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ZickZack
A dance and sound performance with patterns for ages 3 and up
PREMIERE 30 October I 6:00 pm
KKT.Kölner Künstler Theater
31 October I 4:00 pm
3 November I 10:00 am
15–17 November
Consol Theater Gelsenkirchen
5–8 December
tanzhaus nrw
Back and forth, criss-cross, up and down – ZickZack!
Line rises, line falls, line crosses – ZickZack!
Feet, arms, sounds and bodies follow up a ZickZack.
Two performers move through a vibrant landscape of patterns: Welcome to the world of Zick and Zack. Paths, sounds, movements and space intertwine to create ever-changing worlds of patterns. What was ordered just a moment ago falls out of sync. Small deviations grow into new forms, and symmetry gives way to surprise.
Zick and Zack dance, make sounds and draw in space – sometimes sharp, sometimes round, sometimes ordered, sometimes chaotic, sometimes quiet, sometimes wild. A sensual and humorous interplay of dance and sound that is infectious – inviting audiences to move along, feel along and ZickZack along.
Concept & Direction: Barbara Fuchs // Dance: Moonjoo Kim // Dance & Sound: Emily Welther // Composition: Jörg Ritzenhoff // Set Design: Regina Rösing // Lighting Design & Technical Direction: Edgar Rösing // Dramaturgy: Vivica Bocks // Public Relations: neurohr & andrä // Management & Finance: Carina Graf // Outreach: Diana Treder
Funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne, and the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
A co-production with tanzhaus nrw, Düsseldorf, and Consol Theater, Gelsenkirchen.
The Dream Space Journey
23 October | 10.00 am
24 October | 4.00 pm
25 October | 4.00 pm
Junges Schauspielhaus Bochum
Tickets
Welcome to a very special journey into space – crazy, wondrous and full of stardust! ‘Traumraumfahrt’ is an imaginative science fiction adventure for astronauts of all ages.
We’ll take off in our spaceship to undiscovered realms full of music and dance. Amidst mini-rockets, twinkling stars and infinite expanses, the boundaries between dreams and the universe blur. A musical theatre production brimming with poetry, surprises and galactic fun – so: fasten your seatbelts and join us on a journey to the stars!
Choreographer Barbara Fuchs can work magic. She might not even realise it herself, but it’s true. She creates whimsical, poetic and astonishing dance and theatre productions that delight both the very youngest and the elderly. These are shows where adults forget they’re only there for their grandchildren, and which leave you wishing they’d never end.
Credits
Director: Barbara Fuchs // Set and Costume Design: Theresa Mielich, Lisa Kreis // Composition: Jörg Ritzenhoff // Lighting design: Bernd Kühne // Dramaturgy: Thorsten Bihegue // Outside Eye: Drama Control // Assistant director: Lynn Dokoohaki // Assistant set designer: Dana Jolaak // Assistant costume designer: Theresa Duttweiler
Cast: Romy Vreden // Live music: Emily Welther
Flicked on!
Angeknipst! / Flicked on!
Family play for robots and players by Barbara Fuchs and Jörg Ritzenhoff
A production of the Theater Konstanz
PRICE PERFORMANCE
Director / Choreographie Barbara Fuchs / tanzfuchs PRODUKTION
Stage & Music Jörg Ritzenhoff
Stage & Costumes Barbara Fuchs
dramaturgy Hannah Stollmayer
WITH Sarah Siri Lee König, Peter Posniak
Children form intense relationships with their toys and objects at a very early age. What if these objects react, act, learn? What do humans and robots do together on stage? Who learns what from whom?
In this musical-mechanical dance and puppet theater, there’s a lot going on in the box! There is the suction robot that shovels everything on stage into itself and finally wants to be put to use. Just like the Multi-Robot, who can sing and dance and would love to throw a party with lots of children. And the chaotic trash robot, who makes music out of garbage, is also planning his big performance. They rattle and hum and whistle and rock in their packaging and packages, they want to get to all the playful children as quickly as possible – so they simply set off on their own.
These robots reflect to us another side of being human: being silly, clumsy, loving, vulnerable and also incomprehensible. And if it comes to a fight: the robots can simply be switched off – right? A playful and exciting experience for an audience of three years and older and all those who accompany them!
Premiere on November 21, 2021 at the Theater Konstanz
Press commentary:
“Fuchs has great experience with theater for the very young, but also in leading artistic personalities. How she gets König and Posniak on the one hand to adhere to strict movement choreographies as in the “dance” on and with the revolving chairs, or to move through the space together in time to the music without eye contact, and on the other hand allows the player personalities great freedom in playing with the objects, is fascinating. Since she also has a precise sense of timing, everything is simply coherent in this production. In short: dance and object theater at its best for everyone!”
Manfred Jahnke, Die Deutsche Bühne Online, 11/22/2021
“Without speaking, Sarah Siri Lee König and Peter Posniak communicate for almost 45 minutes with each other, with the audience and the rolling equipment, with all senses….
…To this funny, relaxed music, one could watch forever and dream away. No words disturb the idyll, there seems to be no time and no space…
…This is not about tinkered and invented mini robots that do sensible things. No, things simply move other things, and it is precisely this “non-sense” that makes the piece so relaxing.”
Jana Mantel, Südkurier, 11/23/2021
