- 13.11.2023, 06.00 Uhr / Meet the Artists afterwards17 € / reduced 8 €
- 14.11.2023, 06.00 Uhr / Small Talk afterwards17 € / reduced 8 €
A word is broken down into individual syllables. Or it becomes the chorus of a song about fragility itself. Because anyone who says the word “zerbrechlich“(fragile), is paying it special attention and lending it a particular beauty. With „Zer-brech-lich“, the choreographer Alessandro Schiattarella has created a piece that tells of the diversity of bodies. The three disabled performers Victoria Antonova, Alice Giuliani and Laila White explore their own and other identities. They try out sounds and clothes – looking for the ultimate pop moment. On stage we witness a glamorous concert – or perhaps something else entirely? The piece uses both dance and text, sounds and objects to demonstrate how engaging with one’s own fragility can also become a political statement, a vision of special awareness. It encourages new experiences: we know what something breaking sounds like. But what does something being protected from breaking sound like?
Duration: 60 minutes
Language: German, English and French language with surtitles
Audio description + haptic tour
The performance takes place with integrated audio description in spoken English and translation into spoken German as well as a haptic tour. The haptic tour starts approx. 30 minutes before the start of the performance and lasts a maximum of 15 minutes. The meeting point is in the foyer of the Frankfurt LAB.
Relaxed Performance
Cast & Credits
Direction, Choreography: Alessandro Schiattarella
Musical Direction: Richard Schwennicke
Performance: Alice Giuliani, Victoria Antonova, Laila White
Stage Design: Margarete Albinger
Dramaturgy: Martin Mutschler
Production Management: Terry Blühdorn
Audience Development: Matthias Brandt, Daniel Riedel
Songwriting: Gina Été
Costumes: Giulia Marcotullio
Photos: Clemens Heidrich
A co-production between Staatsoper Hannover, Schauspiel Hannover and Festival Theaterformen in co-operation with Theaterakademie Hamburg.
Funded through the Federal Cultural Foundation’s Jupiter programme. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
Die Tanzplattform Rhein-Main, ein Projekt von Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm und Hessischem Staatsballett, wird ermöglicht durch den Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain und gefördert vom Kulturamt der Stadt Frankfurt am Main, dem Hessischen Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst und der Stiftungsallianz [Aventis Foundation, Crespo Foundation, Hans Erich und Marie Elfriede Dotter-Stiftung, Dr. Marschner Stiftung, ODDO BHF Stiftung, Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main].