Viendo Viento

In the organizer's words:

Gravity is followed by falling: after exploring gravity through dance(A Pebble Falling on a Silent Lake, 2023), the Freiburg-based company VAYA (artistic director/choreographer Tina Halford) turns its attention to the physics of falling. The new piece Viendo Viento treats falling as a dynamic process, not as a moment of failure, but as the source of new kinetic energy and as a poetic act of constant transformation.

The four dancers (Alexandre Nodari, Patryk Kłos, Sergey Poltavsky, Tina Halford) experiment with kinetics as a source of acrobatic movement compositions.

The walk-on stage set inspired by a wave allows for a provocative dialog with gravity. The limits of what is physically possible are explored in a virtuosic and poetic way and falling is presented as a perpetual cycle of transformation.

The stage becomes a dance partner, the space is explored vertically. Unusual and fascinating images are created that put the audience's perception to the test. The dizzying round dance is accompanied by an interplay of sound design (Iskander Yerimbetov, Maria Teriaeva) and light (Steffen Melch, Konrad Frensch).

Viendo Viento is a dance piece that celebrates the power of the unpredictable and shows how a new balance can emerge from the apparent loss of stability, even in movement.

With

Artistic direction | Choreography: Tina Halford
Dance: Alexandre Nodari, Patryk Kłos, Sergey Poltavsky, Tina Halford
Dramaturgy: Laura Saumweber
Stage: Steffen Melch, Konrad Frensch
Costume: Bianka Heck
Musical composition | sound design: Iskander Yerimbetov, Maria Teriaeva
Lighting: Steffen Melch, Konrad Frensch
Photo: Malte Wandel, Marc Doradzillo
Video: Marc Costa Marc Costa
Graphic design: Alexandra Quirós
Production management: Sarah Minarik
Production assistant: Eva Abraham
Dance trainee: Ekaterina Varfolomeeva
Press relations: Christine Eyssel

Play duration: 50 min.

Funded by: Cultural Office of the City of Freiburg and 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. With the kind support of the Residenzzentrum Tanz+ in Baden (Switzerland), Tollhaus Karlsruhe, Freiburger Turnerschaft e.V. and Reha Fitness Sporbeck.

A cooperation with E-WERK Freiburg.

Price information:

Admission 20€ / 15€ (reduced)