Broken: Part I
Choreography, Text, Performance: Shannon Sullivan
Dramaturgy: Joey Juschka
I'm interested in the physical breaking of things – the explosiveness, the sound – but also breaking things in a larger context – limitations, expectations, obstacles. Breaking is often seen as something negative or destructive, but it can also mean a transformation – a breaking of illusions, of outer shells, an emergence or emancipation. In "Broken: Part I" I examine the transformative power of breaking, of being broken down to one's essence. Each text uses a broken body part as a springboard and goes on to explore the larger meaning of broken parts, broken structures.
The texts are based on physical "broken parts" – broken body parts. In bones, joints and muscles function determines/ influences structure; structure determines function. What happens to the functioning of a system – bodily or societal – when it's structure has been broken?
Premiere:
Saturday, March 27, 2010, 8.30pm
/ Sunday, March 28, 2010, 8.30pm
at the event -> SWAN Day Berlin 2010
Location:
ada, Schönhauser Allee 73 / QuARTier 73, 2. HH, 1. OG
10437 Berlin – Prenzlauer Berg -> map
Tickets & Reservierung:
Entrance: 7€ - 12€, sliding scale
Seating is limited; we highly recommand that you reserve your ticket, either by email: ada-berlin@gmx.de, or by phone: +49 (0)30 - 2180 0507
Broken: Part I was invited to the festival -> Printemps des Poètes Berlin 2010. It was shown there on March 8, 2010, as work-in-progress.
-> Pictures of the preview of "Broken: Part I" on the website of photographer Thomas Klingberg