Umwerfend Standhaft (engl. Staggering Steady) The dancers in Umwerfend Standhaft are refreshingly daring, unwavering and truly captivating. These twenty one intergenerational women are putting their individuality in the center and celebrating themselves as modern female icons. They exaggerate conventions, challenge clichés, rub shoulders with norms and uncover their self-confidence. How much womanpower does it take to infect you? In this installation performance it is the audience that chooses its own perspective on what’s happening. The dance moves from location to location (portable chairs will be provided). You will be able to define your own position in relationship to the dance, experiencing the dancers up close and from a distance, witnessing your own steadfastness.
Insight into the rehearsal with statements of the participants
Premiere: 5th of September 2019 7.30pm Grosse Halle Bern
Credits: Artistic direction and choreography: Lucía Baumgartner _ Dance: Andrea Born, Angela Rosa, Anina Weber, Anita Blatter, Anita Senn, Beatrice Bieri , Claudia Hauri, Felicia Christ, Julia Leitner, Lena Rutschi, Lilo Rieter, Leonie Stierli, Linda Bill, Lisa Schulze, Moana Weidner, Myriame Zufferey, Nathalie Triches, Noée Furter, Ruth Zwahlen, Salomé Schuster, Ursula Michel, Zofia LMisiak _ Sound/Music: Christine Hasler_Light: Barbara Widmer_Costumes: Sarah Bachmann_ Production Assistance: Pirkko Busin
With the support of: BEKB Förderfonds, Burgergemeinde Bern, Bürgi-Willert Stiftung, Dampfzentrale Bern, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Gerda-Weiler-Stiftung, Gesellschaft zu Ober-Gerwern, GVB Kulturstiftung, Migros Kulturprozent, SWISSLOS/Kultur Kanton Bern, Sophie und Karl Binding Stiftung.
Performances 2019
Showings
Fr 08th of March 5pm Europaplatz, BETA Stage Festival
We 20th & Th 21st of March 8pm Kulturmarkt Zürich (mit Dritter Frühling)
Sa 4th of May 11am, 2pm and 5pm Tanzfest Thun
Sa 29th of June 7pm, Festival VierMalTanz Solothurn
So 30th of June 7pm Festival VierMalTanz Solothurn
Sa 26th of October 5pm until 11pm Kulturnacht Thun
Full length Performances
Th 05th of September 7.30pm Premiere Grosse Halle Reitschule Bern
Fr 6th & Sa 7th Sept 7.30pm & Su 8th 11am, Grosse Halle Reitschule Bern
Performances 2021
Wed 5th to Th 6th of May 2021 streaming https://vimeo.com/579961960
Press:
Thuner Tagblatt, 3. Mai 2021 | Berner Landbote, 5. Mai 2021 | Thuner Tagblatt, 7. Mai 2021
Journal B, 11.9.2019: Zwanzig Mutmacherinnen
Photos Grosse Halle Bern by Anne Steudler
Photos of rehearsal by Claude Hofer
Photos „Europaplatz" by Anne Steudler