This is an intergenerational and inclusive dance performance by choreographer Silke Z., from Cologne, Germany. Karel, a dancer aged 66 and David a 27-year-old dancer with trisomy 21 meet and share their bodily landscapes, measure their individual bodily shapes and challenge each other’s movement forces. They encounter each other in a completely human way: like father and son or like best friends.

Credits:
Artistic direction: Silke Z. // Dance: Karel Vaněk, David Winking // Lighting design: Garlef Keßler // Sound design: Liam Giles // Funded by Kulturamt der Stadt Köln and the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Silke Z./ehrenfeldstudios e.V.: Germany

Silke Z. stands for a search movement for methods of artistic development in contemporary dance. She and her ensemble see dance as a direct form of expression of human sensitivities and needs and artistic production as a socially reflective way of making perspectives on a topic visible. Silke Z. and her mixed-age team have developed over 40 dance productions in Germany and abroad. Her work has won several national and international awards. Z. founded and directs the ehrenfeldstudios and the international studiotrade network.

This event is part of the international TanzNetzwerk Festival Dance ALL IN x Sharing Across Borders Edition 3. Find more information here.

Dance ALL IN x Sharing Across Borders Edition 3 is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Kulturamt der Stadt Köln, Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste and Perform Europe. Realization in cooperation with studiotrade.

Foto: © D.Matvejev