We, 11.2.2026

Th, 12.2.2026

Fr, 13.2.2026

21:30—22:40 Screening

Cinema at Reitschule

ZOO / Thomas Hauert

Troglodyte, Zaungast / Zaunkönig
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Bert Van Dijck

Choreographic exploration of feelings
Live improvisation
Psychological riddle
Being an outsider

Thomas Hauert and his company ZOO are known for their improvisation-based pieces and their incessant exploration of the plethora of movements the human body can execute. In his new solo «Troglodyte», Thomas Hauert now follows a creative impulse that already characterized the content of his last two creations: the psyche, emotions and the subconscious become the driving forces as well as the source of movement. The point of departure of this choreographic exploration is a kind of complex psychological riddle reflected in the subtitle of the solo – «Zaungast/Zaunkönig» (onlooker / wren, but literally «fence-guest / fence king» in German), referring to the position of the outsider. What does it mean to not belong? To observe from the sidelines or outside, as an onlooker? Hauert pursues this feeling of being an outsider, of not belonging, through means of dance and choreography. Before our eyes, a profound, powerful and sensitive exploration of this complex feeling unfolds.

The piece Troglodyte, Zaungast/Zaunkönig by ZOO/Thomas Hauert is part of the selection but will be presented only as a screening of the video recording of a show due to space-allocation reasons.

Biography

Thomas Hauert is a dancer and choreographer from Solothurn. After training as a dancer at the Rotterdamse Dansacademie, he worked as a dancer with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and David Zambrano, among others. In 1997, he founded his own company, ZOO, together with several dancers in Brussels, with which he has created more than 25 works. His working method is marked by improvisation and the exploration of various relations: between individual body parts, several bodies, bodies and space, or dance and music. Since 2013, Hauert has been the artistic director of the bachelor’s degree programme in contemporary dance at La Manufacture – Haute école des arts de la scene in Lausanne. In 2025, he received the Swiss Grand Prix for the Performing Arts and the Arts Award of the Canton Solothurn.

Accessibility

The cinema is wheelchair accessible.

Language

Screening: English, French
Touring: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Flemish

Others pieces available for touring

Efeu (2022) – group piece, 4 performers, 12m x 12m, 55 min.
Where is everybody (2026) – group piece, 6 performers, 12m x 12m, 60 min.

Booking Contact
Caroline Vermeulen - Manager & production - caroline@zoo-thomashauert.net - + 32 486 388 230
Alessandra Simeoni - Diffusion & networking - alessandra@zoo-thomashauert.net - + 39 340 368 6865

Credits

Concept, direction, choreography, dance Thomas Hauert

Music Mauro Lanza, Discorso di Gagarin attorno alla terra, Salvatore Sciarrino, Frantumi, Jonny Greenwood, Popcorn Superhet Receiver: Pt. 2A, 2B, Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 9, IV. Adagio (Sehr langsam), Talk Talk, I believe in you, Salvatore Sciarrino, Autoritratto nella notte, Duval Timothy & Rosie Lowe, Gonna Be

Costumes Chevalier-Masson

Light Bert Van Dijck

Scenography Thomas Hauert, Bert Van Dijck

Sound Bart Celis

Video Lukas Pich/ArtGrid, Lawrence Chatton

Film, editing Stéphane Darioly

Production ZOO/Thomas Hauert

Co-production La Bâtie – Festival de Genève (CH), Le Grütli – Centre de production et de diffusion des Arts vivants (CH), Mercat de les Flors (ES), Fondazione Teatro Grande di Brescia (IT), Centro Nazionale di Produzione della Danza Virgilio Sieni (IT)

Residence Studio Thor, Charleroi danse

Support Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – Service de la danse / Pro Helvetia – Fondation suisse pour les arts / Ein Kulturengagement des Lotterie-Fonds des Kantons Solothurn

Venue

Cinema at Reitschule
Neubrückstrasse 8, 3012 Bern
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Dates/Tickets

13.2.2026, 21:30—22:40
Cinema at Reitschule

Sa, 14.2.2026