Elnebishy
INTO IT - 2025
Performing Group / Marie-Lena KaiserFour dancers move between the stage and an audience arranged all around them. They explore the space, share thoughts, and respond to impulses. A dynamic interplay of proximity and distance unfolds, developing into a choreography inspired by everything that defines closeness: friction, resistance, connection, and misunderstanding.
A lively exchange emerges, shifting—but not dissolving—the boundary between audience and performers. In the end, a shared moment takes shape, inviting everyone to join in and move together.
INTO IT reveals dance as an open, evolving process and creates opportunities for genuine encounters. At a time when social closeness can feel uncertain, the piece invites audiences to approach it in new ways.
“I saw friendship in it. Sometimes you want to spend a lot of time with your friend and always be with them. But sometimes you don’t. Then you want more distance and more time for yourself.”
— A student
Contributors
INTO IT is a production by performing:group and Marie-Lena Kaiser, co-produced with PACT Zollverein, Theater Ravensburg, Maschinenhaus Essen, and Ehrenfeldstudios Köln, in cooperation with Yeah Yeah e.V.
Choreography: Marie-Lena Kaiser
Adaptation Direction: Julia Mota Carvalho
Dance: Jordan Gigout, Kati Masami Menze, Eslam Elnebishy, Marie-Lena Kaiser
Music: Johannes Schropp
Costume Design: Frederike Marsha Coors
Production Management: Bianca Mendonça
Production: Martin Rascher
Dance Education: Sarah Modeß
Technical Direction & Lighting Design: Simon Krämer
Press & Public Relations: Dina ed Dik
Social Media: Regina Bensch
Supported by: Kulturamt der Stadt Köln, Kulturbüro Essen, Kulturstiftung Essen, Yeah Yeah e.V.
Partners: tanzhaus nrw, Maschinenhaus Essen, PACT Zollverein, performing:group
Funded by the Landesbüro fdk with resources from the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the City of Essen, Kulturstiftung Essen, and Yeah Yeah e.V.