Hermann Heisig:
Slap/stick
Slap/stick
Get ready, take a run at it and completely fail – with the help of various comedians’ gestures and made up Brazilian dances, Hermann Heisig dedicates SLAP/STICK to the physicality of absent-mindedness, exaggeration and mechanical movements. A solo about the vastness of space, and the constant denial of efficiency. Coercion as the motor of a journey through non-sense, naivety and ecstasy.
CONcEPT, PERFORMANCE, Stage DESIGN Hermann Heisig OUTSIDE EYES Silke Z., Nuno Lucas, Anna Volkland, Elpida Orfanidou SOUND Tian Rotteveel LIgHT DESIGN Benjamin Schälike STAGE DESIGN Jaka Plesec COMPANY MANAGEMENT Susanne Ogan
Produced by Hermann Heisig in collaboration with tanz.tausch and SOPHIENSÆLE. Supported by Regierender Bürgermeister von Berlin – Senatskanzlei – Kulturelle Angelegenheiten and Kulturstiftung des Freistaats Sachsen. Special thanks to fabrik Potsdam and their programme Artists-in-residence. The programme Artists-in-residence is supported by Brandenburger Ministerium für Infrastruktur und Landwirtschaft funded by Mittel des Hauptstadtvertrages and Landeshauptstadt Potsdam.
photo © Klaus Dilger
HERMANN HEISIG is choreographer and dancer. Born in 1981 in Leipzig, Germany, he started to create numerous solos in galleries and clubs. After his training in Berlin and Montpellier Hermann worked with Martine Pisani, Meg Stuart, Pieter Ampe and Thomas Lehmen. Collaborations were created with Nuno Lucas, Elpida Orfanidou, May Zarhy, Anne Zacho Sogaard and Diana Wesser. Since 2013 he regularly shows his works in the Sophiensælen, for example Slap/Stick (2013), STRTCH (2014) and most recently slave to the rhythm (2019).
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