Follow me!

In the organizer's words:

tanzmainz / Felix Berner - Guest performance as part of AUGENBLICK MAL! The festival of theater for young audiences

Groups, movements or trends - almost everyone is a follower, whether consciously or not. But why do we follow people, trends, fashion or simply the beat of the music? Why do we imitate and copy what inspires and excites us? Is it an attempt to define ourselves by belonging and to gain orientation? And at what point does a collective movement actually become peer pressure?

Based on their personal experiences, choreographer Felix Berner and six tanzmainz dancers set off on a search for clues on the subject of following in both the analog and digital world. In this interview, Berner talks about how he translates this phenomenon into multi-layered dance. "Being a follower can have both positive and negative aspects," says Felix Berner. "As a team, it is often good for me as a choreographer to follow and work with the exciting ideas of my colleagues in the rehearsal studio. However, if many indifferent people in a company just follow and a few set the tone, then you quickly become a follower. So it's a double-edged sword."

A production of the Staatstheater Mainz