Tiran Willemse: Untitled (Nostalgia, Act 3) – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Tiran Willemse:
Untitled (Nostalgia, Act 3)
Untitled (Nostalgia, Act 3)
In Untitled (Nostalgia, Act 3) the South-African born, Europe-based choreographer Tiran Willemse invokes his own multiple histories of dance through a kaleidoscope of the 19th century ballet classic Giselle, the Kuduro from Angola, and the Nigerian genre Alanta.
The ghost story of Giselle becomes the primary vehicle through which Willemse gives his past selves space to be as they are – ghosts, not dead, who have not left fully, though they may have been asked to. Both an exercise and an exorcism, Untitled (Nostalgia, Act 3) is an evocation of Black experience within European contexts, and a thinly veiled masquerade of its absurdities. As differently gendered bodies claim space for expression, their haunting simultaneously haunts cisnormativity.
What bubbles to the surface may be headless but it’s not shy. The emerging dance is simultaneously a solo by Willemse and an ensemble performed with the unresolved tensions that move him. In limbo between presence and absence, these bodies –rendered invisible, suppressed, (as certain histories often are) invited, or not – have nevertheless come back to reclaim Willemse’s body. These multiple consciousnesses are given the room to rehearse both as and with Willemse, a repétition (rehearsal) with a difference.
Please note that details may change until the day of the event. Therefore, if you only find out after purchasing your ticket that the performance is no longer accessible for you, you can contact us via ticketing@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 45 (Monday to Friday between 10 am and 6 pm) up to 5 working days after the event to return your ticket.
Duration
- Approximately 70 minutes without intermission
Language
- No language
Light
- Rather bright lighting
- There are sudden changes in lighting.
- In some scenes, there is backlighting in the first two rows.
- There are several sudden moments of complete darkness.
Sound
- There are sudden bursts of music
- Moments of complete silence alternate with musical interludes.
Audience
- Seated grandstand
- 2 beanbag seats can be booked subject to availability
- 2 wheelchair spaces can be booked subject to availability
Early Boarding
There is the option of early boarding. This will be announced over the loudspeaker.
Tickets
- Reservations can be made via the ticket telephone at 030 283 52 66, Monday to Friday from 4pm–6pm
- Via the online ticket shop
- At the box office
You can also find more information about accessibility at the house here.
Concept, artistic direction, performance: Tiran Willemse
Dramaturgy: Andros Zins-Browne
Music: Tobias Koch
Choreographic advice: Laurent Chétouane
Light design: Fudetani Ryoya
Light operator: Max Windisch-Spoerk
Production: Paelden Tamnyen, Rabea Grand
Distribution: Tristan Barani
Tiran Willemse is an artist, born in South-Africa, situated between Zürich and Berlin. His performance based practise explores the body inside an unimaginable environment. Using physical depth to create sonic images that deal with the construction of systems, creating experiences that communicate somatic and psychological landscapes beyond the human condition. He has worked and collaborated with Eszter Salamon, Jérôme Bel, Trajal Harrell, Meg Stuart, Ligia Lewis, Andros Zins-Browne, Dorota Gaweda & Eglé Kulbokaite, Price (Mattias Ringgenberg) and with Cullberg ballet under Deborah Hay and Jefta Van Dinther.
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