Concept, choreography and performance: Claire Cunningham / Assistant director: Dan Watson / Dramaturgy: Luke Pell / Artistic collaboration: Julia Watts Belser / Set and costume design: Bethany Wells / Sound engineering: Matthias Herrmann / Lighting design: Chris Copland / Video design: Michelle Ettlin / Production: Nadja Dias / Project and access production: Vicky Wilson / Production management: Gregor Knüppel / Engineering: Keir Martin / Stage management: Anastasia Booth / Administrative assistance (for HZT): Susanne Adam, Jeanette Gogoll / Mountaineering Consultants: Cormac Lynch, Simone Kenyon / Artistic Access Consultancy: Nelly Kelly, Panthea, Angela Alves, Rita Mazza
Claire Cunningham
Songs of the Wayfarer
- Performance
- Dance
German Sign Language /
English phonetic language /
With German and English surtitles /
“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.
Cast
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Dates
Current
Credits
Production: Claire Cunningham. Co-production: Mousonturm Frankfurt, Next Festival Kotrijk, HAU Hebbel am Ufer & 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
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