2017-06-02 - 2017-06-04 Stanica Žilina - Záriečie, Žilina

 

2 June 2017
Matthew Rogers & Chris Leuenberger: Desire & Discipline

Desire & Discipline; a study of Erotics of Dance is a dance performance made by Matthew Rogers (SK/USA) and Chris Leuenberger (CH) that focuses on the wild, ironic, vulnerable, aesthetic, dark nature of male eroticism. Using themselves/each other as the subject and object of desire, they playfully build upon the freedom gay men have to create new models of relating and bonding as humans. The dancers have created a fantasy world embodying historical dance forms intertwining with personal pursuits of labor and intimacy. In Desire & Discipline, Matthew and Chris use homo-erotics as a metaphor for self love, connection and sexual autonomy.

Choreography, Dance: Matthew Rogers, Chris Leuenberger

Music: Thomas Jeker
Costume: Salome Egger
Lights: Zuzana Režná
Dramaturgical Support: Igor Dobricic
Outside Eyes: Marcel Schwald, Petra Tejnorova, Simone Truong
Design: Judit Vetter
Coproduction: Chris Leuenberger Produktionen, Kredance Prostor
Production Management: Sabine Jud, Bára Paulátová
Support Residencies: Tanzhaus Zürich, Théâtre Sévelin 36, Dampfzentrale Bern, Plum Yard Malovice, Záhrada - CNK, Banská Bystrica, Labyrint Žilina
Support Funding: Stadt Bern, Kanton Bern, Burgergemeinde Bern, Pro Helvetia, Gesellschaft zu Ober-Gerwern, Nadace život umělce, Slovak Arts Council
Special Thanks To: Ramon Hofman, Marcos Harriague Ramirez, Barbora Gilkova, Pavel Bludovsky, Natalia Kubicova, Adam Engler, Tereza Ondrova, Jakub Novak, Juraj Bako, Barbora Forkovicova, Jaro Vinarsky, Maja Hriesik, Michal Freriks, Tomas Janypka, Viktor Cernicky, Kristina Chmelikova

 

3-4 June 2017

In the workshop we share tools and strategies for generating dance forms from an experience of pleasure and vitality. We follow our curiosity and explore what engages our desire to move. We use touch and create sound together. We exercise full body pleasure while dancing. In group, duet and solo form, we uncover qualities of movement that support the visibility and power of our own erotic nature. With some reflection you may redefine your understanding of erotics in dance.

 

Photo: Kathrine Thude