HARMONIA

age recommendation: 12+
after the show: 21:30 After Talk with the artists held in English (with PL/EN interpretation)

In HARMONIA, Unusual Symptoms and Hungarian choreographer Adrienn Hód invite us to explore anew the human body and its meaning in dance and society. Between shared explorations of physical diversity, fun-filled exuberance and a good dose of self-irony, an ensemble of dancers with and without disabilities questions hierarchies of classical dance, but also the supposedly progressive forms of contemporary dance. Asking for the undisturbed attention of the audience, they throw conventional notions of the body and the structures built around it overboard and set about playfully realigning our gaze. With their first collaboration ?Coexist?, created in 2019, Unusual Symptoms ? the dance company-in-residence at Theater Bremen ? and Adrienn Hód were invited to Tanzplattform Deutschland 2020. Harmonia is their se-cond collaboration.

?The close, engaging interaction within the ensemble, and the zest for life emanating from this final fiesta ? they are more than welcome in times such as these…” (Kreiszeitung)

?And then, a sound sets in: a suggestive beat, a booming hum, the throb of a heart. [?] [?] What had been an intimate body dialogue just before now moves in the direction of individualised club dancing […].? (tanz ? Zeitschrift für Ballett, Tanz und Performance)

By & with: Aaron Samuel Davis, Florent Devlesaver, Gabrio Gabrielli, Paulina Porwollik, Leisa Prowd, Tamara Rettenmund, Nora Ronge, Andor Rusu, Young-Won Song, Károly Tóth

Co-Creation: Yanel Barbeito, Carolin Hartmann

Choreography: Adrienn Hód

Artistic Collaboration: Csaba Molnár

Music: Ábris Gryllus

Stage & Costume Design: Anna Lena Grote

Light Design: Christian Kemmetmüller

Dramaturgy: Gregor Runge

Dramaturgic Advisor: Ármin Szabó-Székely

Production Management: Alexandra Morales

Production Assistance: Emily Masch, Andy Zondag

Production Management Hodworks: György Ujvári-Pínter

Assistant to Stage & Costume Designer: Naomi Darleen Schade

Stage Manager: Lena Maire

Produced by: Theater Bremen. In coproduction with Trafó House of Contemporary Arts and OFF Foundation. Supported by the NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ Coproduction Fund for Dance, which is funded by the Germany?s Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, and the Goethe Institute Hungary.

Premiere: 4.02.2022, Bremen, Germany

Partners of C/U Festival: NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ International Guest Performance Fund for Dance, which is funded by the Germany?s Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media; Goethe-Institut.

Interpreter EN/PL: Artur Zapałowski

Photo above: (c) Joerg Landsberg