Marie Gourdain & Felix Baumann / tYhle, Matière Mobile, Von B bis Z.

PONEC – divadlo pro tanec / no language barrier / 50 min

Seismic (2022) - a dance and physical theatre production that places the scenographic construction at its conceptual heart. A piece for five international performers created by choreographer Marie Gourdain (FR) and dance and theatre maker Felix Baumann (DE). The action takes place on an unstable and fragmented platform, which may tip, shake or break in response to the movements of the protagonists. It constitutes an extremely uncertain base whereupon the characters display themselves, alone, in pairs, or as a group - thereby risking life and limb. The figures encounter challenges in relation to each other, tirelessly navigating through the instability surrounding them, altering their behaviour, provoking risks, endangering balance and control, threatening to lose the ground under their feet. Situations transform from the ordinary to the absurd, from the banal to the metaphorical. Through dance, humour and scenographic installation, Seismic tells about a relationship of mutual dependence, in which each body is simultaneously exposed to the mechanics of the space and of the other bodies - a permanent transformation of things in a circular and interdependent sense; a power relationship whose origins are blurred in the mix of events.

Trailer: HERE

Concept: Marie Gourdain, Felix Baumann
Choreography and Direction: Marie Gourdain, Felix Baumann
Performers:: Felix Baumann, Sean Henderson, Till Jenewein, Halka Třešňáková, in cooperation with Johana Pocková
Dramaturgical Consultation: Jakub Režný
Light Design: Zuzana Režná
Music: Thibault Cohade
Music Assistance: Lukáš Palán
Costumes: Magdaléna Vrábová
Scenography: Jan Tomšů in cooperation with Marie Gourdain and Felix Baumann
Producer: tYhle, Matière Mobile, Von B bis Z
Production managers: Sarah Corroyer (FR), Ludmila Šindlerová (CZ), Claudia Teichmann (DE)
Production Consulting: Dirk Förster
Co-production: Tanec Praha z.ú. / PONEC – divadlo pro tanec, LOFFT – DAS THEATER Leipzig (DE), Les SUBS Lyon (FR), CCNR Rilleux-la-pape (FR)
Partners: Studio ALTA, Schloss Bröllin (DE), MS Schrittmacher (DE), Sparkasse (DE)

Photo by: Vojtěch Brtnický

More info: HERE

Tickets HERE

The project was co-produced by the following organisations: tYhle, Matière Mobile and Von B bis Z, Tanec Praha / PONEC - Theatre for Dance, Les Nouvelles Subsistances, Le CCNR de Rillieux-la-pape and LOFFT – DAS THEATER Leipzig.
The project was co-financed in 2022 from the public resources of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the State Culture Fund, the Czech-German Future Fund, the City of Prague and the City of Brno.
Support by French organisations: The project was co-financed by DRAC – Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes – Aide à la création, the French Institute, and the City of Lyon.
Support by German organisations: The project was co-financed by the NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ Coproduction Fund for Dance, which is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media