HOW SOON IS NOW? performing cities

In the organizer's words:

HOW SOON IS NOW? performing cities

Since 2022 and with the premiere of HOW SOON IS NOW? in Freiburg, Freiburg choreographer Karolin Stächele and her DAGADA dance team have dedicated themselves to apocalyptic discourse. How useful is a fear-inducing doomsday construct from biblical times to move us to action? How can we deal responsibly with knowledge? What does the new "normal" look like?

With HOW SOON IS NOW? performing cities, DAGADA dance is now traveling through other cities and reworking this sensually tangible dance piece with interested citizens. Together, they perform in the middle of the audience, in an open, foggy space. Sound collages, fog and light compositions create phases of perseverance, of being thrown back on oneself. Three dancers and the movement choir of Karlsruhe citizens accompany the audience through the invisibility. Images of passivity, excessive demands, guilt, repression and islands of prosperity emerge, in the distance or very close. Connectedness and hope germinate, a next possible step turns into a first conversation...

Moderation:

Scientist:

Ceren Dogan:

https://www.capas.uni-heidelberg.de/en/ceren-dogan

Dr. Frank Ruda:

https://www.capas.uni-heidelberg.de/en/fellowships-at-capas/fellows/frank-ruda

Prof. Dr. Robert Folger:

https://www.capas.uni-heidelberg.de/de/ueber-uns/team/robert-folger

Timo Stork:

https://www.capas.uni-heidelberg.de/en/fellowships-at-capas/former-fellows/timo-storck

The performances will be followed by an audience discussion.

The performance is recommended for ages 12 and up.

Large bags, rucksacks and jackets may not be taken into the auditorium.

TRIGGER WARNING:

Large parts of the stage production are performed in non-harmful, allergy-free stage fog (distilled water and glycol). There are a number of supervised seats at the side of the stage that allow you to leave the production early. Please report to the admission staff.

Interdisciplinary workshop day "HOW SOON IS NOW? performing cities" for everyone aged 12 and over

When / Where? 23.02.2025 / 10-14h / Karlstorbahnhof, meeting point at the headquarters / Free admission!

On Saturday, 23.02. from 10h - 14h, DAGADA dance and the Käte Hamburger Institute for Apocalyptic and Postapocalyptic Studies at the University of Heidelberg (CAPAS) cordially invite all interested citizens aged 12 and over to a workshop day at the Karlstorbahnhof. In addition to the dance performance on Friday evening, we would like to work with you in a variety of ways, with mind and body, on topics such as fears, excessive demands, displacement or resignation in the context of the global challenges we face. How does that feel, where is the next step? After warming up together at the headquarters, you can meet for concrete workshops on contemporary dance, a creative writing workshop or an exciting "world café", a discussion with various CAPAS scientists. At the end of the courses, we will present our first results to each other. Participation is free of charge, small snack included!

More information and registration with Melanie Le Touze: melanie.LeTouze@capas.uni-heidelberg.de

Contributors:

Karolin Stächele (artistic direction, concept, choreography in collaboration with the dancers) | Sabine Noll (concept, dramaturgy, text production, moderation of audience discussion) | Olivia Grassot (dance) | Kirill Berezovski (dance) | Arno Verbruggen (dance) | approx. 20 citizens of Heidelberg (movement choir) | Charlotte Spahn, Klara Baumann (assistance movement choir, dance) | Sönke Ober (stage) | Paul Tinsley (music, graphics) | Marvin Wöllner (lighting design) | Sarah Minarik (production management) | Melanie Le Touze (CAPAS, scientific coordination) | Anaïs Maurer, Ceren Dogan, Dr. Frank Ruda, Prof. Dr. Robert Folger and Timo Storck (CAPAS, workshop and scientific talk)

Sponsors & Supporters:

HOW SOON IS NOW? performing cities is a production of the DAGADA dance company in cooperation with the Kulturzentrum Karlstorbahnhof Heidelberg and the Käte Hamburger Kolleg für Apokalyptische und Postapokalyptische Studien (CAPAS) at the University of Heidelberg.

The project is supported by the Fonds Soziokultur and the Landesverband Freie Tanz- und Theaterschaffende Baden-Württemberg e.V. with funds from the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg. Supported by INTER-ACTIONS - more than a dance company, the action theater PAN.OPTIKUM and bewegungs-art freiburg e.V..