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The Four Seasons

Spring, summer, autumn, winter – gentle birdsong, summer thunderstorms, rustling coloured leaves, clashing frost. Playful and dreamy, the well-known music by Antonio Vivaldi is reinterpreted for children by choreographer Barbara Fuchs together with the Braunschweig State Orchestra. The cycle of life, of nature, which looks and feels different in different parts of the world – sometimes winter is cold, elsewhere it is warm – was captured with all its wonders and mysteries in Vivaldi’s music over 300 years ago. Just like nature and the environment, human life is shaped by rhythms and cycles, which are explored in this dance piece through Barbara Fuchs’ creative language of movement.

Premiere 6 October 2023, Staatstheater Braunschweig

https://staatstheater-braunschweig.de/produktion/die-vier-jahreszeiten

Musical director Felix Gutgesell // Choreography Barbara Fuchs // Stage and costumes Nele Ellegiers // Lighting Harry Heutink // Dramaturgy Miriam Beike //

With Mya Claire Flieger, Angelina Pico, Moonjoo Kim

PIECE OF PAPER

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It crackles and rustles, folds, crumples and tears, it is flexible, malleable and can also cut. There are many colours, sizes and thicknesses. Usually they write and print on it, and they also like to paint or do handicrafts: Paper. Cologne based choreographer Barbara Fuchs ventures into the paper jungle with dancer Sonia Mota and composer Jörg Ritzenhoff. With the help of paper, they make changes, external influences and temporal processes visible: paper “remembers” every wrinkle, every tear and every cut. And just as traces and external influences inscribe themselves in paper, experiences and impressions are inscribed in our bodies – through scars, quirks, wrinkles. Hardly anyone can embody this reminiscent body better than Sonia Mota, who turns 70 this year; she is an “archivist” of movements and dance. Together with the musician Jörg Ritzenhoff they roam the paper jungle and tell their experiences and stories with live sound and movements.

The premiere of PIECE OF PAPER took place on 27 September 2018 at tanzhaus nrw in Düsseldorf.

TEAM

Artistic director: Barbara Fuchs
Dance: Sonia Mota
Music: Jörg Ritzenhoff
Stage: Odile Foehl
Light: Wolfgang Pütz
Dramaturgy: Henrike Kollmar
Assistance: Emily Welther
PR: Kerstin Rosemann

Photography: cMEYER_ORIGINALS

PIECE OF PAPER is co-produced by tanzhaus nrw as part of Take-off, the Kulturamt der Stadt Köln, the NRW Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste, the Fonds Darstellende Künste, the Kunststiftung NRW and the Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur des Landes NRW. tanzfuchs PRODUKTION is supported by the RheinEnergie Stiftung Kultur.

Press quotes

O-Ton | Kulturmagazin mit Charakter

by Michael S. Zerban

The deeper meaning of the paper

[…] And the fact that you can create interesting music with paper and cardboard also causes a lot of amazement. On the other hand, the Magic Flute for children is really old hat. […] An all-round beautiful afternoon for the children comes to an end – and one wishes that many more children would enjoy such an imaginative, varied and original performance. […]

Tanzende Säcke (choices.de) / Laudatio for the Cologne Children’s and Youth Theatre Prize

by Thomas Linden

[…] In hardly any other production this year was there so much laughter as in the wordless “PIECE OF PAPER”. The poetry of the material lies in its analogy to skin, which also casts wrinkles and on which time and memory also inscribe themselves. […]

Stadtrevue

by Melanie Suchy

New in the theater – PIECE OF PAPER

[…] The paper is paired with music, all the rustling, tearing, crackling, splashing becomes rhythm. A great game! […]

Laudation of the WESTWIND jury

[…] Barbara Fuchs has choreographed a scenic concert with the “PIECE OF PAPER” and the performance has an unbelievably affectionate atmosphere, turned towards the audience. It works for the youngest and for any other age as well. Here the pure play, shimmering creativity, cheerfulness, nonsense, freedom reigns. Highest art! […]

Buckets of Feeling!

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Dancers enchant, perform magic, conjure up friends and foes out of objects which tremble with rage, stomp out of spite and jump for joy. With lots of humor and accompanied by live-produced Asian soundscapes (from Kabuki and Beijing opera to Japanese pop), the trio takes the audience playfully into an emotional world full of magic, dance, music and clownery. The premiere of “Buckets of Feeling!” took place on 14. September 2014 at Barnes Crossing in Cologne.

