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Audience discussion on 16.5. with translation in Swiss German Sign Language (DSGS)
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Marc Brew and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui have created a solo exploring life stories and key moments of change. For Marc Brew, this was a car accident, where he went from ballet dancer to paraplegic in a split second. An Accident serves as a poignant reminder of the fact that life-changing moments do not necessarily dictate who we are, how experiences shape us and how we – when we share them – can glean invaluable lessons from one another.
With stroboscobic light effects.
Duration: 90 minutes
Audience discussion: After the performance on March, 16 with translation in Swiss German Sign Language (DSGS)
Age recommendation: 14+
Website: Marc Brew Eastman
As part of Migros-Kulturprozent Dance Festival Steps.
More Dance Festival Steps at the Kaserne Basel: Yasmine Hugonnet / Cie Arts Mouvementés Les Porte-Voix - Cabaret Ventriloque on May 7 and 8
More Dance Festival Steps in Basel at Theater Basel: on 16 May with Tristan and Isolde by exceptional artist Saburo Teshigawara. Tip: Teshigawara twice at Theater Basel! With a ticket for Tristan and Isolde you get a 20% discount on Verwandlung – Teshigawara.
Biography
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui is one of the most celebrated and globally successful choreographers of contemporary dance and the artistic director of the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève. The Belgian artist with Moroccan roots moves between different cultures and dance languages. He has choreographed for both Beyoncé and Cirque du Soleil and has already realised over fifty of his own productions over the course of his long career, including with his company Eastman, which he founded in 2010. In addition to numerous awards, including three "Choreographer of the Year" awards from the trade magazine "Tanz", two "Olivier Awards" and the KAIROS Prize, he was nominated for a "Tony Award" in the best choreography category for the musical Jagged Little Pill on Broadway in New York in 2020. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui has been Artistic Director of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Antwerp since 2015 before moving to the Grand Théâtre in Geneva as Ballet Director in 2022. With Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, one of the most important choreographers of our time is returning to the Migros Culture Percentage Dance Festival Steps.
Marc Brew is a Scottish-based dancer and choreographer. The Australian received his training in Melbourne at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School and at the Australian Ballet School. He has lived and worked in the UK for over twenty years, where he has worked for the inclusive dance company Candoco Dance Company, among others. Further engagements have taken Brew around the world as a dancer, choreographer, teacher and director, including with the State Theatre Ballet Company of South Africa, Infinity Dance Theatre in New York and AXIS Dance Company, where he was artistic director from 2017 to 2021. Brew founded his own company in 2008. Since then, he has created numerous choreographies, including for the San Francisco Ballet School, Dancing Wheels, Scottish Ballet and Ballet Cymru in Wales, where he is currently an Associated Artist. Marc Brew was honoured by the Australian Government with the Centenary Medal for his outstanding contribution as a dancer and choreographer. For Steps he is working with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui for the first time.
Credits
Director
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Performance and co-creation
Marc Brew
Design
Pepijn Van Looy
Composition
Alexandre Dai Castaing
Costume
Verlee Van den Wouwer
Voice Coach
Susan Worsford
Production manager
Grahame Coyle
Stage manager
Mickey Graham
Lighting consultant
Adam Carrée
Camera operator / Stage hand
Lewis Landini
Sound engineer
Sam Martin-Randerson
Rehearsal director
Hayley Earlam
Video artist
Maxime Guislane
Visuals operator
Jamie Wardrop
Subtitling
Dòra Kapusta, Subtext
Production
Marc Brew Company, Eastman
Co-production
Hessisches Staatsballett, in the frame of Tanzplattform Rhein-Main; Migros Culture Percentage Dance Festival Steps; Holland Dance Festival; Tramway, Glasgow
Funders/supporters
Australian Council for the Arts; The Work Room, Glasgow; Creative Scotland; Cumbernauld Theatre
