Annie Hanauer / LAC / Teatro Danzabile

What happens to society when it is thrown off balance? Choreographers Kinsun Chan and Martin Zimmermann explore this question in Wonderful World, their first joint creation. The result of this first-rate collaboration is a visually unique work of art. The stage on which the performance takes place is unsteady, tilting with even the slightest movement and literally ripping the floor out from under the dancers' feet. The stage is transformed into a symbol for our constantly changing world. Zimmermann and Chan's Wonderful World is a surreal and abstract, yet also poetic discussion about patterns of human behaviour in extraordinary situations. While interacting with life-size puppets, the 16 ensemble members of the Tanzkompanie Theater St. Gallen ask whom each puppet represents. The dancers risk falling with each step. However, the intrigue of danger prevails, and the dancers must start the daring balancing act over and over again from the beginning. Zimmermann and Chan’s work brings representatives from two different worlds together. Chan is an internationally renowned choreographer and stage and costume designer, who has directed the Tanzkompanie Theater St. Gallen since the 2019/2020 season. Martin Zimmermann is an important figure in the international contemporary dance and circus scene and winner of the Swiss Grand Award for the Performing Arts/Hans Reinhart Ring in 2021. The work combines two different artistic perspectives into an unforgettable evening of dance, which will open the Migros Culture Percentage Dance Festival Steps in St. Gallen.

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Simply put:
Two very different choreographers collaborate for the first time. Martin Zimmermann combines circus, dance and theatre. Kinsun Chan studied ballet and modern dance. Together, they created a work for 16 dancers. An unsteady stage frequently throws the dancers off balance. Life-size puppets are also on stage. The work addresses the question as to how humans deal with extraordinary situations.

Doors: 20:00 h.
Start: 20:30 h.

Wheel chairs: Tickets are sold by organiser: info@danse-neuchatel.ch

Minimum age: 15 years
Content warning: repetitive music

Further information:
www.steps.ch