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STRIKE
DORF­PRODUCT

A person stands in front of a white wall with the arms extended in opposite directions. The image focuses on the upper body, arms and geometric body position. The bright wall creates a reduced and minimalist composition.
A person stands in front of a white wall with the arms extended in opposite directions. The image focuses on the upper body, arms and geometric body position. The bright wall creates a reduced and minimalist composition.

Produktionshaus NAXOS

Mi. 4.11. | 20:00 Uhr, Premiere Fr. 6.11. | 20:00 Uhr Sa. 7.11. | 20:00 Uhr Do. 12.11. | 20:00 Uhr Fr. 13.11. | 20:00 Uhr, 19h Haptic Tour, Performance with Audio Description So. 15.11. | 20:00 Uhr, 19h Haptic Tour, Performance with Audio Description

Duration: approx. 70 Minutes
Language: German, English

Tickets: pay as you can

Synopsis

Two dancers meet on a mirrored podium in the middle of the audience. Their movements alternate between the harshness of martial arts and the flowing grace of underwater ballet – in a test of strength that gets under your skin. Fragmented beats and lines of Azzlack rap pervade the space and knock familiar codes into uncertainty.

Strike, the new piece by Frankfurt director and choreographer Simon Möllendorf and his company Dorfproduct, examines racialised images of masculinity: the violence attributed to these bodies and the violence inflicted on them – through gazes, framings and value judgements. Sensual and stirring, the performance offers direct experience of categorisation, resistance and refusal, and asks what a strike by these bodies might mean. A choreography that readjusts our perceptions.

The production contains loud music, nudity, and themes of physical violence and racism.

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Credits

Concept, Choreography and Spatial Design: Simon Möllendorf
Performance: Santiago Mariño, Omar Torrico Real
Choreographic Assistance: Camilla Fiumara
Concept und Outside Eye: Caroline Rohmer
Martha Graham Technique: Amelia Uzategui Bonilla
Haptic tour and Audio Description: Dana Lienert, Paula Noack
 

Strike is a Dorfproduct production, produced by the Produktionshaus NAXOS, funded by the Department of Culture of the City of Frankfurt am Main and by the Hessian Ministry of Science and Research, Art and Culture.

Photo: dorfproduct