"Humanism jumps out of the cardboard boxes when Aaben Dans creates a sensuously rich dance on fear of the strange in 'I know where your house is living'"
***** Børneteateravisen, Anne Middelboe Christensen
"Thomas Eisenhardt and Catherine Poher creates a new kind of political dance that is neither manifest nor tale. A dance that in its abstract sense creates bodily images of humanism" ***** Børneteateravisen, Anne Middelboe Christensen
"…Successful and balanced in Catherine Poher's firm and yet poetic instruction" ***** Børneteateravisen, Anne Middelboe Christensen
A physical and visual dance performance about meeting other people and putting up walls
“Sometimes fences are necessary, but they do not benefit the neighbourhood. When you put up a wall the other part becomes invisible, and that is a bigger threat than being able to see them.” David Newman, Professor in Political Geography, Ben-Gurion University
Boundaries are drawn, moved and crossed. In a universe of brown moving boxes, three men are constantly occupied with building, converting, demolishing and moving walls. An echo from our world filled with invisible walls between humans and visible walls of steel and concrete that separate people and nations.
A tribute to the millions of men, women and children who are locked in and hidden behind their dreams of a better life – and a tribute to those of us who have the freedom not to lock ourselves in behind walls of fear...
Idea, concept and set design: Catherine Poher and Thomas Eisenhardt Direction: Catherine Poher Choreography: Thomas Eisenhardt Performers: Ole Birger Hansen, Pierre Enaux/Antoinette Helbing and Jean-Hughes Miredin Projections: Spild af tid Light design: Kisser Rosenquist Production: Lya Lundsager
Duration: 50 minutes Premiere: Musicon in Roskilde, 11 September 2010 Tour: November 2011 – contact Åben Dans if you are interested in other periodes Price: Please contact Åben Dance for a price
14,000 DKK excl. VAT (audience capacity 125) Technical requirements: A room with totally black out and a bouncing wooden floor Stage size: 10 m wide by 10 m long Power: 380 V, 3 x 16 A, 220 V
Tour material: Poster and programme
Arrangements after the performance: Talk with the artists, option to purchase an additional 45-minute workshop
Themes: The building of walls and meetings between people
