What potential lies dormant in the spaces in between?
“HYBRID: I am A.L.I.E.N.– A Double-Edged State of Being“ is an autobiographical solo performance that explores with the search for balance in times of change. It reflects on personal and social upheavals and shows how uncertainty and loss can serve as a basis for creative agency.
The physically challenging floor made of plastic ice, characterized by limited gliding ability and unexpected resistance, becomes a symbol for navigating altered foundations of life. It opens up new approaches to balance and movement and represents the balancing of opposites.
The performance creates space for exploring themes such as identity, adaptation and transformation. It invites to understand the interplay between standstill and movement, uncertainty and orientation as a source of new impulses and to develop new perspectives.
Enhanced by sound, projection, and visual narrative layers, “HYBRID: I am A.L.I.E.N.“ combines dance, theatre, new circus, and contemporary ice skating into a transdisciplinary stage performance.
“HYBRID: I am A.L.I.E.N.– A Double-Edged State of Being“ is currently in the ‘Premiere’ status.
TEAM and CONTRIBUTORS
|
Performance, Choreography, Concept |
ELISA SIEGMUND |
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Real-Time Sound Composition |
SAMAQUIAS LORTA |
| Dramaturgy | MAREN WITTE |
| Artistic Accompaniment |
JOACHIM MOHR, BIRGIT AUST |
| Projection Videos and Recording Support | ELISA and BARBARA SIEGMUND |
| Production Management | ELISA SIEGMUND |
Development Steps and Supporters
The project grew out of dramaturgical training with Dr. Maren Witte, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media in the program NEUSTART KULTUR, [aid program DIS-TANZEN] of the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland, 2022.
Kultur Räume Berlin supported the self-funded movement research and the development of initial scenic material in 2023 by repeatedly providing a rehearsal space in its raw state.
A scenic finalization of the version
"HYBRID: I am A.L.I.E.N. I" took place with further support in July 2024.
Dramaturgy: Maren Witte
LAKE Studios Berlin is funding in-depth movement practice in the pilot residency program and an initial work showing with a 20-minute excerpt in the Unfinished Fridays event series, 2024.
Dramaturgy: Maren Witte
On-site support: Angie Flanagan, Birgit Aust
With the inclusion in the Zirkus ON Mentoring Program 2024/2025, the second performanc version "HYBRID:
I am A.L.I.E.N. II" is being developed for a contemporary circus audience, beginning with a Kick-off presentation pitch at the
CircusDance Festival in Cologne, 2024.
Mentors: Robert Sterzik and Liz Williams.
On-site support: Birgit Aust
The further development of this second version, with residency support is being made possible by Zirkus ON alliance partner Tollhaus Karlsruhe. A stage presentation of the work-in-progress took place at the ATOLL Festival, 2024.
Light & Tech: Cecilia Kohlrepp
Technical support: Kai Lim
Zirkus ON's alliance partner Schloss Bröllin supports the specification of
"HYBRID: I am A.L.I.E.N. II“
through residencies and work showings
in 2024 and 2025.
Outside-Eye : Joachim Mohr
Sound : Samaquias Lorta
Zirkus ON was being funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of the German Federal Association of the Independent Performing Arts's programme "Verbindungen fördern". Mentoring by Liz Williams and Robert Sterzik.