SWAY
Performance by Tatiana Mejía
Performance
"SWAY" © Dieter Hartwig
"SWAY" © Dieter Hartwig
"SWAY" © Dieter Hartwig
Dates
Th 20:00h World premiere
Fr 20:00h Followed by an artist talk
Sa 20:00h With audio description
Su 18:00h
Ticket Prices
pay as you can: 10/15/20/25 Euro
Sale via the Tanzfabrik Berlin ticketing platform.
Duration approx. 70 minutes
Ticket Prices
pay as you can: 10/15/20/25 Euro
Sale via the Tanzfabrik Berlin ticketing platform.
Duration approx. 70 minutes
Ticket Prices
pay as you can: 10/15/20/25 Euro
Sale via the Tanzfabrik Berlin ticketing platform.
Duration approx. 70 minutes
Audio description
Haptic Access Tour (7pm)
To register for the audio description and haptic access tour of "SWAY" or for further questions about the access requirements for this performance, please contact our partner Tanzfabrik Berlin: access@tanzfabrik-berlin.de or 030-200 592 70
Please register for the audio description. Severely disabled people with a B in their ID card receive a reduced ticket and a free companion ticket by emailing ticket@radialsystem.de or calling 030 288 788 588.
Ticket Prices
pay as you can: 10/15/20/25 Euro
Sale via the Tanzfabrik Berlin ticketing platform.
Duration approx. 70 minutes
Swinging, oscillating, swaying – we follow the emergence of movements. Bear witness to manifestations of change. Between the heroine as protagonist and the loser as antagonist.
In her solo dance performance “SWAY”, the choreographer and performer Tatiana Mejía examines socially established, normative associations and sets out to revive the intrinsic value of failure. Taking historical systems of oppression as a starting point, the performance deals with the Superwoman Syndrome and confronts the mainstream archetype of the strong Black woman. In a dynamic interplay of dance, live video projection and sound, Mejía explores different levels of self-perception and prejudice. At the intersection of Western “contemporary” and Afro-diasporic movement language and music, “SWAY” explores the fragile balance between strength, failure, and uncompromising self-assertion.
The performance is presented as part of the collaboration :LOVE: between Tanzfabrik and Radialsystem. The initiative "Radialsystem ♥ Tanzfabrik" fosters cooperation between the two institutions specifically to improve the conditions of presentation by dancemakers.
Cast
Künstlerische Leitung und Performance
Tatiana Mejía
Dramaturgie
Elisabeth Leopold
Outside Eye und Bühnenbild
Cécile Bally
Musik
Ale Hop
Video mapping
Kalma
Video Animation
Boris Seewald
Licht Design
Leo G. Alonso
Kostüm
Anna Mirkin
Audiodeskription
Swantje Henke
Produktion
Jon Kiriac
Production Assistance and Community Outreach
Céline Rodrigues Monteiro
Outside Ear
Gerald Pirner
Biographien
Tatiana Mejía ist eine dominikanische Choreografin und Performerin, die seit 2011 in Berlin lebt. Ihre Tanzausbildung begann an der National Dance School in der Dominikanischen Republik. Sie war Gründungsmitglied der Contemporary Dance Company und der unabhängigen Gruppe Desdoblados, in der sie performte und choreografierte. In Deutschland wurden ihre Arbeiten bei Tanz im August (HAU), Tanznacht Berlin (Tanzfabrik), Tanztage (Sophiensaele), Plataforma (Dock 11) und K3 Zentrum für Choreographie Hamburg gezeigt. 2021 feierte ihr Tanzfilm „Kiskeya“ Premiere. Sie arbeitete u.a. mit Zwoisy Mears-Clarke, Jasmin Ihrac, Magda Korsinsky, Olivia Hyunsin Kim und Kareth Schaffer zusammen.
Radialsystem ♥ Tanzfabrik
Tanzfabrik ♥ Radialsystem
Tanzfabrik Berlin and Radialsystem have presented two artists to a broad audience on the stages of Radialsystem every spring since 2019. The collaboration aims to improve the labor and presentation conditions of dance professionals in Berlin beyond their individual institutional contexts. In addition to the visibility of this joint platform, an important moment of nexus between local and international artists and scenes is achieved. Both institutions provide equal support to the artists in the forms of co-production resources, rehearsal spaces and public relations work.
Audio description: Sat, 06. April
Audio description refers to a live audio track of professional audio descriptors transmitted via headset to audience members with visual impairments. The audio descriptors are trained to use clear and engaging language to describe the significant visual details of a performance that would be inaccessible to audience members with visual impairments. The audio descriptions are performed in German.
Haptic Access Tours - 20-30 minute live guided tours before the performance in addition to the audio descriptions - enable visitors with visual impairments to experience the space, the performers, the costumes and objects as well as the most important movement elements of a performance through touch and their own movement.
Please register for the audio description. Severely disabled people with a B in their ID card receive a reduced ticket and a free companion ticket by emailing ticket@radialsystem.de or calling 030 288 788 588.
Credits
A production by Tatiana Mejía in co-production with Radialsystem and Tanzfabrik Berlin.
Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. With the kind support of the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR.
Media partnerships: Exberliner, Rausgegangen, taz. die tageszeitung and tip Berlin.
Swinging, oscillating, swaying – we follow the emergence of movements. Bear witness to manifestations of change. Between the heroine as protagonist and the loser as antagonist.
In her solo dance performance “SWAY”, the choreographer and performer Tatiana Mejía examines socially established, normative associations and sets out to revive the intrinsic value of failure. Taking historical systems of oppression as a starting point, the performance deals with the Superwoman Syndrome and confronts the mainstream archetype of the strong Black woman. In a dynamic interplay of dance, live video projection and sound, Mejía explores different levels of self-perception and prejudice. At the intersection of Western “contemporary” and Afro-diasporic movement language and music, “SWAY” explores the fragile balance between strength, failure, and uncompromising self-assertion.
The performance is presented as part of the collaboration :LOVE: between Tanzfabrik and Radialsystem. The initiative "Radialsystem ♥ Tanzfabrik" fosters cooperation between the two institutions specifically to improve the conditions of presentation by dancemakers.
Cast
Künstlerische Leitung und Performance
Tatiana Mejía
Dramaturgie
Elisabeth Leopold
Outside Eye und Bühnenbild
Cécile Bally
Musik
Ale Hop
Video mapping
Kalma
Video Animation
Boris Seewald
Licht Design
Leo G. Alonso
Kostüm
Anna Mirkin
Audiodeskription
Swantje Henke
Produktion
Jon Kiriac
Production Assistance and Community Outreach
Céline Rodrigues Monteiro
Outside Ear
Gerald Pirner
Biographies
Tatiana Mejía ist eine dominikanische Choreografin und Performerin, die seit 2011 in Berlin lebt. Ihre Tanzausbildung begann an der National Dance School in der Dominikanischen Republik. Sie war Gründungsmitglied der Contemporary Dance Company und der unabhängigen Gruppe Desdoblados, in der sie performte und choreografierte. In Deutschland wurden ihre Arbeiten bei Tanz im August (HAU), Tanznacht Berlin (Tanzfabrik), Tanztage (Sophiensaele), Plataforma (Dock 11) und K3 Zentrum für Choreographie Hamburg gezeigt. 2021 feierte ihr Tanzfilm „Kiskeya“ Premiere. Sie arbeitete u.a. mit Zwoisy Mears-Clarke, Jasmin Ihrac, Magda Korsinsky, Olivia Hyunsin Kim und Kareth Schaffer zusammen.
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