Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods & Dance On Ensemble

GLITCH WITCH

Dance

English / approx. 90 mins.

In “GLITCH WITCH”, choreographer Meg Stuart, dancer Omagbitse Omagbemi, and composer / musician Mieko Suzuki meet in a sparklingly desolate, enigmatically burned-out landscape. Moving within and beyond the personal histories imprinted on their bodies, they glide and glitch between different possible worlds – between above and below, between the before and after of every passing moment.

While trying to break the spell of personal and ancestral memories that keep them apart, they search for a not-yet-existent shared language. In their quest, a pulsating progression of shimmering, mutable dances unfold. Within this series of overlapping movement patterns, the three women gradually uncover a shared (witch)craft: a resonant force of mutual transformations and a vulnerable ritual of solidarity that elevates them above their differences. Glitches emerge at the volatile points of their encounters, becoming a growing vocabulary of resistance and surrender, a collective chant that disrupts all enchantments.

This performance was created as part of a collaboration between Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods and the Berlin-based Dance On Ensemble, which works with dancers over the age of 40. Within their Encounters series, the company is launching new performances where the choreographer is visible as a dancer, engaging with a dancer from the Ensemble.

Cast

Choreography: Meg Stuart / With: Omagbitse Omagbemi, Meg Stuart, Mieko Suzuki / Live music: Mieko Suzuki / Dramaturgy: Igor Dobričić / Scenography: Nadia Lauro / Light design: Nico de Rooij / Costume design: Claudia Hill in Zusammenarbeit mit den Performer*innen / Artistic assistence: Valentin Braun, Luna Luz Sanchez / Costume assistance: Kahori Furukawa, Juliane Längin / Technical coordination: Tom De Langhe / Sound: Vagelis Tsatsis / Light: Nico de Rooij / Stage management: Matty Zighem / Production management: Hélène Philippot

Dates

Past

Further Information

Visitor note

Notes:

After the performance on 31.1.: Artist Talk / Moderation: Kirsten Maar
After the performance on 1.2.: Party with Mieko Suzuki

Credits

Production: Damaged Goods, DANCE ON / Bureau Ritter. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Théâtre Garonne – scène européenne Toulouse, Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans – Direction Maud Le Pladec, Tanzquartier Wien, PACT Zollverein Essen, Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER Ghent, Perpodium. Supported by: Goethe-Institut, tax shelter measure of the Belgian Federal Government via Cronos Invest. Residency in Orléans supported by: Culture Moves Europe, a project funded by the European Union and Goethe-Institut.

Damaged Goods is supported by the Flemish Government and Flemish Community Commission. Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods is artist-in-residence at Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER (Ghent).

DANCE ON is a project by Bureau Ritter gUG, funded by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion and co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union as part of DANCE ON, PASS ON, DREAM ON.

Location

HAU2

Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 Berlin

There 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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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.

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