"The Wall"
10 Years Special - “The Wall”
31 October 2014 - 20:00
01 November 2014 - 17:00 & 20:00
SOPHIENSAELE Berlin, Festsaal
Sophienstr. 18, 10178 Berlin-Mitte
Tickets: 15/10 Euro - Booking: 030 283 52 66
www.sophiensaele.com
With a special After Show Birthday Party with Nitzsche & Hummel
31.10.2014 - 22:00 till late
>VIDEO TRAILER # 22 "The Wall"
>PRESS KIT with detailed information about the pieces [pdf]
LUCKY TRIMMER is cult and invites you to a new tour de force for its second 2014 edition. To celebrate the conjuncture of its 10th birthday and the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, LUCKY TRIMMER introduces for the first time ever a themed evening packed with a waterfall of World, European and German premieres. “The Wall” navigates through the underground and troubled waters of the national and international dance and performance art scene. Out of over 200 applications our unassimilated and weatherproof jury has selected those pieces which in a surprising, convincing, controversial, astonishing, wondrous or simply fun way delve into diverse aspects of topics such as division, identity or belonging. Of course our 10‐minute‐limit per piece is as always holy and unavoidable. The result is a choppy and adventurous journey with 8 stopovers. This time on board of the creative ark are deep rooted origins for prejudice and division, forces that are imposed on us, a reflection on what constrains or frees us, a cry for equal rights, political statements and social criticism as well as a strife for togetherness and unity.
Opening the evening, Tania Garrido Monreal explores in her award-winning solo, Etzev[labor], the limitations that are imposed (or self-imposed) on us, those ancient curses in which we are trapped like in a spider web.
Sofia Pintzou with über die Absicht comments on the (un)famous sentence of the German communist politician Walter Ulbricht ''Niemand hat die Absicht, eine Mauer zu errichten'' (nobody has the intention to built a Wall) declared in 1961, two months before the Berlin Wall was erected.
In Castle, Rachel Erdos exhibits what it means to live in a confined space and examines whether walls make us prisoners in our own castle or protect us by blocking others out.
Awarded “Best Original Piece” at the Premio Culiacán de Coreografía Héctor Chávez (Mexico), Life by ColectivoTú y yo aka Isabel Aguerrebere Gomez Urquiza & Eduardo Esquivel is a cry for equal rights, withstanding the Wall of Gender.
“Thick and Tight” aka Daniel Hay-Gordon & Eleanor Perry in their political and social critic, Moneybags' Arse Wipe, concentrate on how different and competing factions of society, especially those with most power, end up marred by the same hierarchy, abuse of power and lack of empathy.
With a more aesthetic approach, FIRST ARCH of the Cypriot Elena Antoniou is a human architectural metaphor for crumbling conventions and structures.
Last but not least, Lucía Marote closes this LUCKY odyssey on a more humorous note with her Downtango. With her partner in crime, Poliana Lima, the two Madrilenian are in quest of what will finally break the invisible walls that separate us all, seeking that moment of perfect oneness of bodies, music and souls. But it doesn't always happen so easily…
Alongside the main program, Ini Dill, a long-time LUCKY artist, will present MAUERwir lieben dich, an installation in which a group of performers set the Berlin Wall back in motion. Letters appear, words are formed, sentences emerge and a series of quotes unfold one after another on this human wall recalling those originally written on the west side of Berlin Wall which were collected and published by Roland Steckel. The opening quote, “This wall is an illusion” set the tone to this incarnation of the desire of people to bounce off the walls, embodying the contradiction between freedom and power.
LUCKY ARTISTS Tania Garrido Monreal (ES), Sofia Pintzou (GR/Berlin), Rachel Erdos (ISL/GB), ColectivoTú y yo aka Isabel Aguerrebere Gomez Urquiza & Eduardo Esquivel (MX), “Thick and Tight” aka Daniel Hay-Gordon & Eleanor Perry (GB), Elena Antoniou (CY), Lucía Marote (CR/ES), Ini Dill (AT/Berlin)
The Wall” is a LUCKY TRIMMER e.V. event co-produced by MACHOL SHALEM Dance House, Egomio Cultural Center, L1 Independent Artists Association of Public Utility in collaboration with SOPHIENSAELE. LUCKY TRIMMER navigates its ship of ideas through unsettled waters, armed with a small, loyal battalion of supporters, yet overlooked by those running the lighthouses. We kindly thank our network of private sponsors, volunteers and friends, our media partners as well as the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Cyprus and the Cultural Department of the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Germany.
APPLICATIONS
The LUCKY word is out and with each call for entries we get more and more applicants from every corner of the world. We are now reaching far and wide around the globe from New Zealand To The United States, South Africa to Sweden and Argentina to Russia. Check out how the rankings are this time. While Germany and Israel still take the cake for the highest score (12 % each), Spain is coming up fast in the charts. Moreover 18 % of applicants are Berlin based artists. We look forward to the next round of applications and welcoming new countries to our list!
PRESS CONTACT
Linda Vahldieck - linda@luckytrimmer.com
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