A white woman in warm outdoor clothing with a woollen cap and hiking boots stands with one leg in the snow in the forest. She is in a light-footed movement, lifting one foot backwards, one arm upwards and one slightly to the side.

Dance

Maria Zimpel

Love Project

Thu-25.05.-Sun-27.05. / 19:00

Tickets:

15 Euro (conc. 9 Euro, [k]-Karte 7,50 Euro)

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Wednesday

5/24/23

7:00 PM

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Thursday

5/25/23

7:00 PM

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Friday

5/26/23

7:00 PM

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Saturday

5/27/23

7:00 PM

Maria Zimpel's LOVE PROJECT is not about romantic love. It's more about love in the sense of the energy that swirls around and within you, making communication possible. The energy that pushes water up the tree trunk to nourish the leaves. Energy that allows trees to communicate with each other. Trees and fungi can be compared in their anatomy to the structures of the human nervous and circulatory systems, so bridges can be built between nature and humans. But LOVE PROJECT is actually about the most important thing of all, namely the restoration of balance. The duet by Hamburg choreographer and former K3 resident Maria Zimpel and former Forsythe dancer Yasutake Shimaji imagines the body as a transmitter and explores the ecofeminist idea of embodied nature. In doing so, the two artists enter into a choreographic dialogue with film footage of weather phenomena and micro-life by videographer Claudio von Planta.

Two people sit back to back on a rounded purple stage element. The one in front throws her arms dramatically to the side and her head back, one leg is bent, the other stretched out. The one in the back supports himself loosely.

In a very dark, red-lit stage space, two dancers stand on round, curved stage elements. The one in front is in a dynamic crouch, the one behind is standing straight with arms stretched upwards.

Two people sit in a dark room with purple and turquoise illuminated round and curved stage elements. They distantly hold hands and look at each other intensely.

A young slender woman sits in a green-lit stage space on all fours with her hands turned inwards. Her legs are bent and sideways on the floor.

A young slender man sits sideways leaning on his hands in a green-lit stage space. One leg is bent, one is outstretched.

A young white woman lying on a purple floor is held up slightly by the shoulders by another person, of whom only the legs are visible. The woman bends her arms and legs slightly and looks to the side.

In a very dark, slightly red and purple lit room, two dancers stand on round curved stage elements. The one in front swings one arm to the side, the one behind is in a rotation with her arms bent downwards.

A man in white clothing lies stretched out on a dark stage floor onto which an orange light spot falls. He reaches with one hand into the centre of the circle of light. In the background, a woman walks along the edge of the stage.

In a dark, reddishly lit stage space, two dancers stand on rounded, curved stage elements. The one in the back throws her arms and one leg in the air, the one in front swings her hands around her head.

With: Maria Zimpel

Concept, choreography & dance: Maria Zimpel Dance & co-choreography: Yasutake Shimaji Cinematography and editing: Claudio von Planta Music: mooryc Stage design: Dorota Kabała|We design for physical culture Light design: Joanna Leśnierowska Dramaturgy: Niklaus Bein Costume: Ko_Ruho Production manager: Sina Rundel Programming: Xenia von Planta Graphics: Anna Nowokunska Curator: Melanie Zimmermann Special Thanks to: Uta Engel, Jan Rybkowski and Jadwiga Zimpel

A production by Maria Zimpel in co-production with Kampnagel and Art Stations Foundation CH by Grażyna Kulczyk / MUZEUM SUSCH.

Supported by the Free and Hanseatic City of HAMBURG, Department for Culture and Media.

Supported by the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK Coproduction Funding Dance, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

Maria Zimpel

Love Project

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