Stopgap Dance Company

Lived Fiction

  • Performance
  • Dance
English audio description /  With German and English surtitles /  With German translation /  approx. 90 mins.

Ever since its formation 20 years ago, the Stopgap Dance Company has seen itself as a driving force for social change. “Lived Fiction” proposes what inclusive dance could look like in the future: Without barriers. A diverse, multi-ethnic ensemble dances and narrates the vision of equal coexistence. The voice of the audio description plays independently, just as much as the constantly changing surtitles. In solos, duets, and group scenes, the dancers create a powerful utopia based on a community of differences. Dreamlike movements alternate with energetic group choreography. The depiction of the beauty of individual worlds of perception is combined with a poetic, innovative aesthetic of all-encompassing accessibility. A multi-layered, brilliantly danced ensemble work that's as soft as candy floss. And an encouraging blueprint that envisions togetherness beyond all barriers.

Cast

With: Christian Brinklow, Monique Dior Jarrett, Emily Lue-Fong, Jannick Moth, Lily Norton (Audiodeskription), Nadenh Poan, Hannah Sampson und Dan Watson (Stimme von DAN) / Director & co-writer: Lucy Bennett / Access artist & co-writer: Lily Norton / Director of rehearsals: Amy Butler / Composition & Sound Design: Dougie Evans / Digital art & subtitle design: Ben Glover / Lighting Design: Jackie Shemesh / Costume Design: Ryan Dawson Laight / Props: Colin Holden / Access Guide: Lauren Trim / Production and Stage Management: Ethan Duffy / Production Manager: Emma Henderson / Technical Director: Francois Langton / Lighting Assistant: Joe Hornsby / Costume Assistant: Rosie Whiting / Project Management: James Greenhalgh / Access Workers: Abbie Thompson, Laurel Flatley

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Dates

Past
  • German premiere
    Fri 22.11.2024, 20:00 / HAU2
  • Sat 23.11.2024, 17:00 / HAU2
Notes:

Integrated English audio description
German translation via headphones on request
Relaxed Performance
22.11., 19:00 / 23.11., 16:00: Haptic Access Tour 
Following the performance on 23.11.: Artist Talk / English spoken language with translation into German spoken language and German sign language (DGS)

Credits

Production: Sho Shibata & Lucy Glover. Supported by: Arts Council England, DanceEast, Dance Ireland, Leche Trust, The Point - Eastleigh, University of Surrey.

Location

HAU2
Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 Berlin

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