Elnebishy
NAH - 2023
Marie-Lena KaiserNAH is the second original production by Marie-Lena Kaiser. The work is co-produced by tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf and Maschinenhaus Essen.
Proximity describes not only a close physical distance, but also a feeling of familiarity between each other. "We are NEAR to each other". The choreography NAH explores the form that this mutual familiarity between dancers and spectators can take and how it is created. Contemporary dance in particular is often surrounded by mystery: Why do the dancers move in this or that way? Is it still dance at all? Does dance have to look beautiful?
In NAH, the dancers repeatedly approach the audience spread out on the stage and share with them their movement motives, choreographic processes and the emotions involved. Does this knowledge create closeness? In the process, the audience is repeatedly given the opportunity to change their perspective in the space. And the space also moves with them and is part of the choreographic landscape, which is constantly changing. The attempt here is to shift the boundaries between spectators and dancers, but never to dissolve them completely. NAH continues Marie-Lena Kaiser's artistic exploration of questions surrounding hierarchies and structures on stage by making supposedly impenetrable processes transparent as an artistic method.
Do we need borders to get close to each other? NAH does not want to find answers, but would like to critically examine concepts of 'authenticity' and 'participation' and thereby suggest a new approach.
Choreography: Marie-Lena Kaiser; Dance: Kati Masami Menze, Jordan Gigout, Eslam Elnebishy, Johannes Schropp, Bianca Sere Pulungan; Music: Johannes Schropp; Dramaturgy, Audio Description: Alex Piasente-Szymański; Lighting: Laura Salerno; Stage Design: Eva Budniewski; Costume Design: Frederike Marsha Coors; Production Management: Elena Martin Casai; Consulting Producer: Martin Rascher.
A co-production with tanzhaus nrw. Funded by the State Office for Independent Performing Arts with support from the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the City of Essen, and the Essen Cultural Foundation. Cooperation partners: Maschinenhaus Essen, PACT Zollverein, performing:group.