“We Are All Here – The Show” embraces a strange and shifting aesthetic of welcoming others. The choreographers Ilana Reynolds and Laura Hicks blur the line between hosts and guests, exaggerating North American stereotypes of superficiality into bizarre characters. As the performance unfolds in both humorous and unexpected ways, “We Are All Here – The Show” examines relationships through the lens of hospitality – with the audience, the body, and the earth. In the face of failure and uncertainty, hosting becomes a framework where hope and connection can emerge. Welcome!
Infos
- Duration: 60 minutes
- SPoken Language: English with German translation
- Mousonturm Coproduction
- 26.04. Gespräch im Anschluss
- German Premiere
Accessibility
Accessibility of Location
Sponsors and Supporters
With and from: Laura Hicks, Ilana Reynolds
Supported by the Kulturamt Frankfurt am Main, the Hessian Ministry of Science and Research, Art and Culture, The City of Göttingen, and coproduced by Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm. Research for the work took place as part of a Tanzsichten Residency organized by TANZKOOP Braunschweig and Tanzpunkt Hannover.
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].
Biography
Hicks and Reynolds is the artistic collaboration of Laura Hicks and Ilana Reynolds. With a shared interest in humour and uninhibited improvisation, their working method draws on high energy and idiosyncratic movement. Their first work “Making Impressions and Other Failures” (2018/Frankfurt) was selected by jury for the Hessische Theatertage21 and #SPOTTED 2024, toured both nationally and internationally. Interested in how ridiculous impulses can be an active form of resistance to normative ways of knowing, they continue to pursue their research into performing aesthetics of access in the form of their “Hospitality Lab for Forgotten Practices” and “We Are All Here: The Show”.