How can peaceful resistance be choreographed? Standing Man Erdem Gündüz stood right in the center of the violent confrontations which took place at Taksim-Square in Istanbul in 2013. He remained completely immobile for hours, his eyes firmly fixed on the statue of Atatürk, founding father of the Turkish Republic. It is his approach to protest that inspired this choreographical study of dissidence.

We were interested in the movements produced by people who are at odds with systems but don’t want to throw stones, explain the choreographers. The protagonists of the evening are people who bring their protest to the streets with their physical presence, standing, walking, sitting, hopping or dancing. A performative study  with fragments of Gandhi all the way to Pussy Riot.

CONcEPT, ARTISTIC DIRECTION fleischlin/meser PERFORMANCE Beatrice Fleischlin, Anja Meser SOUND Martin Hofstetter LIGHT, TECHNICAL SUPERVISION David Nicolas Abad DRAMATURGICAL GUIDANCE Boris Nikitin COSTUME Luzia Fleischlin Stagecraft Timo Müller, Mario Suter, Timo Tresch PRODUcTION Luisa Grass TOUR MANAGEMENT Larissa Bizer

A production of fleischlin/meser in coproduction with Südpol Luzern, Gessnerallee Zurich and Kaserne Basel. Funded by the city of Lucerne/ FUKA Fonds, the canton Lucerne, Kanton Luzern Werkbeitrag, Pro Helvetia, Migros-Kulturprozent, Gemeinnützige Gesellschaft of the city Lucerne and Die Offene Gesellschaft. Media partner: taz. die tageszeitung

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