Claire Cunningham
Inspired by Gustav Mahler's "Songs of a Wayfarer", her life experience as a disabled person, the memory of her training as a singer and the knowledge of mountaineers and disabled friends, Claire Cunningham sets out to traverse familiar and unfamiliar landscapes.
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KEY VISUAL Songs of the Wayfarer
In her solo, she asks what it means to wander, to strive for great heights. What is it like to learn from those among us who, like four-legged creatures, reach for the ground with crutches?
What does it mean to keep going and, above all, to recognize when the moment is to turn back?
In "Songs of the Wayfarer" by the internationally renowned disabled artist, the personal journey becomes a love song - towards the ground, towards her disabled companions and her own wisdom of Crip* expertise and joy.
"I love transforming myself into a four-legged creature. All the little places where you can squeeze your crutch into a crack or a corner. In Scotland we would say 'nooks and crannies'. I like to lose myself in that kind of game (...) when the ground really (...) becomes my companion.”
*Crip is a political and cultural identity that some disabled people use to describe themselves.
(German Sign Language / English Spoken Language / With German and English subtitles)
Additional information
Participating artists
Claire Cunningham (Konzept, Choreografie, Performance)
Dan Watson (Regieassistenz)
Luke Pell (Dramaturgie)
Julia Watts Belser (Künstlerische Mitarbeit)
Bethany Wells (Bühnen- und Kostümbild)
Matthias Herrmann (Tontechnik)
Chris Copland (Lichtdesign)
Michelle Ettlin (Videodesign)
Nadja Dias (Produktion)
Vicky Wilson (Projekt- und Access-Produktion)
Gregor Knüppel (Produktionsleitung)
Keir Martin (Tontechnik)
Anna Booth (Bühnenleitung)
Nelly Kelly (Künstlerische Access-Beratung)
Panthea (Künstlerische Access-Beratung)
Angela Alves (Künstlerische Access-Beratung)
Rita Mazza (Künstlerische Access-Beratung)
Susanne Adam (Administrative Mitarbeit (für HZT))
Jeanette Gogoll (Administrative Mitarbeit (für HZT))
Dates
November 2024
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