SWAY

Category:

Curating & Dramaturgy

Project Type:

Dramaturgy

INSTITUTION:

Radialsystem & Tanzfabrik Berlin

DATE:

March 2023 -April 2024

CONTRIBUTIONS:

Proposal collaboration - Content research - Text material: program text - Out-side-eye - Dramaturgical advice

TASKS:

Dramaturgical support for the choreographer Tatiana Mejia in her piece Exhausted (shown at Tanz im August) as well as in the research and development of her new production SWAY.

INTENTION:

In "SWAY", Tatiana Mejía tackles socially established, normative attributions. Based on historical systems of oppression, the performance deals with the superwoman syndrome and confronts the mainstream archetype of the strong black woman. Using dance, live video projection and sound, Mejía explores different levels of self-perception and prejudice. Between Western "contemporary" and Afro-diasporic movement language and music, "SWAY" explores the delicate balance between strength, failure and relentless self-assertion. Between Western "contemporary" and Afro-diasporic movement language and music, "SWAY" explores the delicate balance between strength, failure and relentless self-assertion

CONCLUSIONS:

Following successful performances of the new production SWAY at Radialsystem Berlin in April, reviews will be published here shortly...

Here is the trailer from tanzforum.de, where you can get an insight into the piece:

https://www.tanzforumberlin.de/produktion/sway/

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INVOLVED PEOPLE:

Artistic direction & performance: Tatiana Mejía - Dramaturgy Elisabeth Leopold - Outside Eye & Stage Design: Cécile Bally - Music: Ale Hop - Video mapping: Kalma - Video Animation: Boris Seewald - Lighting Design: Leo G. Alonso - Costume: Anna Mirkin - Audio description: Swantje Henke - Production: Jon Kiriac - Production Assistance & Community Outreach: Céline Rodrigues Monteiro - Outside Ear: Gerald Pirner - Photos: Boris Seewald & Dieter Hartwig

PROJECT LINKS:

https://www.radialsystem.de/de/veranstaltungen/sway/