Zürich
Edition 2024
The piece «Without References» by Cie Greffe is part of the final selection and will be shown as a screening at the Xenix cinema, followed by a conversation (in French) with choreographer Cindy Van Acker, who will answer your questions. Afterwards, the audience is invited to lunch at the adjacent Xenix Bar.
«Without References» is a production by Cindy Van Acker in cooperation with the Japanese group Goat, the Italian stage director Romeo Castellucci and eleven dancers. The piece addresses questions of temporality, transience and the leaving of traces. Appearing before an opulent backdrop, the figures meet in a place that is not clearly defined: are they inside a waiting room, a train station or – judging from the costumes – on a 1950s film set? Like earlier works by Cindy Van Acker, «Without References» has a strict formal and choreographic structure, each gesture and movement deployed with precision. Despite this formal strictness, however, the evening’s dramaturgy conveys something mysteriously latent and inscrutable. What, we ask ourselves, lurks within this room with its cool appearance?