Swan
“Every legend has a starting point, whether it be based on a real event or one that is purely fictional.”
“Onstage, the character unfurls their feathers, allowing their body to speak and their thoughts to flow freely. This marks the beginning of a journey deep into the soul, where memories, dreams, and echoes of tales once heard come to life. Through a kaleidoscope of colors, emotions, and moods, the audience is taken on a thrilling rollercoaster ride that reflects the highs and lows of life.”
This captivating solo performance delves into themes of identity and self-discovery, blending dance, theater, and film to create a mythical coming-of-age narrative that follows the trials and tribulations of pursuing one’s dreams. In this never-ending process of transformation and becoming whole, nothing is ever truly complete.
Funded by the Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen and by the City of Leipzig, Cultural Office.
In co-production with Lofft – das Theater, Leipzig and DOCK11 Berlin.
Artistic director, Choreographer & Script:
Tomer Zirkilevich
Co-creator & Dancer: Lou Thabart
Video artist & Sound design:
Juan Enrique Villarreal
Animator: Inbal Ruso Zirkilevich
Media artist: Stephania Castan
Stage & Costume design: Anna Mirkin
Light Designer: Asier Solana
ScreenStage Concept: Sharon Reshef Armony
Dramaturgy advisor: Christina Lowe
Voice over actors: Paola Pilnik, Gabriel Lawton
Director assistant & Production manager: Edegar Starke
Production acountant: Natascha Tertre
Production assistant: Evelin Uus
Teasers: Juan Enrique Villarreal
Photos: Ida Zenna ©zenna.de
Special thanks: Riccieri Genaro, Rain Rose and the BSC, Yana Bukler, Jorge Armando, Amr Karkout, Rain Rose, Tanz im Austausch, Tanzwerk Leipzig, Nevo Moshkovits
Supported by Hier=Jetzt 2021 Munich, Paul Studios Berlin, Andreas Vent-Schmidt (Tanzwerk Leipzig), Leipziger Ballett.
SpeeDance
SpeedDance is an energetic event based on the concept of 48 hour theater and cinema festivals. In the early morning, the artists are randomly divided into groups. Each of them will create their new short piece, rehearse and then perform it in front of an audience in DOCK 11 that same evening.
SpeedDance is a popup meeting space organized by the Tomer Zirkilevich Company in collaboration with DOCK11. It’s an intense art project where we reconnect, create, and perform. This playful event brings together a diverse mix of dancers and choreographers to celebrate their love and respect for art and its importance in our world.
Producers and Curators: Tomer Zirkilevich, Edegar Starke
Photographer: Fritz Tsai, Hue Hale, Zahra Banzi, Till Becker
PR content: Juan Enrique Villarreal, Zahra Banzi
Light designer: Asier Solana
A co-production of Tomer Zirkilevich Company and DOCK ART funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe.
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PREMIERE 10.31.2020 – 11.01.2020, DOCK11, Berlin DE.
Choreographers*: Christine Bonansea Saulut, Alex Carrillo, Chris Jäger, Anna-Lise Marie, Victoria McConnel, Tomi Paasonen, Roni Rotem
Dancers: Fernando Balsera Pita, Adaya Berkovich, Evgenia Chetvertkova, Gabbriell Cürebal, Ronja Häring, Michelle Felix Escalante, Ziv Frenkel, Alice Gaspari, Simone Gisela Webe, Amr Karkout, Lou Niegardowski, Jannis Polyzos, Anna Rose, Búi Rouch, Andrew Wass, Tamae Yoneda
Assistant choreographers: Ida Cedercreutz, Clara Dünnebeil, Sophie Geisler, Pauline Hertling, Giulia Lampugnani, Laura Metz, Denis Thuillé-Sommer
*Freshly graduates and third year students from Tanzakademie balance 1.
SECOND EDITION 09-10.07.2022, DOCK11, Berlin, DE.
Choreographers: Angela Fegers, Mike O’Connor, Florian Bücking and Raisa Kröger, Angelo Petracca, André Uerba, Maya Weinberg.
Dancers: Laura Waltz, Shannon Leypoldt, Roosa Sofia, Evelin Uus, Austin Fagan, Felipe Fizkal, Jaan Männima, Giulia Lampugnani, Shinnosuke Nagata, Gabriel Lawton, Tamae Yoneda, Amr Karkout, Jan Lorys, Lukas Malkowski, Laura Guy Stella Zannou, Gillian Joleen, Bence Ungvári.
Assistant choreographers: Gillian Joleen, Isabel Mohn, Marie Beskers, Laura Waltz.
PAUL Studio Berlin
PAUL Studio was an Performing Artists’ Urban Laboratory, a collective for artists by artists with a strong focus on the performing arts. PAUL was a place for artistic exchange, a place for collaboration, and a place for community. PAUL was the conglomeration of Vera, Zahra, and Edegar who support one another in their work and shape this platform together. PAUL was collectively run, without hierarchies.
Rather than delve into facts of our long lives we’ve chosen to describe ourselves personally, talk about our work, our art and what inspires us.
The Wall Series was a bi-monthly performance series hosted and curated by The PAUL Collective. This series provided artists of all disciplines an opportunity to present their works in progress or finished works in an intimate setting for an enthusiastic audience.
When The PAUL Collective tore down the wall dividing their two studios, they were inspired by their newfound larger space and decided to begin a performance series amidst their new expandable wall!
Moving Bodies Butoh Festival
Directors Curators Ambra G. Bergamasco & Edegar Starke co-production C.S.D. & Teatro Espace Torino (Teatro Espace February 2017).
– Promo Video –
Directed by Alessandro Sinyus
Created by Unidigita
Music by Federico Malandrino – soundpage – Unidigita –
Participants
Ambra Gatto Bergamasco – Edegar Fernando Starke Dante Tanzi musica elettroacustica Francesca Arri- Daniela Pagani – Ro Yi Wang – Rita Genovese – @Gianluca Bottoni – Cristina Schembari – Margaret Lanterman – Christian Heros Angeloni – Attioscene Inluogopubblico Fulvia Romeo – Andrea Fardella – Dr. Sketchy’s Turin – Teatro Espace.
Thanks to Unidigita’s Staff: Alessandro Sinyus Stefano Moscone Marinella Didonato Federico Malandrino.