Æffective Choreography
Performance by André Uerba in the frame of „SENSE – Geographies of Perception“
Performance / Tanz Festival
© André Uerba
Ticket Prices
14 Euro, reduced 10 Euro
→ SENSE festival ticket
34 Euro, reduced 30 Euro
The festival ticket is valid for all events on the „SENSE“ weekend: „KISS“ by Kasia Wolinska, „THE PRESSING“ by Dani Brown and „Æffective Choreography“ by André Uerba; the days and times can be chosen freely.
Duration approx. 90 minutes.
The performance features explicit nudity.
Ticket Prices
14 Euro, reduced 10 Euro
→ SENSE festival ticket
34 Euro, reduced 30 Euro
The festival ticket is valid for all events on the „SENSE“ weekend: „KISS“ by Kasia Wolinska, „THE PRESSING“ by Dani Brown and „Æffective Choreography“ by André Uerba; the days and times can be chosen freely.
Duration approx. 90 minutes. The performance will be followed by an Artist Talk.
The performance features explicit nudity.
How does your body feel today? In this time of velocity, violence and chaos, choreographer and performer André Uerba explores intimacy as a practice of being together, along with five performers and a musician, in his new work “Æffective Choreography”, which premieres at this year’s edition of Radialsystem’s SENSE series. The performance plays with the boundaries between sharing and withdrawing, movement and stillness, beauty and deception; the performers structure their encounter through a slow pace, propelling their bodies to attune, sink and merge together, refining their present moment.
The desire to make hidden things visible is unfolded by their intimate gestures. Collectively they turn their gaze to inner landscapes where slowness and touch become a main practice. Their bodies resemble a choir that acknowledges the group as a body itself.
André Uerba began his research on rehearsing intimacy during the process of “Burn Time” (2018) and continued through “Fire Starter” (2019/20), “Inviting Moments of Stillness” and “A hole the size of your touch” (2021). “Æffective Choreography” marks a new chapter in the research and is reinforced by his current training in bodywork by the Institute for Somatic Learning, Sexuality and Bodywork (ISB Berlin).
Cast
Artistic Direction, Concept and Performance
André Uerba
Performance
György Jellinek
Jone San Martin
Lyllie Rouvière
Manoela Rangel
Pedro Aybar
Sound Design
Kreatress
Dramaturgical Advice
Meg Stuart
Light Design, Space, Photos and Ice Sculpture
André Uerba
Executive Production
SHORT HOPE
Production and Press
Apricot Productions
Co-Production
Radialsystem
Residency Support
Tanzfabrik
Theaterhaus Mitte
Biographien
André Uerba is a Performer, Choreographer and Filmmaker born in Lisbon. Based in Berlin since 2013, he holds an MA in Arts, Solo/ Dance/ Authorship at HZT Berlin (2015). Since 2018 his research is focused within the potentialities of slowness, touch and intimacy in a performative context. In 2018 with the support of Senate Department for Culture and Europe and Espaço do Tempo (PT) he developed the project “Burn Time”, that premiered at Tanzfabrik Berlin and has been touring internationally ever since – among others, he presented it at Radialsystem in 2020. Other works related to this theme are “Pool of Emotions” (2019) and “Fire Starter” (2019/20). In 2021 during his “Body Time Space”-residency at Radialsystem, Uerba developed the film “Inviting Moments of Stillness”. Later that year he developed the project “A hole the size of your touch”, presented in the frame of BoCA - Biennial of Contemporary Arts (PT). Since 2021 he’s a bodyworker in training from the Institute for Somatic Learning, Sexuality and Bodywork (ISB Berlin).
Programme
Sat 30 07 2022
With Artist Talk following the performance.
Language
English
→ the complete programme of SENSE festival
Employing the perspectives of choreography, visual arts, music and workshop formats, Radialsystem investigates with the programme series "SENSE" an embodied practice of sensory perception. At the festival edition in July 2022, three Berlin choreographers will celebrate the premiere of their new works: Kasia Wolinska with „KISS“, Dani Brown with „THE PRESSING“ and André Uerba with „Æffective Choreography“.
Credits
„Æffective Choreography“ is supported by the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK – STEPPING OUT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the framework of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR. Assistance Program for Dance.
„SENSE“ is a programme series by Radialsystem, funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe. Supported by Radial Stiftung.
Media partners: rbb Kultur, Tanzraum Berlin, taz. die tageszeitung, tip Berlin, ExBerliner and Rausgegangen Berlin.
How does your body feel today? In this time of velocity, violence and chaos, choreographer and performer André Uerba explores intimacy as a practice of being together, along with five performers and a musician, in his new work “Æffective Choreography”, which premieres at this year’s edition of Radialsystem’s SENSE series. The performance plays with the boundaries between sharing and withdrawing, movement and stillness, beauty and deception; the performers structure their encounter through a slow pace, propelling their bodies to attune, sink and merge together, refining their present moment.
The desire to make hidden things visible is unfolded by their intimate gestures. Collectively they turn their gaze to inner landscapes where slowness and touch become a main practice. Their bodies resemble a choir that acknowledges the group as a body itself.
André Uerba began his research on rehearsing intimacy during the process of “Burn Time” (2018) and continued through “Fire Starter” (2019/20), “Inviting Moments of Stillness” and “A hole the size of your touch” (2021). “Æffective Choreography” marks a new chapter in the research and is reinforced by his current training in bodywork by the Institute for Somatic Learning, Sexuality and Bodywork (ISB Berlin).
Cast
Artistic Direction, Concept and Performance
André Uerba
Performance
György Jellinek
Jone San Martin
Lyllie Rouvière
Manoela Rangel
Pedro Aybar
Sound Design
Kreatress
Dramaturgical Advice
Meg Stuart
Light Design, Space, Photos and Ice Sculpture
André Uerba
Executive Production
SHORT HOPE
Production and Press
Apricot Productions
Co-Production
Radialsystem
Residency Support
Tanzfabrik
Theaterhaus Mitte
Biographies
André Uerba is a Performer, Choreographer and Filmmaker born in Lisbon. Based in Berlin since 2013, he holds an MA in Arts, Solo/ Dance/ Authorship at HZT Berlin (2015). Since 2018 his research is focused within the potentialities of slowness, touch and intimacy in a performative context. In 2018 with the support of Senate Department for Culture and Europe and Espaço do Tempo (PT) he developed the project “Burn Time”, that premiered at Tanzfabrik Berlin and has been touring internationally ever since – among others, he presented it at Radialsystem in 2020. Other works related to this theme are “Pool of Emotions” (2019) and “Fire Starter” (2019/20). In 2021 during his “Body Time Space”-residency at Radialsystem, Uerba developed the film “Inviting Moments of Stillness”. Later that year he developed the project “A hole the size of your touch”, presented in the frame of BoCA - Biennial of Contemporary Arts (PT). Since 2021 he’s a bodyworker in training from the Institute for Somatic Learning, Sexuality and Bodywork (ISB Berlin).
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