Any further use of the photos, for example for illustration of reviews, shall be subject to payment of a fee. Please contact the photographer.
The ballroom is a promise, a place of great anticipations and secret desires and – as desires so often do not suffice – a place of hidden plans, old and new strategies and their spectacular staging.
She She Pop turns the theatre space into a dance floor and shows the ballroom with all its myths as a pitfall of pathetically exaggerated expectations. On the dance floor fantasy and reality diverge dramatically: Every dancer – prom queen, wallflower, gentleman or gate crasher – is caught in a role which has been carefully, artistically designed and rehearsed but whose fate will unfold beyond their individual control that night. The drama of stagingoneself takes place before the eyes of all onlookers. In the artificiality and theatricality of the ballroom scenario the performers reveal their desire to interact, their longing for a successful encounter. Here, every eye contact, every innocent invitation to dance becomes loaded with meaning, a meaning that everyone present recognizes and either takes on wholeheartedly or rejects shyly.
The performers of She She Pop are torn between the public on the dance floor where every plot and plan becomes instantly visible and the retreat into a secluded space where they confide to the camera as if to a mirror and try to make the evening a success. Thus, they present the ballroom as a texture of personal stories, excess of significance and the urge for immediate decisions.
The audience move back and forth between the ballroom and a video lounge where the performers confessions to the live camera are projected: they may watch the dancers or invite each other to dance, they may identify with the fantasies of the performers or even try to fulfil them! Whatever they decide to do – either in close encounter on the dance floor or from a reserved view outside in the video lounge – they become participating witnesses of hopeless situations and glorious triumph.
Concept: She She Pop. With: Johanna Freiburg, Fanni Halmburger, Lisa Lucassen, Mieke Matzke, Katharina Oberlik, Ilia Papatheodorou, Berit Stumpf and Sebastian Bark.
Light Design: Micha Lentner-Niyorugira, Oliver Petrowitsch. Sound: Lars-Egge Müggenburg. Stage: SSP and Holger Duwe. A
ssistant: Kaja Jakstat. Choreography advice: Johnny Lloyd.
In co-production with Kampnagel Hamburg and Hebbel am Ufer Berlin.
Premiere: January 14th, 2004, Kampnagel HamburgFunded by the Kulturbehörde der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg and the Fonds Darstellende Künste, e.V.
Press
Funny, embarrassing, rich in emotion and a great success with the audience. Hamburger Morgenpost, January16th, 2004
(…) a wonderful work, balancing delicately between performance and social event. She She Pop conceives a charming, highly entertaining and intelligent arrangement (…) Daniel Schreiber, Theater der Zeit, March, 2004
Dates
July 5, 2008
Festival Baltoscandal, Rakvere, Estland
July 4, 2008
Festival Baltoscandal, Rakvere, Estland
April 1, 2008
Kulturforum, Fürth
December 1, 2006
Kampnagel, Hamburg
November 1, 2006
Kampnagel, Hamburg
September 1, 2006
Mousonturm, Frankfurt/Main
February 23, 2006
Tanzplattform, Stuttgart
December 1 – 3, 2005
Theaterfestival Spielart, München
May 1, 2005
Staatstheater Oldenburg, Oldenburg
April 8, 2005
Kanonhallen, Kopenhagen, Dänemark
April 7, 2005
Kanonhallen, Kopenhagen, Dänemark
November 1, 2004
FFT, Düsseldorf
September 1, 2004
Tanzquartier, Wien, Österreich
June 27, 2004
d.a.m.p.f. Festival für Tanz, Medien und Performance, Köln
June 26, 2004
d.a.m.p.f. Festival für Tanz, Medien und Performance, Köln