“My name is Oskar Spatz. I’m a dancer, I’ve been dancing since 2007. My shoe size is 40/41. I weigh 70 kilos and my favourite food is rice with mince. I usually dance with my colleagues. But today I’m alone on stage. I’m looking forward to spending this evening with you. Because togetherness is warmth.”

Oskar Spatz turns his life upside down – together with Tim Gerhards. This special evening of dance is about successes and setbacks, about art, being human and his private life.

Oskar himself once decided to become a dancer. At the time, he didn’t know exactly what that meant. But he knew that he wanted it. He almost always knows what he wants.

Even now he has made a decision: He’s going on stage alone. In an hour-long solo show, he demonstrates what self-determination means – and what it’s like to live and work in a community. He invites everyone to be his guests.” Press release
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The team of the German Dance Film Institute documents the performance.

Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

In this piece, among other things, the value of artistic work from past eras and its lasting effects on today’s creative work are questioned. Among other things, the waste pyramid is interpreted in a cultural-historical context.

Recycling and reuse are omnipresent on stage and shape the development process of the new production.

This material cycle is examined and stretched into artistic approaches and realisations. In this way, a poetic-satirical study of our being in a time full of tension is presented.

The team of tanzbar_bremen is supported by Delia Nordhaus, the director of the Upcycling Gallery Wallerie, as well as by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Henning Albers, who is working on recycling in the field of environmental and bioengineering.

Tickets: 19 € / con. 9 €

Tickets available via the Theater Bremen.

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Details

Concept and choreography: Günther Grollitsch in collaboration with the dancers

Dance: Jenny Ecke, Till Krumwiede, Corinna Mindt, Oskar Spatz, Adrian Wenzel

Dramaturgy: Tom Bünger

Stage design: Delia Nordhaus, Janina Mau

Costume: Lui Nilson, Katja Fritzsche

Production management: Stina Hinrichs

Production

tanzbar_bremen in cooperation with Theater Bremen

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Supported by the Senator for Culture Bremen.

Funding: Fonds Darstellende Künste aus Mitteln der Beauftragtenderder Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien im Rahmen von NEUSTART KULTUR, Karin und Uwe Hollweg Stiftung sowie Waldemar Koch Stiftung.

Premiere on 27 April 2022, 8pm

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As part of TANZ Bremen 2022 on 06 May 2022, 6pm

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The team of the German Dance Film Institute Bremen is pleased to document the premiere on film

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