Concept & Choreography: Ligia Lewis / With: Ligia Lewis, Jonathan Gonzalez, Tiran Willemse / Musical dramaturgy: Michal Libera / Sound design: Jassem Hindi / Styling: Alona Rodeh / Light: Andreas Harder / Dramaturgy: Ariel Efraim Ashbel / Assistance: Martha Glenn / Press & production: björn & björn / Produktionsleitung (Tour): Hannes Frey (HAU Hebbel am Ufer) / Touring & Distribution: Nicole Schuchardt (HAU Hebbel am Ufer)
Ligia Lewis
minor matter
Part of “A Melancholic Melody / A Will To An End – a Series of Works by Ligia Lewis”
Dance
English / Language no problem / 60 min.
“minor matter” is the second part of the trilogy (BLUE, RED, WHITE) performed by three dancers. Two discursive apparatuses are at play—blackness and the black box. In this work, Ligia Lewis turns to the color red to materialize thoughts between love and rage.
The work unfolds multi-directionally creating a poetics of dissonance from which questions of re-presentation, presentation, abstraction, and the limits of signification emerge. Throughout the choreography the performers push their bodies against the boundaries of the stage while simultaneously illustrating a humble relationship between their bodies and the space that encapsulates it. The performers get exhausted as their bodies strip the stage of its formal mystique to approach its matter — black. In “minor matter”, sound travels across musical epochs to arrive at the poetics of the intimate present. Built on the logic of interdependence, the theater’s parts — light, sound, image, and architecture — become entangled with the three performers, giving life to a vibrant social and poetic space.
Cast
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AcceptDates
- Past
Credits
Production: Ligia Lewis. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Funded by: Berliner Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa, Fonds Darstellende Künste e.V. Residenz-Unterstützung: FD-13, PACT Zollverein, 8:tension/Life Long Burning, collective address.
Location
HAU2
Hallesches Ufer 32, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. (in Großbeerenstraße). Wheelchair ramp and lift available. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Advance notification advised via service@hebbel-am-ufer.de.
HAU3
Tempelhofer Ufer 10, 10963 BerlinAccess by means of a stairwell (3rd floor). Use of lift possible by prior arrangement.
