VERTICAL DANCE / AERIAL DANCE




WALLend
at dizzying heights / Vertical Dance research project




© Denise Wal
Staggering / spinning / slumping / swaying / surging / fainting /
dizziness / lift-feeling / gait insecurity / ...
In this Vertical Dance research I deal with the theme of Vertigo and experiment with different facets of vertigo.
I explore the Vertical Dance and deepen my practice, visit workshops, companies and enter into exchange with practitioners in order to incorporate my findings playfully and aesthetically in my further work.
2023 (work in progress)
CONCEPT / RESEARCH & VERTICAL DANCE
Rebekka E. Böhme
FUNDED BY
the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media in the NEUSTART KULTUR program, DIS-TANZEN aid program of the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland
SUPPORTED BY
Gravity Workouts Conil / Maria Maza Andreota
PHOTOS
from a workshop with Magalie Lanriot
Lisbon / 2023




IN - TEAM - ACY
Vertical Dance Performance




© Christiane Schleifenbaum
How do we come together, how does a familiar togetherness develop? What role do our personal space and boundaries play in this context? And what dynamics create closeness and distance between us? We embark on a search for rapprochement and fusion, using flying together as a poetic solution within our own limitations.
During a residency in Cottbus, we experimented on the facades and in the spaces of the Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art in Cottbus.
PREMIERE June 2022 / Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst / Vernissage of "Verwandschaften"
CONCEPT
Rebekka E. Böhme
CHOREOGRAPHY & VERTICAL DANCE
Rebekka E. Böhme
Iris Gonzalez
ARTISTIC ASSISTENCE
Nashla Abdelnour
RIGGING
Fabiola König-Ludyga
In cooperation with the Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst, TanzWERKSTATT Cottbus and fabrik Potsdam.
"DiR - Dance in Residence Brandenburg" is supported by DIEHL+RITTER/ TANZPAKT RECONNECT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR. Hilfsprogramm Tanz, by the Ministry of the State of Brandenburg, the State Capital Potsdam, the City of Cottbus and Pro Potsdam.




Between closeness and distance
Bungee Dance Performance




© Christiane Schleifenbaum
listening
save space / extend / sharing weight
vulnerability
body / eyes / contact
hugs / touch / naked
deep connection
PREMIERE June 2022 / Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst
CONCEPT
Rebekka E. Böhme
CHOREOGRAPHY & BUNGEE DANCE
Rebekka E. Böhme
Iris Gonzalez
ARTISTIC ASSISTENCE
Nashla Abdelnour
RIGGING
Fabiola König-Ludyga
In cooperation with the Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst, TanzWERKSTATT Cottbus and fabrik Potsdam.
"DiR - Dance in Residence Brandenburg" is supported by DIEHL+RITTER/ TANZPAKT RECONNECT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR. Hilfsprogramm Tanz, by the Ministry of the State of Brandenburg, the State Capital Potsdam, the City of Cottbus and Pro Potsdam.




CLOUDS IN THE SKY (AT)
Bungee dance research project




© Nashla Abdelnour
In this research project I investigate the possibilities and the limits of movement with a bungee/elastic rope. In relation to different inner states and mental health, I explore the body in space as well as while floating and falling. Everyday perceptions, balance and struggles of young people are key points of my content-related research. The book "Clouds in the sky" about the nature of our thoughts and moods by Ivo Cussianovich with illustrations by Nashla Abdelnour will serve as an inspiration and base for video projection and animation.
A concept for an aerial dance production for a younger audience shall be created.
2022 (ongoing)
CONCEPT & RESEARCH
BUNGEE DANCE
Rebekka E. Böhme
ILLUSTRATION & VIDEO ANIMATION
Nashla Abdelnour
INSPIRATION
"Clouds in the sky" by Ivo Cussianovich & Nashla Abdelnour
SUPPORTED BY
Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR




We bleed without being wounded
Bungee Dance for a radio play installation




© Lothar Herzog
This bungee - dance - video project is part of a radio play - installation, which invites one person at a time to an exclusive 60-minute performance and intense experience.
Inspired by the life and work of the Swedish painter Hilma af Klint, "We bleed without being wounded" questions death as a projection surface and deals with the universal power of transformation. Playing with insights from astro- and quantum physics and spiritual knowledge, the installation allows the human longing for freedom and immortality to grow wings.
PREMIERE November 2021 / Festival "Theater der Dinge" Berlin
CHOREOGRAPHY / DIRECTION / DANCE
Esther Nicklas
BUNGEE DANCE & CREATION
Rebekka E. Böhme
CAMERA & EDITING
Lothar Herzog
COSTUME
Sophie Elstermann
PHOTOGRAPHY & GRAPHIC DESIGN
Tatjana Herkner
CO-DIRECTION & ARTISTIC COLLABORATION
Heidi Zengerle
SUPPORTED BY
Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media




VERTICAL DANCE FUSION - Creative Laboratory
Vertical Dance Installation




© Sebastian Matthäus, Juan Leiba, Ronny Horning u.a.
In a laboratory, under the artistic guidance of Juan Leiba, a 30-minute vertical dance installation was created, in which six performers explore the vertical space, the in-between, the below and above. They are moved by inner states, the search for togetherness and common ground. Sometimes straying, sometimes levitating, they take the audience on a personal journey through the ruins of the Teufelsberg in Berlin. Vertical dance performances were also shown on other walls and surfaces of the historical site within the scope of the 1st Vertical Dance Fusion 2021 in Berlin.
SHOWING September 2021 / Teufelsberg Berlin
IDEA & CHOREOGRAPHY
Juan Leiba
VERTICAL DANCE / PERFORMANCE / CREATION
Lucia Blanco
Rebekka E. Böhme
Franziska Pack
Leonie Pfitzner
Evelyn Weinzettl
Carla Lonchuk
IDEA & ORGANISATION FESTIVAL VDF21
Anett Simmen - VoLA Stage Art / Company VoLA
RIGGING
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