TEAM

Artistic Direction: Barbara Fuchs
Concept and Idea: Barbara Fuchs+ Emily Welther
Composition: Jörg Ritzenhoff
Dance and Music: Emily Welther + Odile Foehl
Light, Sound and Music: Barbara Fuchs

Photo: MEYER ORIGINALS

Buckets of Feeling! is an Ensemble-Production of tanzfuchs PRODUKTION/Barbara Fuchs, coproduced by tanzhaus nrw – Düsseldorf, Festival Cultura Nova – Heerlen (NL), Theater Baden-Baden and BARNES CROSSING Freiraum for TanzPerformanceKunst – Cologne.
Supported by: Kulturamt der Stadt Köln, Ministerium für Familie, Kinder, Jugend, Kultur und Sport des Landes NRW; RheinEnergieStiftung.

Press quotes:

Choices (Thomas Linden)
Buckets Full of Gold
Barbara Fuchs presents a minimalist masterpiece – Dance in NRW 11/14

“…When nothing else can be done, we say “throw it in the bucket!”. But in Barbara Fuch’s new dance production, everything revolves around two buckets filled with ideas and brimming with emotion.
So begins the opening sequence, a stroke of genius as both dancers stick their heads into the buckets and blindly draw faces on their backs. Two creatures suddenly appear and express everything from joy to rage with simple gestures and wild beating of the floor with hands and feet. Violin and flute music is played from within the buckets too, supporting the happy, friendly play of the performers. A masterful choreography presents both dancers (Emily Welther and Odile Foehl). Barbara Fuchs adds her own acoustic talents to the electronic sound collage. A friendly, poetic spectacle develops around the two buckets enthralling the audience both young and old. “Buckets of Feelings!” succeeds with its expertise, nonchalance and charm….”

Tanzweb-Krefeld (Jean-Luc Larquet)
Buckets of Feeling!
13th Krefeld Festival for modern dance “MOVE!”- Dance for Children
Night critic from Jean-Luc Larquet (translated from the French by TANZwebKrefeld.de)

“…Right from the beginning Emily Welther and Odile Foehl rein the children in, charming them with their music, acrobatics and dance, keeping the fine thread between themselves and their young audience quivering, so that sooner or later the children itch to get up and dance too! The musical score by Jörg Ritzenhoff underscores the fantasy on stage, gliding through the space like a magic carpet….”

Book tickets at ehrenfeldstudios e.V.

DOOHICKEY

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They shine, rattle, are cold, they don’t even move – and yet these things exude a great fascination. Everyday kitchen helpers are often just as exciting for children to discover as their colourful toys. What could it look like if this world of things came to life, danced and sounded? In „DOOHICKEY („DINGSBUMS“)“, tanzfuchs PRODUKTION turns its attention to the metal everyday helpers in the kitchen and transforms them into a clattering orchestra: it rattles and sounds, clatters and jumps, gyrates and dances. Familiar objects suddenly develop a life of their own, become fellow dancers, mirror images. The three performers explore, feel and experience this world of things – and connect with them: they become extensions of their bodies, disappear under their clothes. Things, people and movements magically merge with each other, giving rise to entirely new hybrid beings.

Team

Idea, artistic direction Barbara Fuchs // Music Jörg Ritzenhoff // Performance Minju Kim, Arthur Schopa, Michael Zier // Stage Design Odile Foehl // Costume Stefanie Bold // Lighting Wolfgang Pütz // Maschine construction Marc Brodeur // NRW scholarship children & youth theater Isabel Bernhard // Dramaturgy Vivica Bocks // Production Carina Graf // Production assistance Paula Cuellar // Press Kerstin Rosemann // Photo Anna Rehkämper Photography // Graphics: Caroline Simon

Supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne and the RheinEnergie Stiftung Kultur.

Co-produced by tanzhaus nrw, Düsseldorf

DINGSBUMS Foto Anna Rehkämper Photography

Book tickets at ehrenfeldstudios e.V.

FamilyFestival

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We cordially invite you to the second edition of our FamilyFestival. Together with you – from big to small – we want to experience a whole weekend of dance. On stage, everything revolves around us and nature: the dance and song play “GREEN” is dedicated to people and plants, and the musical dance poetry “Out/foxed” is dedicated to people and foxes. All around you can go on your own search for traces: There will be workshops, waffles and warm punch.

