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New York choreographer Faye Driscoll is showing her work in Switzerland for the first time - for several years she has been delighting critics and audiences alike and has won the prestigious Bessie Award, among others.

CALVING is a breathing, breathtaking work - a choreography full of micro-events, on the threshold of the perceptible. A luminous evening in a dark time that activates all the senses and invites us to experience our relationship to other bodies in a new way. The title Calving refers to the breaking off of large masses of ice at the edge of a glacier and serves as a metaphor for the slow merging of bodies. Boundaries become blurred - between the performers, between stage and audience, between choreography, sound and sculpture.

Eight performers from the Bremen-based dance company Unusual Symptoms stage a constantly changing tableau vivant on a movable, bed-like stage and unfold a ritual of touch. The audience surrounds the performers, close enough to smell the scenery and feel the pull of their movement. 

Faye Driscoll is known for works that make complex demands on the senses and encourage the audience to become aware of their own involvement in the action. Her productions, which were created in the USA, have been shown at festivals such as the Venice Biennale, Festival d'Automne Paris and the Melbourne Festival. Together with the Bremen-based company Unusual Symptoms, Faye Driscoll has now produced a new piece in Europe for the first time.

Duration: approx. 60 min.

Childcare on Sunday, 23.03.: For children between 3 and 10 years, free of charge. We can only offer childcare if you register by March, 17 via online form; meeting point at the box office 30 minutes before the start of the performance, further information: For families.

Physical Introduction by LAB Artist Ophelia Young on Saturday, 22.3., 19:00 (free entry)
Infos Physical Introduction Calving hier

Website Unusual Symptoms

Biografie

Unusual Symptoms have been the dance company of Theater Bremen since 2012. Originally founded by the French-Algerian choreographer Samir Akika, the ensemble has been working under the artistic direction of Alexandra Morales and Gregor Runge since 2018. Work with renowned and up-and-coming international choreographers and in interdisciplinary constellations characterize their new orientation. Unusual Symptoms work with both house choreographer Samir Akika as well as with choreographers such as Claire Croizé, Faye Driscoll and Adrienn Hód, who more often than not, present their first new works in collaboration with a German-based ensemble here. 

The company's works are not only presented in Bremen, but are also regularly invited by international festivals and dance houses. Next to the premieres developed in close collaboration with the dancers, Unusual Symptoms develop projects with young performers, exchange formats, and festivals. Unusual Symptoms and Theater Bremen were invited multiple times to the renowned Tanzplattform Deutschland.

Credits

By & with: Aaron Samuel Davis, Gabrio Gabrielli, Maria Pasadaki, Nora Ronge, Eli Hooker, Waithera Lena Schreyeck, Young-Won Song, Csenger K. Szabó 

Statists in Basel: Sadam Hossain, Maria Camila Carmone, Aurélie Cuenot, Lina Seiler

Choreography: Faye Driscoll

Music: Ben Vida

Stage Design: Nick Vaughan & Jake Margolin

Costume Design: Irene Ip

Light Design: Christian Kemmetmüller

Dramaturgy: Dages Juvelier Keates

Artistic Collaboration: Amy Gernux

 

Outer Eye: Gregor Runge

Production Assistance: Andy Zondag

Production Management: Alexandra Morales

Assistant to Stage & Costume Designers: Alexandra Meyer

Stage Manager: Lena Maire

 

Produced by Theater Bremen. Unusual Symptoms are the dance company of Theater Bremen. 

 

In Basel with Aurélie Cuenot, Lina Seiler

© Jörg Landsberg
© Jörg Landsberg
Faye Driscoll/ Unusual Symptoms Theater Bremen Faye Driscoll/ Unusual Symptoms Theater Bremen