Concept & Choreography: Claire Cunningham with Dan Watson & Luke Pell / Performance: Claire Cunningham / Associate Director and Dramaturgy: Dan Watson / Dramaturgy: Luke Pell / Set and costume design: Bethany Wells / Lighting design: Chris Copland / Sound design: Matthias Herrmann / Video design: Michelle Ettlin / Artistic collaboration: Julia Watts Belser / Captioner: Maria Wünsche (Panthea) / Executive Producer: Nadja Dias / Project and access producer: Vicky Wilson / Production Manager: Gregor Knüppel / Technician: Keir Martin / Company stage manager: Anastasia Booth / Artistic access consultancy: Nelly Kelly, Panthea, Angela Alves, Rita Mazza, Naomi Sanfo-Ansorge / Mountaineering consultants: Cormac Lynch, Simone Kenyon / Administrative support (for HZT): Susanne Adam, Jeanette Gogoll / Audio description script (English): Claire Cunningham, Julia Watts Belser, Vicky Wilson, Luke Pell, spoken by Julia Watts Belser / Audio description translation (German):: Leo Baur, Agnes Ehlich, spoken by Juli Reinartz
Claire Cunningham
Songs of the Wayfarer
- Performance
- Dance
English phonetic language /
With German and English surtitles /
approx. 90 mins.
“I love turning into a four-legged creature. All the little places where you can squeeze the crutch into a crack or a corner. In Scotland we would say ‘nooks and crannies’. I like to lose myself playing like that […] when the floor really […] becomes my companion.”
Inspired by Gustav Mahler's “Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen” as well as her life experience as a disabled person, the memory of her training as a singer, and the expertise of mountaineers and disabled friends, Claire Cunningham sets out to cross landscapes both known and unknown.
In this solo piece, she asks what it means to hike, to strive for great heights. What is it like to learn from those of us who reach for the ground through crutches like quadrupeds? What does it mean to keep going and, above all, to know when it's the right moment to turn back? In “Songs of a Wayfarer”, the internationally renowned disabled artist turns her personal journey into a love song – to the ground, to her disabled companions, and to her own wisdom of crip* expertise and joy.
*Crip is a political and cultural identity used by some people with disabilities.
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Dates
Past
Further Information
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Notes:
Recorded German audio description
Relaxed Performance
Translation into German Sign Language (DGS) (14.+15.11.)
Haptic Access Tour (16.11., 15:30)
Contrary to the previously announced 75 minutes, this performance has a duration of approx. 90 minutes. A follow-up visit to “ÔSS” at HAU1 is still possible.
Credits
Production: Claire Cunningham. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Mousonturm Frankfurt, Next Festival Kortrijk, No Limits Festival Berlin, No Limits Festival Hong Kong, Kammerspiele Munich, Sadler's Wells London, Dampfzentrale Bern
Developed as part of the Einstein Strategy Professorship “Choreography, Dance and Disability Art” at HZT Berlin.
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.
