tacet_

In the organizer's words:

Music and dance meets ... Silence.

Choreographer Eva Baumann's new production tacet_ is inspired by the collective numbness that has gripped us in the face of the current global crises. It seems to contradict the breathless pace of an accelerated society to which we have become so accustomed. The word "tacet" is used in musical notation and means "silence" for the instrument or the singing voice.
Four dancers and a cellist embark on a journey in search of inner peace and interpersonal connection in a noisy, increasingly dystopian world.

But can communication succeed in silence?
What physical resonance does silence have?

This performative utopia is given artistic expression through the dance and musical movements and gestures as well as the voices of the five protagonists. The cello, with its acoustically diverse possibilities and expressive range, becomes the sixth actor in the international ensemble. The immersive music-dance performance contrasts the noise of our present with fragile nuances and explores the nuances of silence.

The performance venue acts as an acoustic amplifier and creates an atmospheric resonance space for sound and silence - movement and stillness. The audience sits in the middle of the action on stage and is surrounded, penetrated and confronted by it. At the beginning of each performance there is an introduction - a "tune-in" - which invites the audience to sensitize their perception to their own and collective silence, which ultimately gives space to listening.

Reservations are possible at office.cie.zeitgeist@gmail.com.
However, due to limited seating, online ticket purchase is recommended.
Remaining tickets are available at the Box Office from 45 minutes before the performance.
Further information: here

Concept, artistic direction, choreography: Eva Baumann
Dance, performance, co-creation: Aurora Bonetti, Bar Gonen, Yen Lee, Susanna Ylikoski
Music, performance, cello, co-creation: Céline Papion
Lighting design: Nadja Weber
Production assistance: Sophie Gisbert
Spatial concept, costume design: Eva Baumann
Technology: Nadja Weber, Gui Votteler
Graphics, layout: HuM-collective
Photography: Jan Hottmann

tacet_ is a production of Cie. ZEIT/GEIST - Eva Baumann. Supported within the three-year concept funding of the City of Stuttgart, the Stiftung Erlebnis Kunst and the Freie Tanz- und Theaterszene Stuttgart (FTTS). In cooperation with the project space of Kunstverein Wagenhalle e.V. and with the kind support of Produktionszentrum Tanz + Performance Stuttgart and HuMBASEpartout Stuttgart. The conception of the ZEIT/GEIST trilogy was supported in 2021 by the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK - STEPPING OUT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of the NEUSTART KULTUR. Dance aid program.
Special thanks to the Künstlerhaus Lukas in Ahrenshoop, the Center for Deep Listening / Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, and BLOMST! Stuttgart.