Legend has it that skateboarding was born when low waves forced surfers out of the water and onto the tarmac in Los Angeles. Since then, skateboarding has developed into a unique choreography. It plays with the surfaces of our cities and appropriates public spaces with daring tricks. And now finally, this movement art is also conquering the theatre: together with a group of skaters and dancers, choreographer Mette Ingvartsen transforms the Frankfurt LAB into a skate park. She adds clickflips, 180s and boardslides to the usual dance vocabulary – a vivid reminder of her youth, when she was a skater herself. The energetic performance playfully pushes the boundaries of what is possible and creates a utopian community in which the differences between skateboarding and dance, between high culture and subculture, theatre and street no longer play a role.
Infos
- for everyone aged 12 and over
- Language skills not required
- Duration: 80 minutes
WDR report The performance “Skatepark” at the Ruhrtriennale
Skate yourself at the Skating for Beginners workshop (September 07)
Accessibility
Accessibility of Location
Access-Info
The performances are suitable for hearing, hard of hearing and deaf people. There are seats marked with a sign and equipped with sound deciters where you can feel the vibration of the music / hip hop beats particularly well.
Sponsors and Supporters
Tanzplattform Rhein-Main, a project of Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm and Hessian State Ballet, is made possible by the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain and is funded by the Cultural Office of the City of Frankfurt am Main, the Hessian Ministry of Science and Research, Art and Culture and the Foundation Alliance [Aventis Foundation, Crespo Foundation, Hans Erich und Marie Elfriede Dotter Foundation, Dr. Marschner Foundation, ODDO BHF Foundation, Foundation Polytechnic Society Frankfurt am Main].
Freundeskreis Empfang 07.09.
Vor dem Stück freuen wir uns, die Mitglieder des Freundeskreises und alle, die einen Stand beim Flohmarkt hatten, zu einem Empfang einzuladen.