Soft Offer
Angela Alves
Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm – Saal
Fr. 8.11. I 8 pm, followed by cool-down, relexed performance
Sa. 9.11. I 8 pm, followed by Meet the Artist, relexed performance
Duration: 50 min.
Language: German
Tickets: 17€/ reduced 8€
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Angela Alves is disabled. From time to time a nerve in her brain will become inflamed and then, for example, her vision, walking or feelings will be impaired. She asks herself why disabled people always receive considerable recognition for fighting against their disease and making a special effort to appear competitive, available and sexy. Angela Alves doesn’t want to fight – least of all against herself. She doesn’t want to (be allowed to) be productive because of or despite her disability. She just wants to work with what she’s got. With the unavailable bodies that resist glorifying self-exploitation by accepting unpredictability and softening when they encounter themslves and others with hardness. This is a SOFT OFFER.
Angela Alves made headlines in prestigious cultural magazines with her solo performance with this title in 2019. Six years after its premiere, she returns to this work and subjects it to new scrutiny: how do we look at “diverse bodies” in dance in 2024? Who is laughing at whom? And is everyone genuinely allowed to join in everywhere now?
Concept, choreography, performance: Angela Alves
Sound design: Nick Mavridis
Dramaturgical support: Alexandra Hennig
Sound design: Nick Mavridis
Dramaturgical support: Alexandra Hennig
A production by Angela Alves in co-production with SOPHIENSÆLE, with the kind support of Tonsturm/ Sound Effects and Software. Guest performance supported by the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETZ Guest Performance Fund for Dance, sponsored by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Ministries of Culture and the Arts of the federal states. The guest performance is supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of the Bündnis internationaler Produktionshäuser.
Content Notes
In Soft Offer you can expect the following sensory stimuli and sensitive content
- Loud music
- Sudden noises
- Sounds that can remind you of painful sensations in chronic inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system / Sounds that can remind you of war
- Bass speakers in the auditorium
- Quick light changes
- Historical narratives involving ableism and racism; internalized ableism & sexism
Senoric stimuli are particularly drastic acoustic or visual stimuli that can cause strong physical or mental reactions in the audience.
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