Judith Förster:
HORIZON PROBLEMS
HORIZON PROBLEMS
PREMIERE
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NOVEMBER 4 | Performance with German audio description. The preceding stage tour takes place from 18.45 h to 19.15 h. For audio description and pick-up service you can register within our business hours, Monday to Friday between 10 h and 18 h via 030 27 89 00 30 or barrierefreiheit@sophiensaele.com.
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With her 1974 novel The Dispossessed, author Ursula Le Guin created one of the great narratives of science fiction literature, revolving around life on the two fictional planets Urras and Anarres. In her detailed description of social practices and modes of relationship, Le Guin creates an ambivalent utopia that makes political ideas such as anarchism, socialism, and capitalism tangible.
Almost 50 years after the novel's publication, HORIZON PROBLEMS is dedicated to this multi-layered scenario and makes it experienceable from a queer-feminist perspective, with the means of contemporary dance. Together with the dancers Rachell Bo Clark and Natasha Vergilió, the choreographer Judith Förster creates both eclectic and detailed images of togetherness. The bodies on stage are each other's tools and materials: they challenge and nurture, play, use and exploit - creating a microcosm of solos and moments of imperfect unison.
After showdown and handle with care, HORIZON PROBLEMS is the third work by Judith Förster, in which she employs science fiction narratives to pursue a physical-emotional approach to coexistence and belonging in a complex society.
If any questions remain from the following information, please feel free to contact Hannah Aldinger at barrierefreiheit@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 35. Please note that details may change by the day of the event.
The performance lasts 50 minutes. It is suitable for an audience of 12 years and older. The stage set includes 5 banners, each with one word written on it in English: Perseverance, Curiosity, Insight, Opportunity, Spirit. In German this means: Perseverance, Curiosity, Insight, Opportunity, Spirit. These words can enrich the audience experience, but are not essential for understanding the play. The audience sits in the dark. Light-reflecting material and LED fans are used on stage to create a moving image. At some points it gets louder. The play includes dynamic faster scenes and scenes that work with proximity to the audience.
The audience area is seated in the last row. In the rows in front, there are seat cushions on the tiered bleachers. There are two wheelchair spaces and two beanbag spaces in the front row, which can be reserved or purchased at the online ticket shop or box office, depending on availability. If, for artistic reasons, the door to the auditorium does not open until very shortly before the performance begins, there is the option of early boarding. This is early admission for all people (especially those with visible or non-visible disabilities) who wish to have a specific seat or a more relaxed entry. Early Boarding usually starts 10-20 minutes before the performance starts. The meeting point is next to the bar. Five minutes before Early Boarding begins, an announcement on the floor will draw your attention to it once again. Our evening staff will be happy to help you find the meeting point.
You can also find more information about accessibility here.
Choreography, Concept, Design, Dance Judith Förster Dance Natasha Vergilio, Rachell Bo Clark DRAMATURGY Isabel Gatzke SOUND, TECHNICAL DIRECTION Alexander Iezzi LIGHTING DESIGN Hanna Kritten Tangsoo Set ASSISTANCE Jonna Carstensen VIDEO SCULPTURES Stella Horta OUTSIDE EYE Ixchel Mendoza Hernández Production Management Sofia Fantuzzi
A production by Judith Förster in co-production with SOPHIENSÆLE. Supported by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe and the Federal Cultural Foundation with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media within the framework of NEUSTART KULTUR. With the kind support of Theaterhaus Mitte and LAKE Studios Berlin. Media partner: taz, die tageszeitung.
JUDITH FÖRSTER works as a stage and costume designer, dancer and choreographer in Berlin. Since her costume design studies in Hamburg (2011-14), she has designed numerous opera and theater productions as well as performative, collaborative works. With her studies at the Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum für Tanz in Berlin (2015-18), she focused on dance and performance in stage and costume design, as well as in her own artistic works. The interaction of body and material, as well as the inherent potential for intimacy and liminality, is the focus of her research, finding new forms, again and again, in collaborations with choreographers, visual artists and dancers including: OMSK Social Club, Julian Weber, Monica Bonvicini and André Uerba. http://www.judithfoerster.de/
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