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Scary Solo

“Dancing means dealing with inertia and explosivity at once. Not one or the other, it is always both. Dancing is always both, and more.”

Cristina Caprioli

The double bill “Loops” brings together two interlinking choreographies, a solo and a trio. In “Scary solo” (2020) Cristina Caprioli, at once an old lady and a reckless child, looks for a groove, yet remains uncertain. Meanwhile the recurring work “Omkretz” from 2013, is looped once again. In “Omkretz2.22” (2022) two dancers and a live musician perform the thrill of speed, sharp edges and untamed dancing.

Tanz im August is devoting a major retrospective to Cristina Caprioli, the influential choreographer and pioneer of postmodernism in the Nordic countries. Since the early 1990s Italian-born Caprioli has challenged and extended the notion of choreography. In championing an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach to research and creation, she has produced a prolific body of works spanning the domains of dance, film, text and installation. As a retrospective “ONCE OVER TIME” draws on over 22 works from 2002 to the present day and includes performances and one concert by 22 artistic collaborators. Across interactive settings and immersive spaces, audiences are invited to delve into Caprioli’s unique practice and philosophy, through which she continues to reimagine dance as a mode of thinking.

/ Scary solo /

There she is, moving around, pondering over number of options; should she settle for a puddle or travel the field? Wait for something to rearrange the plot? Or pull out a scream and coerce a displacement? Mrawrrrr… soon enough she gets stuck in a groove, leaving the uncertain unresolved. After all, the point is that she moves, that she actually moves. And the kind of response her steps are counting on.

ragbags of moves, underwater oblivion, single images, shifting landscapes

body uncertain, caught in a loop, patterns repeated and transformed, hair dancing unleashed

at once old lady and reckless child, dancing in too many directions, continuously lost in translation

Scary solo is a playground of negativity for the optimistic restless, for she who dances wherever she lands, with everything to fear and nothing to lose. Quite scary, of course, yet harmless and rather pathetic.

By and with Cristina Caprioli

Music: Asher Tuil, album twenty-four views, tracks 9 – 14 and Alessandro Cortini, tracks Stambecco, Rovina and Dormi. Visual imagery snatched from you tube, lights by Thomas Zamolo

Scary solo was premiered 2020 at Weld, later again, in a slightly different form at Dansens Hus Stockholm. Summer 2021 it was performed at ImpulsTanz in Vienna, and in the fall on tour in Sweden.

/ CAST & CONCEPT /

BY & WITH: Cristina Caprioli

MUSIC: Asher Tuil, Alessandro Cortini

LIGHTING: Thomas Zamolo

In the context of ONCE OVER TIME - a retrospective / Loops

CONCEPT: Cristina Caprioli

CURATION: Cristina Caprioli with Anna Grip, Andrea Niederbuchner, Virve Sutinen

CCAP TEAM: Anna Grip, Masha Taavoniku, Anne Vigeland

SUPPORTED BY: Anna Grip AB, Embassy of Sweden Berlin, Stockholm Region, Swedish Arts Council, The City of Stockholm Cultural Administration, Carina Ari Foundations, The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation.

IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH: Cullberg, Tanz im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer

Commissioned by Tanz im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer

/ TANZ IM AUGUST 2022 /

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Virve Sutinen

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FESTIVAL: Stefan Nagel

CURATOR & PRODUCER: Andrea Niederbuchner

PRODUCER & ASSISTANT TO ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Alina Scheyrer-Lauer

PRODUCER: Ekaterina Voronova

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Johanna Herrschmann

PRODUCTION ASSOCIATES: Vivien Hohnholz, John Hoobyar, Mmakgosi Kgabi, Raquel Moreira, Lilli Ruopp, Tammo Walter

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR FESTIVAL: Ingo Ruggenthaler

Tanz im August is a festival by HAU Hebbel am Ufer, funded by the Capital Cultural Fund.

// DEUTSCH //

“Tanzen bedeutet Reglosigkeit und Explosivität zugleich. Nicht das eine oder das andere – immer beides. Tanzen ist immer beides, und noch mehr.”

Cristina Caprioli

Die Doppelvorstellung “Loops” präsentiert mit einem Solo und einem Trio zwei miteinander verbundene Stücke. In “Scary Solo” (2020) ist Cristina Caprioli gleichzeitig eine alte Frau und ein leichtsinniges Kind, sie sucht nach ihrem Rhythmus und bleibt doch verunsichert zurück. Hingegen wird das wiederkehrende Werk “Omkretz” von 2013 erneut geloopt: Zwei Tänzer:innen und ein Musiker spielen in “Omkretz2.22” (2022) mit dem Kick der Geschwindigkeit, markanten Linien und höchster Intensität.

ONCE OVER TIME – a retrospective

Tanz im August widmet der renommierten Choreografin und Pionierin des Postmodernismus in den nordischen Ländern, Cristina Caprioli, eine umfassende Retrospektive. Seit mehr als 20 Jahren bringt die gebürtige Italienerin Choreografie an ihre Grenzen und revolutioniert sie dabei immer wieder. Die vehemente Verfechterin interdisziplinärer und kollaborativer Arbeitsweisen hat ein umfassendes Œuvre hervorgebracht, das Tanz, Filme, Texte und Installationen umfasst. Die Retrospektive “ONCE OVER TIME” zeigt gemeinsam mit 22 künstlerischen Weggefährt:innen über 22 Arbeiten, die zwischen 2002 und heute entstanden sind. Interaktive Settings und immersive Räume ermöglichen es dem Publikum, ganz in Capriolis einzigartige künstlerische Praxis und Philosophie einzutauchen – und zu erleben, wie diese Ausnahmechoreografin Tanz als Denkmodus immer wieder neu erfindet.

/ CAST & KONZEPT /

VON & MIT: Cristina Caprioli

MUSIK: Asher Tuil, Alessandro Cortini

LICHT: Thomas Zamolo

Im Rahmen von ONCE OVER TIME – a retrospective / Loops

KONZEPT: Cristina Caprioli

KURATION: Cristina Caprioli mit Anna Grip, Andrea Niederbuchner, Virve Sutinen

CCAP TEAM: Anna Grip, Masha Taavoniku, Anne Vigeland

UNTERSTÜTZT DURCH: Anna Grip AB, Embassy of Sweden Berlin, Region Stockholm, Swedish Arts Council, The City of Stockholm Cultural Administration, Carina Ari Foundations, The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation

IN KOPRODUKTION MIT: Cullberg, Tanz im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer

Im Auftrag von Tanz im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer