150 years of dance history in 35 minutes: a swan-like apparition in a conspicuous black and white patterened one piece points a finger towards its feet. Barefoot and placed one behind the other, these have two white sneakers in front of them. What is dance? What can dance be? Which bodies dance?
In the solo performance ‘Schwanensee in Sneakers’ (Swan Lake in Sneakers) choreographer Anna Till and artist Nora Otte offer an introduction to the richly nuanced forms of dance and express the power of transformation that is contained within every body. A playful treatment of the milestones of dance history – from the classic ‘Swan Lake’ to German expressive dance and on to the great names of contemporary dance. The piece operates in a crossover of styles, shifting from the everyday to the grotesque, from the classical to the experimental. And asks along the way: is waiting for the bus actually a dance too?
‘Schwanensee in Sneakers’ playfully explains the history of European dance and its influences. The production regards itself as a creative transfer of knowledge for young people that does not aim to be complete, but instead offers different perspectives on dance and movement.