Projecting [Space[
September 26–October 7, 2018
HAU Hebbel am Ufer
HAU1, Stresemannstr. 29, 10963 Berlin
HAU2, Hallesches Ufer 32, 10963 Berlin
HAU3, Tempelhofer Ufer 10, 10963 Berlin
T +49 30 25900427
tickets [at] hebbel-am-ufer.de
Venue: Reinbeckhallen, Reinbeckstraße 17, 12459 Berlin
Meg Stuart
“Meg Stuart’s pieces get under your skin. The American choreographer and dancer who lives and works in Berlin and Brussels (…) traces our hidden desires—and fearlessly confronts our failures. She is one of the most unique choreographers of contemporary dance—and has been hugely influential, especially in Germany,” writes Sandra Luzina in her portrait of the artist. For Projecting [Space[ Meg Stuart teamed up with scenographer and stage designer Jozef Wouters, who has become an essential component of her company Damaged Goods where he is currently independent artist in residence. They are joined by author, dramaturge and performer Jeroen Peeters. With this site-specific production, the company Damaged Goods will be a guest at Reinbeckhallen in Oberschöneweide, a site of which the architecture still bespeaks its originally industrial layout: while the halls once served as a production site of transformers, they started to be developed into an independent centre for the arts and culture in 2014.
Projecting [Space[
Imagine a nomadic tribe would travel from the future to today’s time to share their lore—the stories, songs and dances that reflect their ways of living together, of practicing labour, care and ritual. Would we look at today’s world with different eyes? Would we be spurred on to sensitize ourselves and experiment with spaces and situations of encounter? These questions are brought to resonate in Projecting [Space[, an in situ creation by Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods, dramaturge Jeroen Peeters and scenographer Jozef Wouters. After its premiere at Ruhrtriennale in 2017 the HAU-co-production will now come to Berlin as part of HAU’s season opening. A motley group of artists, performers and technicians, the company Damaged Goods will take in the Reinbeckhallen in Oberschöneweide, alongside the river Spree. There they unfold precarious collective practices of meeting and making.
The presentations on September 26, 28-30 will take place as part of Berlin Art Week.
Further information:
Presenter: HAU Hebbel am Ufer
Venue: Reinbeckhallen, Reinbeckstraße 17, 12459 Berlin
How to get there: from Alexanderplatz via BVG around 35 minutes—S45, S46 or S47 to S Schöneweide, various tram lines from there directly to Reinbeckhallen (stop: Firlstr.); from Alexanderplatz by car around 25 minutes
Box-office: open from one hour before the beginning at Reinbeckhallen (Reinbeckstraße 17, 12459 Berlin).
Reservations: advance ticket sale: www.hebbel-am-ufer.de
Choreography: Meg Stuart
Dramaturgy: Jeroen Peeters
Scenography: Jozef Wouters
Created with and performed by: Jorge De Hoyos, Mor Demer, Márcio Kerber Canabarro, Roberto Martínez, Renan Martins de Oliveira, Sonja Pregrad, Mariana Tengner Barros, Sigal Zouk
Soundscapes and installations: Vincent Malstaf
Double bass and live electronics: Klaus Janek
Costume design and props: Sofie Durnez
Light design: Sandra Blatterer
Technical direction: Jitske Vandenbussche
Technical realization: Emmanuel Desmyter (light), Richard König (sound design)
Production management: Sandra Diris, Barbara Falter
Decoratelier: Menno Vandevelde
Production: Damaged Goods (Brussels), Ruhrtriennale. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer. In partnership with: PACT Zollverein (Essen). Funded within the framework of the Alliance of International Production Houses by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Supported by: Reinbeckhallen, NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ Guest Performance Fund for Dance, which is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as well as the Federal Ministries of Culture.
