tacet_

In the organizer's words:

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"Eva Baumann gets an extraordinary amount out of silence. She turns it into a multi-faceted sound and performance event.
tacet_ tells of vulnerability, consideration and mutual listening in an informal yet highly suspenseful way."

(Sophie-Caroline Menges, SWR Klassik)

Music and dance meets ... Silence.

The impetus for the immersive music-dance performance tacet_ is 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 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 chamber 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.

Concept, artistic direction, choreography: Eva Baumann
Dance, performance, co-creation: Aurora Bonetti, Bar Gonen, Yen Lee, Susanna Ylikoski
Musical concept, performance, cello, co-creation: Céline Papion
Music composition: Kuba Krzewiński, Caroline Shaw, Céline Papion
Lighting design: Nadja Weber
Production assistance: Pilar Murube
Spatial concept, costume design: Eva Baumann
Technology: Nadja Weber, Alexander Schmidt
Graphics, layout: HuM-collective
Photography: Zoia Domaskina

"tacet_" is a production of Cie. ZEIT/GEIST under the direction of Eva Baumann. The revival is funded by the City of Stuttgart and Freie Tanz- und Theaterszene gUG (FTTS). With the kind support of Produktionszentrum Tanz + Performance Stuttgart and HuMBASEpartout.

Price information:

Discounted tickets are available for schoolchildren, students, freelance artists and cultural workers, pensioners, the unemployed and recipients of citizens' benefits.