In the dance and object theatre performance REDSHIFT, Alba Scharnhorst and Selina Glockner explore the pursuit of power from a female perspective. With daring choreographies and liquefying bodies, the performance invites you to shift your own perception of femininity*, to experience female* power in its fragility and brutality and to indulge in social utopias and personal dreams.
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REDSHIFT - Tales of gaining power
REDSHIFT - Tales of gaining power
REDSHIFT - Tales of gaining power
REDSHIFT - Tales of gaining power
REDSHIFT - Tales of gaining power
Influential, ‘non-conformist’ female* bodies in particular have been a subject to a centuries-long practice of (mis)judgement: witches were persecuted, prima ballerinas adored, nymphs sexualised, sirens feared and princesses glorified. But what happens when we take the basis of all these narratives and begin to perceive female* appearance in a new light?
Ideas and attributions of femininity seem to have manifested themselves in the colour red. The interdisciplinary production REDSHIFT uses various red shifts in the artistic disciplines to create different ways of perceiving female* appearance and female* power. The intermedia choreography of bodies and objects made of tulle and steel is performed alternately by the two artists and shifts its focus from evening to evening.
40 Minutes
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The project REDSHIFT - Tales of gaining power was supported in a research phase by DIS-TANZEN of the Dachverband Tanz and is a cooperation with the city of Arnsberg (KulturSchmiede and KUNST-WERK am Kaiserhaus), the Theater Fadenschein and the Quartier Theater Hannover as well as a co-production with the Schaubude Berlin. The production is supported by the Kultursekretariat NRW Gütersloh in the Spielraum programme, the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture, the Braunschweig Foundation, the Lower Saxony Foundation, the City of Braunschweig and the district office of Pankow.Artistic direction, choreography, objects, performance: Alba Scharnhorst, Selina GlocknerLighting scenography and performance: Thimo KortmannCostume design: Isabell WibbekeSound design and composition: Janna Berger, Kai WenasArtistic production management: Rixa Knaack-Meyer zur CapellenArtistic assistance: Tabea BelowDramaturgical support: Tim SandwegTrailer and documentation: Christian Mono
Selina Glockner and Alba Scharnhorst work as freelance choreographers and performers. The artistic team creates feminist performances at the interface of contemporary dance and object theatre. Their work is characterised by an interdisciplinary approach in which the perception of the audience is at the forefront and the individual artistic disciplines such as light, costume, sound and choreography intertwine equally.
Selina Glockner and Alba Scharnhorst work as freelance choreographers and performers. The artistic team creates feminist performances at the interface of contemporary dance and object theatre. Their work is characterised by an interdisciplinary approach in which the perception of the audience is at the forefront and the individual artistic disciplines such as light, costume, sound and choreography intertwine equally.
Dates
May 2025
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