Basel
Edition 2022
Edition 2022
From 2 to 6 February 2021 in Basel, the 11th Swiss Dance Days had showcased the winning performances selected by the jury from almost 150 entries. Due to the pandemic the Swiss Dance Days of 2021 had to be cancelled, the selection (see archive) was retained and could be shown to a wide audience in 2022. The programme offered a snapshot of dynamic, humorous and powerful physical studies and autobiographical works full of performative joy and the courage to question virtuosity. A special focus is on several powerful works from the younger generation of Swiss choreographers.
Dr. Adriana Almeida Pees, Künstlerische Leiterin und Kuratorin Tanz, Theater Freiburg
Selina Beghetto, Dramaturgin, Luzern
Rares Donca, Leiter L’Abri, Genf
Foofwa d’Imobilité, Choreograf
Sandro Lunin, Künstlerischer Leiter, Kaserne Basel
Als einziger Künstler der Jury, verfügte Foofwa d’Imobilité über die Möglichkeit, ein eigenes Werk an den Swiss Dance Days zu zeigen.
Junges Theater Basel
Kaserne Basel
ROXY Birsfelden
Neues Theater Dornach
Theater Basel
Vorstadttheater Basel
Teresa Vittucci, Colin Self
Ruth Childs
La PP / Romane Peytavin & Pierre Piton
«Uncanny Valley» is a scientific term from the field of robotics describing the psychological reaction of rejection which humans feel when confronted with androids. The more humanoid a bionic body appears to us, the less we accept faults in its behaviour. Farewell Body, the first choreographic work by Romane Peytavin and Pierre Piton, tries to explore this «uncanny valley»: a physical study which views nature through the looking-glass of artificial mechanics, a metamorphosis which transforms the body into a wonderful machine which feels strangely familiar to us.
Die künstlerische Zusammenarbeit zwischen Romane Peytavin und Pierre Piton, beides Bachelor-Absolventen in zeitgenössischem Tanz an der Manufacture de Lausanne, führte 2018 zur Gründung der Lausanner Compagnie La PP. Beide choreografieren und performen, in der Saison 2018-2019 waren sie associated artists im l'Abri, Genf. In dieser Funktion schufen sie Dédicace am Antigel-Festival und Farewell Body im Arsenic in Lausanne.
Choreography Romane Peytavin, Pierre Piton
Performance Catol Teixeira, Pierre Piton
Music, Light Design & Technical Director Gautier Teuscher
Light Technician Joël Corboz
Scenography Valentin Dubois
Music Gautier Teuscher
Costumes Marie Bajenova
Photographer Gregory Batardon
Video Lucien Monot
Diffusion Ludivine Rodriguez - BravoBravo
Coproduction L’Arsenic, centre d’art scénique contemporain - Lausanne, L’Abri - Geneva
Support Loterie Romande, Fondation Nestlé pour l’Art, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung SIS, Ville de Lausanne
ROXY Birsfelden
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Neopost Foofwa / Foofwa d’Imobilité
Tabea Martin
Kiyan Khoshoie
Cie des Marmots & Collectif Ouinch Ouinch
Clara Delorme
Skree Wolf / Rudi van der Merwe
Cie Moost / Marc Oosterhoff
*Melk Prod. / Marco Berrettini
Jeremy Nedd & Impilo Mapantsula