Category: Choreography

A performance about words and body – between self-determination and speechlessness.

A relationship between two individuals, two bodies, two voices. The audience gains insight into the depths of human communication and acts as a witness, a confidant, an ally.

What is needed to speak at all, to be heard, to be understood? How much pressure can be endured? Who can speak up when someone else is standing on top of them? Do words get stuck in one’s throat when suddenly seeing the whole picture from above? At what point are words not enough – or not even possible? When the world is turning ’round and ’round and upside down, how can we put it into words?
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Duett MANIE is a collaboration between Nina Dafert (actress and circus artist) and Maja Karolina Franke.
They developed a format where they use the connection of movement, in particular partner acrobatics and spoken text to tell (hi)stories.  (more…)

Contemporary circus meets dance, meets performance art. Two performers create their own game: They play with falling, with being caught, with unexpected risk and blind trust. Again and again, the game threatens to tip, pushing trust to its limits. This negotiation takes place not only between the two performers but also between them and the audience.
The performance deals in a nuanced way with the themes of responsibility and civil courage. Who ultimately takes responsibility in the end?

 

“Theater is a form of knowledge; it should and can therefore be a means of transforming society. Theater can help us build our future, rather than just waiting for it.”
Augusto Boal

 

Team:

Creation and Performance:
Maja Karolina Franke & Ralph Öllinger
Music: Christof Ressi
Outside Eye: Arne Mannott

2020-2021 research and showings
2021-2023 Festival Tour
(e.g. Imaginarius Festival – Portugal, Krapoldi – Innsbruck, Kultursommer Wien, Zirkustheater Festival Dresden)

 

supported by
bmkoes – Bundesministerium Kunst, Kultur, öffentlicher Dienst und Sport
Red Sapata
Raw Matters
Klisope

Maja Karolina Franke questions traditional gender roles and their reproduction in partner acrobatics practice: “It is time to scrutinize my tools through a feminist lens. Which aspects of the technique adhere to gender stereotypes, which perhaps do not, and how can I use them choreographically? I am interested in various perspectives: both physical and social. Specifically, I want to explore different theses, structures and power relations with bodies.”

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What if I had superpowers?

I would do good things and help other people. I would unite my powers with my fellow combatants.

A piece about superheroes.

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