Old geezers and whippersnappers, dodderers and teenagers, old and decrepit versus naïve and agile: When dealing with age, prejudice is rife. Yet generations are separated by more then just their age – they have a different outlook on life, different ways of living and a different education and of course different perspectives. What happens when the old meet the young on stage, body meets body and elderly bones meet buoyant limbs, experience of life meets hunger for life? In «The Day Before Yesterday is The Day After Tomorrow, No 3» 17 people of different ages with little to a lot of dance experience meet, interact with each other and also sound out the game with the bassist and the Schwyzerörgeli player - shy, perky and playful.
Premiere: 29 th of October 2022
Duration: 50 Min.
Credits
Choreography: Lucía Baumgartner in Zusammenarbeit mit den Mitwirkenden
Music (live): Thomas Aeschbacher & Madlaina Küng
Dance: Ana Rigert, Angelina Dettling, Barbara Fürcho, Gina Aeschbacher, Heinz Berger, Jasmin Vogel, Lea Feldmann, Magda Totschnig, Margaretha Hägeli, Maria Werndle, Marianne Hürzeler, Marilène Broglie, Michelle Ramseier, Petra Kocher, Regula Meier, Sandra Muheim, Sonja Schumacher
Choreographic Assistance: Maja Brönnimann
Light: Achim Saufaus
Costumes: Sarah Bachmann
Co-Production with the Stadttheater Langenthal
Photos: Anne Steudler
Press
Magazin Wurzel 06/22, Interview mit Lucîa Baumgartner
Voices of audience
We are shown 17 people on stage who hide nothing of themselves and openly encounter each other in movement they have found together. Lucía empowers the dancers to find an elegance and sincerity in their own physicality and to bring it out in the open. Thus, one is encouraged to really see what is there; a search for patterns, deeper meaning, red thread becomes secondary, even superfluous. Because this encounter of the dancers is powerful, playful and honest enough!
The fine seriousness with which the dancers appear before the audience without denying anything about themselves is so disarming and liberating that in the end what remains is the pure joy of witnessing this encounter of the dancers and becoming part of it. Many, many thanks for this stunningly great evening! L.K.
Big BRAVO for tonight! R.M.
Great performance! Impressive what is possible with amateurs. C.K.
Voices of participants
For me it was a huge challenge and not without! I am proud that I participated and happy that I got to know all of you. Marianne
The whole project has had an incredibly positive effect on me. It gave me a lot of energy and showed me how much can be possible in a group. That you can achieve a lot together. Thank you for this gift. Sonja
Thank you Lucía for your genuineness during each rehearsal mixed as trust, examples, openness, confidence, correction, comedy, seriousness, determination, dissatisfaction, kindness. It was an intense, educational and challenging time that I would not want to miss! Gina
Dear Lucía. 1. you are a wonderful power-women-team. 2. thank you for your clear announcements, your temperament, your passion for dancing, your enthusiasm. 3. I wish you strength, energy, love for all that is to come. It was inspiring to watch you live your calling. Ana
It was a pleasure to work with you. I take with me many beautiful experiences. I wish you continued energy so that you can inspire many others to dance. Petra
Thank you for making me rediscover the joy of dancing. Thank you for letting me meet such wonderful people through your projects - in a country where I didn't know anyone a few months ago. That means a lot to me. Angelina