Choreography: Mia Habib / Dramaturgy: Jassem Hindi / Lighting Design: Ingeborg Olerud / Sound: Jassem Hindi / Choreographic Assistent: Jon Filip Fahlstrøm, Karen Høybakk Mikalsen / Assistance Choreography Extras: Linn Christine Ragnarsson / Assistant Extras Berlin: Jana Mendelski / Created with and performed by: Asaf Ahronson, Povilas Bastys, keyon gaskin, Ida Gudbrandsen, Tarek Halaby, Shantelle Jackson, Oskar Landström, Hanna Mjåvatn, Przybyslaw Paz, Ingunn Rimestad, Kira Juliane Senkpiel, Harald Beharie, Hedda Rivrud, Linn Christine Ragnarsson, Nina Wollny, Ce / With: Tizo All, Leonie Bitto, Rachel Bo Clark, Chani Bockwinkel, Sarah Bouars, Justina Brazaite, Drury Brennan, Fabien Chas, Uli Decker, Adrian Grützeling, Katarzyna Guzowska, Federico Hewson, Sergej Jerpyliov, Thomas Kellner, Julia Klockow, Maryanna Lachmann, / Thanks to: Sandy Williams, Loan Ha, Jon Filip Fahlstrøm, Jules Beckman, Fie Dam Mygind / Production: Eva Grainger / Pre-Production: Morten Kippe / International production and tour management: Karene Lyngholm / Video installation: Kaja Hugin
Mia Habib
A song to...
- Tanz im August
A song to... by Mia Habib is the choreography of a mass movement in both senses of the word: the Norwegian choreographer brings 16 professional dancers and up to 30 non-professionals onto the stage, choreographing their naked bodies as pure materiality.
In a critical engagement with mass protests, concepts of monumental art as a political instrument and research into swarm intelligence, Mia Habib stages the multiplicity of the bodies as a critical mass: representation, overpowering and mass dynamics, but also singularity and isolation. In this setting, the audience is presented with ambivalent mass dynamics and bodies which purposefully refuse singular interpretations, which the choreography draws on. Running and falling, moving in circles and sculptural tableaus, the bodies – which are permanently transforming and taking on new forms which are at turns animalistic, artificial, sacral or object-like – receive new ascriptions of meaning. The nudity performs the supposed naturalness of bodies, and exposes the naked truth of what it means to be human, where the question of whether we are looking at a human, an object or an animal loses all importance.
Produktion Mia Habib Production
Coproduktion Dansens Hus, BIT Teatergarasjen, Theater Freiburg, ULTIMA Festivalen, Carte Blanche und Bærum Kulturhus - regionalt kompetansesenter for dans.
In collaboration with Dansarena Nord, SITE Sweden, Vigelandsmuseet, Emanuell Vigelands museum, Kedja 2015, Dans i Nord-Trøndelag und Fjelldansen.
With the support of Norsk Kulturråd, Fond for Lyd og Bilde, Nordisk Kulturfond und STIKK - Danse- og teatersentrum / Performing Arts Hub Norway / Norwegisches Außenministerium
Duration 90 minutes
Cast
Dates
Past
Location
HAU2
Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Four relaxed seats are available in the first row of HAU2. Tickets for wheelchair users and accompanying persons can also be booked via the ticketing system. If you need help, please contact our Ticketing & Service team at +49 (0)30 259004-27 or send us an email to
tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de.
Latest information for arrival:
There is currently a construction site on Hallesches Ufer between Wilhelmstraße and Möckernbrücke underground station. There is a divided replacement route for pedestrians (right) and cyclists (left), which are separated by a yellow ground line. The carriageway is narrowed to one lane.
Travelling to HAU2 via U Hallesches Tor:
If you are coming from Hallesches Tor underground station, you will have to use an alternative footpath from Wilhelmstraße / Hallesches Ufer junction, which is separated from the carriageway by a construction fence – the actual footpath is currently closed. Please note: the alternative route is also used by cyclists. Pedestrians should keep to the right. We therefore currently recommend that visually impaired or blind visitors come to the HAU with an accompanying person.
Arrival HAU2 via U Möckernbrücke:
When you leave Möckernbrücke underground station, please stay on the footpath on the canal side until you reach Hallesches Ufer / Großbeerenstraße junction – the opposite side is currently closed due to construction work.