Tickets:

Online via rausgegangen.de
By mail to karten@ehrenfeldstudios.de

Children 6 € / performance
Adults 10 € / performance
For groups of 5 or more we charge: Adults 9 € and children 5 €

Here’s a little look back at last year:

Programme

Saturday 02.12.2023

2 – 5 pm:
Track Lab: Track reading and listening for children

2 pm:
Educational programme on GREEN: Seedlings – dance and movement to join in for everyone aged 3 and up

3 pm:
Contemporary dance workshop:
On quiet and loud paws – ages 6 and up

4 pm:
Out/foxed – About the fox-human-being 
A musical dance poetry for humans and foxes from 6 to 99 years old
Droste, Frenkel, Leuthäuser, Turbahn
Out/foxed Trailer

Sunday 03.12.2023

11 am:
Out/foxed – About the fox-human-being
A musical dance poetry for humans and foxes from 6 to 99 years old
Droste, Frenkel, Leuthäuser, Turbahn
Out/foxed Trailer

12 – 5 pm:
Track Lab: Track reading and listening for children

1 pm:
Contemporary dance workshop:
On quiet and loud paws – ages 6 and up

2 pm:
Educational programme on GREEN: Seedlings – dance and movement to join in for everyone aged 3 and up

4 pm:
GREEN
A floral dance and song play from 3 to 99 years old
tanzfuchs PRODUKTION
GREEN Trailer

Droste, Frenkel, Leuthäuser, Turbahn

Out/foxed – About the fox-human-being 

A musical dance poetry for humans and foxes from 6 to 99 years old

2 December 2023 I 4 pm
3 December 2023 I 11 am

Three performers are on the trail of foxes, because they are the success model of the future. They are looking for them and want to become like them. What makes foxes so cunning? So attractive and also mysterious? Can we humans become like them? Can we learn to listen better to urban foxes?

Direction + dramaturgy Gabi dan Droste Performance Ziv Frenkel, Erik Leuthäuser, Julia Keren Turbahn Choreography Ziv Frenkel, Julia Keren Turbahn Composition Erik Leuthäuser Co-costume Marie Gerstenberger Space + Co-costume Nina Krainer Lighting design Vito Walter Assistance Luzy Thüs Production Miriam Glöckler Experts Sophia Kimmig, Michael Schiefel Theatre pedagogical poster Charlotte Bartesch

The development of the piece is based on the research project Stadtfüchse – eine Spurensuche funded by NPN Stepping Out.

tanzfuchs PRODUKTION

GREEN

A floral dance and song play from 3 to 99 years old

3 December 2023 I 4 pm

What do humans and plants have in common? At first glance we are very different, but if we look more closely, we have a lot in common: we grow, need the sun and are thirsty. Plants and humans both need to breathe. What does the breath of a plant feel and sound like? What is the rhythm of their movements? What does it sound like when plants touch each other? Do they talk to each other? The performers immerse themselves in the cosmos of plants and explore the way they move and unfold as they grow. Composer Jörg Ritzenhoff takes us into the sound world of plants and makes us experience the sounds of their growth.

By + with Arthur Schopa, Miriam Meissner, Odile Foehl Idea + direction Barbara Fuchs Music Jörg Ritzenhoff Lighting design Wolfgang Pütz Stage Inga Sondermann Costume design Stefanie Bold Dramaturgy Vivica Bocks Choreography assistance Maria Plener Production management Anna Boldt Administration Carina Graf, Selina Ehlen Press work Kerstin Rosemann Graphics Beate Freudig Photo documentation Stefan Rogge Video documentation Barbara Schröer

Where ? 

ehrenfeldstudios e.V.
Wissmannstraße 38
50823 Köln
Tel: 0221 – 44907514 

FamilyFestival idea and realization:

tanzfuchs PRODUKTION-Team Vivica Bocks, Anna Boldt, Selina Ehlen, Odile Foehl, Barbara Fuchs, Beate Freudig, Carina Graf, Wolfgang Pütz, Jörg Ritzenhoff, Kerstin Rosemann, Arthur Schopa, Barbara Schröer, Gerd Weidig, Emily Welther.

GREEN

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“GREEN” is the first part of the series SPIELRÄUME, which deals with the interweavings of HUMAN-NATURE-ANIMAL-CITY-RURAL AREAS. The focus is on flora and its interrelations with humans. How do we perceive the green world of plants? Where else is “green” to be found? And how intertwined are we in this green world? All these questions resonate when the three performers explore the plant world before the eyes of the audience. Finally, “GREEN” will also be produced green and is dedicated to the topic of sustainability in the work process.

Tickets: karten@ehrenfeldstudios.de

Adults 10 € | Kids 6 €

Requests for day-care groups: vermittlung@tanzfuchs.com

By and with Arthur Schopa, Miriam Meissner, Odile Foehl // Idea and direction Barbara Fuchs // Music Jörg Ritzenhoff // Lighting Wolfgang Pütz // Stage Inga Sondermann // Costume Stefanie Bold // Dramaturgy Vivica Bocks // Choreography assistance Maria Plener // Production management Anna Boldt // Administration Carina Graf, Selina Ehlen // Press work Kerstin Rosemann // Graphics Beate Freudig // Photo documentation Stefan Rogge // Video documentation Barbara Schröer

CO-PRODUCTION PARTNERS
tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf & consol theatre Gelsenkirchen

MEDIA PARTNER

FUNDING

Supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne, the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.