Nine dancers on a white dance floor in front of a deep black background. Around the dance floor are slates written on with chalk, a pile of clothes next to an ironing board and a table with technical equipment and cables.
© Jubal Battisti
Nine dancers on a white dance floor in front of a deep black background. Around the dance floor are slates written on with chalk, a pile of clothes next to an ironing board and a table with technical equipment and cables.
© Jubal Battisti
Dance

Dance On Ensemble

Making Dances

With pieces by Merce Cunningham & Mathilde Monnier

Tickets:

28/20/14 Euro (conc. from 9 Euro, [k]-Karte from 7 Euro)

Past dates

Two slim white people on stage, standing on tiptoe facing each other and smiling as they shake hands. A wooden box floats behind them, a black man sits at a table next to an ironing board and other objects.
© Jubal Battisti
A white slender woman with blond hair jumps up with straight legs, pointed feet and arms straight at her sides. Her head is turned to the side and her ponytail swings around.
© Jubal Battisti
Five people in a grey stage space. Two walk with their backs straight, one stands as if in a ballet pose with arms bent and leg extended, one jumps up with arms raised and knee bent and one sits at the back of the table.
© Jubal Battisti
Three people move dynamically in a grey stage space. A Black light-skinned person in the foreground carries a wooden chair. The two white people in the background are somewhat obscured by the one in front.
© Jubal Battisti
A Person of Colour with short dark hair in a loose light red top looks at her outstretched hand. The other hand is pointing towards her with a bent arm. Behind her is a person with a white shirt and green shorts in the same pose.
© Jubal Battisti
There are four people on a dark, yellow-lit stage. The one in front jumps up swingingly with her knee bent, her arms formed into an embrace in front of her body. The back three stand with their legs wide apart or in a crotch position.
© Jubal Battisti
On a white stage floor in front of a deep black background, five people in colourful costumes stand and dance with outstretched arms and legs. They are evenly distributed on the stage and take up a lot of space with their large gestures.
© Jubal Battisti
Nine dancers on a white dance floor in front of a deep black background. Around the dance floor are slates written on with chalk, a pile of clothes next to an ironing board and a table with technical equipment and cables.
© Jubal Battisti

The radically experimental dance piece "Story" (1963) by Merce Cunningham is one of the most memorable works in modern dance history. In the historical work, the dancers were able to make decisions about space, time and the sequence of their movements. In the first part of the evening MAKING DANCES at Kampnagel, this historical masterpiece of postmodern dance will be reinterpreted by the renowned Dance On Ensemble. Based on fragmentary archive material (a single film recording, choreographic notations, anecdotal reports), the dancers integrate new elements into the indeterminate structure of the piece. At each venue, a local artist now takes on the historical role of Robert Rauschenberg, whose décor at the time consisted of objects he found near the theatre. In Hamburg, the work of Hamburg-based visual artist Anik Lazar will be part of the stage choreography. The second part of the evening is a contemporary, choreographic response to "Story": French choreographer Mathilde Monnier responds to Cunningham's work with "never ending (Story)", using the poetry of David Antin, a contemporary of Cunningham/ Cage, as a starting point.

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With: Dance On Ensemble

»Hamburg Story. A re-imagining of Story« Choreography: Merce Cunningham Dancers Dance On Ensemble: Ty Boomershine, Emma Lewis, Gesine Moog, Marco Volta, Jone San Martin, Tim Persent Live-Music: Mattef Kuhlmey Artist: Anik Lazar (Hamburg) Stage: Daniel Squire Rehearsal: Daniel Squire Light Design: Patrick Lauckner/Falk Dittrich Sound Design: Mattef Kuhlmey Costumes: Sophia Piepenbrock-Saitz Premiere Berlin: 23. August 2019, Tanz im August, Volksbühne Berlin

»never ending (Story)« Choreography: Mathilde Monnier Dancers Dance On Ensemble: Ty Boomershine, Emma Lewis, Gesine Moog, Marco Volta, Jone San Martin, Tim Persent Licht Design: Martin Beeretz Sound Design: Mattef Kuhlmey Artistic collaboration: Stéphane Bouquet Costumes: Mathilde Monnier Costume Assistance: Nora Stocker Technical Management: Martin Beeretz Premiere: 09. & 10. Juli 2021, Radialsystem Berlin

"Hamburg Story. A re-imagining of Story" is produced by Dance On/Bureau Ritter. This production is presented under licence from the Merce Cunningham Trust.

"never ending (Story)" is produced by Dance On/Bureau Ritter. In cooperation with Kammerspiele Munich. With the support of Montpellier Danse à l'Agora, cité internationale de la danse.

Dance On is an initiative of Bureau Ritter gUG, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Co-financed by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union within the framework of DANCE ON, PASS ON, DREAM ON.

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