Ten bodies and a rhythm that doesn’t let up. In “Sweat (Anthem)” the Finnish choreographer Milla Koistinen transforms sporting endurance into a silent and powerful form of resistance. The audience sit facing each other like at a tennis match – with an ensemble in the middle, running clockwise round the edges of the court long before they consciously look at each other.
Amid the tension, release and playfulness, a choreography unfolds that gives exhaustion, vulnerability and tenacity visible form: with audible breathing, touch and bodies cowering before sudden outbursts of speed. Here perseverance becomes a political stance – not breaking boundaries but staying within them together when our bodies are demanding rest.
For this piece the internationally acclaimed Dance On Ensemble, which consists of experienced dancers over the age of 40, has been supplemented by four young guest dancers. This intergenerational ensemble celebrates the power of a collective that is marked by both difference and solidarity. Energy that never appears staged, but which comes from collective persistence.
Infos
- Dauer: 60 Minuten
- Sprache: Englisch
- Workshop mit Milla Koistinen / Dance on Ensemble am 11.11.
Sponsors and Supporters
Concept, choreography and direction: Milla Koistinen
Creation and performance: Ty Boomershine, Gesine Moog, Alba Barral Fernández, Javier Arozena, Tim Persent (Dance On Ensemble) and Jin Lee, Emma Sofie Gautestad, Raul Aranha, Victor Aaron Bolzmann, Milla Koistinen
Sound design: Paul Valikoski and Grégoire Simon
Light design: Martin Beeretz
Dramaturgy: Synne Behrndt
Costumes: Jin Lee and Jihun Choi
Production Director: Anastasia Luck (Dance On Ensemble) and Jana Lüthje (M.i.C.A.) International Distribution: Chalmont Agentur
Production: DANCE ON / Bureau Ritter
Co-production: Milla Koistinen, SPRING Performing Arts Festival (The Netherlands), Tanzfabrik Berlin BÜHNE
Co-Funded by the Europeans Union’s Horizon Europe programme for research and innovation in the frame of DanceMap.
Supported by Bora Bora Residency Centre, Arts Promo- tion Centre Finland, Finnland-Institut.
With thanks to Dance House Helsinki and the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux.
DANCE ON is a project by BUREAU RITTER, funded by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
Notes on content and sensory stimuly
There will be moments of loud sounds, blinking and flickering lights (no stroboscope) are used during the performance and there will be a moment of complete darkness.