Dandelion, examines our “sense of self” while questioning the uniformity of these perceived feelings. On an everyday level, a unified sense of self can be taken for granted. We wake up in the morning, feel comfortable and in full control of the physical body we are inside. Yet, many people have experienced events that have taken them out of their normal state of mind. Dandelion investigates these moments when we feel we have crossed over to glimpse an alternate state of being and uses dance, music and storytelling to reflect the emotions and experiences for the audience.

Credits
This production is a collaboration between Edward Schocker and DOSSIER 3-D-Poetry / Marion Dieterle.

Composition & live music & Japanese instruments: Edward Schocker // Choreography & dance: Marion Dieterle // Felt objects: Julia Stefanovici // Production: Edward Schaocker, DOSSIER 3-D-Poetry / Marion Dieterle // Supported by: Utopiaggia

Edward Schocker, DOSSIER 3-D-Poetry / Marion Dieterle

Edward Schocker
Edward Schocker creates music with made and found materials and alternate tuning systems. He is the director of Thingamajigs, a Bay Area arts and education organization devoted to alternate methods of creating sound and art. He met DOSSIER 3-D-Poetry / Marion Dieterle at the Arnhem/Düsseldorf University of the Arts.

Marion Dieterle
Marion performatively and at the same time playfully intertwines awareness patterns of body and space with both lived and construed categories of the self and its environments.

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 Frei Darstellende Künste and Perform Europe. Realization in cooperation with studiotrade.

Photo: © Reinhard Thyle