This event is free.
German, English
The Physical Introduction is an introduction to the performance «Fatigue», which works through movement rather than words. Simple physical exercises awaken the senses and sensitize the spectators to the subsequent performance.
The format is aimed at all interested parties, regardless of age and movement experience. To participate in the Physical Introduction under the direction of our LAB artist Ophelia Young, please register in advance via this link. The number of places is limited.
Meeting point is at the box office at 7 pm. After the introduction, there will be enough time to relax and move on to the performance.
«Fatigue» 22.02.25 at 8 pm
Ophelia Young
Ophelia Young (she/her) is a dancer and performer and works internationally in various contexts and collaborations.
She works hybrid in institutional contexts and as a freelancer. For several years, she has been trying to strike a balance between performing «for others»and self-initiated projects. She lives in Basel.
She is interested in combining themes of «being human» with movement, processing them in transdisciplinary contexts and making them tangible.
She would like to continue working on this approach in her LAB:
How do you as a creator create situations in which a public can gather to deal with topics somatically, playfully and intellectually and perhaps as a consequence gain an experience, an insight and/or a reflected attitude towards a topic.
She has been working on the topic of emotions for years - the emotional body. She would like to explore emotionality in relation to social contexts such as work and the public sphere. How can people use this valuable information, which the body constantly provides, to create, to enter into relationships and to work creatively with and for each other?
Artmann & Duvoisin, Ensemble Ballett Basel, Ben J Riepe, Christine Auberger, Dimitris Papaioannou, Fabrice Mazliah, Julie Shanahan, Katharina Weisheit, L Twills, Magdalena Weniger/ KOMA&Ko, Maria Schmid, Mario Eick, Mertixel Aumedes, Michaela Christensen, Mirjam Klebel, Nazareth Panadero, OFEN Co-Arts Platform, Oleg Stepanov, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Tim Etchells, PACT Zollverein, Pina Bausch Foundation, Regina Advento, Rodolpho Leoni, Rosi Kunz, Saar Magal, Stefan Brinkmann, Saburo Teshigawara and Rihoko Sato, Malou Airaudo, Senga Nengudi, and many more. *
*Selective listing of influential encounters in alphabetical order,
However, this does not do justice to the eclectic mass of influences and valuable encounters <3