still.dependent

About the show

With the Cyr Wheel, 3 performers embark on a detailed research into human-object relationships and draw a sensual utopia - beyond subject-object dichotomies, reification and anthropocentric hierarchies of meaning.

We invite you to reflect with us on the omnipresent interdependence of people and objects, and want to encourage you to empathize with us and ask questions:

How can we soberly recognize and reflect on the network-like connections in which we find ourselves in the future?

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Disciplines: Cyr Wheel, contemporary dance.

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About the company

Sandra Hanschitz and Joël Beierer work together on interdisciplinary dance and circus productions that are strongly characterized by their clear aesthetic language and immersive quality of experience - with the Cyr Wheel at the center of their work.

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With their project "IIIII - about the art of letting go" (artistic direction: Sandra Hanschitz) they have been touring Central Europe together since 2021 and have the chance to present their work at the Edinburgh Fringe Festivalin 2024 as part of the German Showcase.

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Having stumbled into the circus world as outsiders and in search of unique performance experiences, Hanschitz & Beierer create approachable and reflective works in the field of tension between calm and loss of control: The personal becomes collective, philosophy comes alive and the conceptual can be physically experienced.

They are currently working with their on a new production "still.dependent", in which they critically examine human hubris in dealing with the inanimate entities of this world.

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Team
 

Concept/Idea:

Joël Beierer

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Direction:

Joël Beierer, Sandra Hanschitz, Heidrun Neumayer

Artistic direction:

Joël Beierer, Sandra Hanschitz

Performance, co-creation:

Linda Pilar Brodhag, Lorena Madurga, Sandra Hanschitz
 

Dramaturgy:t

Joël Beierer, Arne Mannott

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Choreography:

Sandra Hanschitz, Heidrun Neumayer

Music & Text:

Joël Beierer

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Voice over:

Anja Schweitzer

Costume:

Sandra Hanschitz

Light design & technician:

Steffen Melch

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Outside Eye:

Bettina Földesi

Mentoring:

Ute Classen, Josa Kölbel, Arne Mannott

Distribution, Management:

Joël Beierer, Sandra Hanschitz, Tamino Weingärtner

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Production advise:

Linda Pilar Brodhag

Funders/sponsors:

The research was supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media #Take Heart, the Freiburg Cultural Office and the Freiburg Regional Council.

Supported by BMKÖS, City and Province of Salzburg. Made possible by residencies at Tollhaus Karlsruhe (ZirkusON), Trap Wien (On the Edge Festival), CTC Salzburg (Winterfest Salzburg) and Freudenhaus Lustenau.

Accompanied by the creative alliance Zirkus ON. Zirkus ON is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media via the "Promoting Connections" program of the Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste e.V. (Federal Association of Independent Performing Arts).

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Premiere year: 2024

Duration: 60 min.

Language on stage: German (recorded text)

Age recommendation: from 8 years old, all ages

Max. public capacity: 500

Type of venue: indoor, semi-frontal, frontal, black box, tent, dance floor required

Stage dimensions: min.: 10 x 8 m / ideal: 12 x 10 m

Height: min. 7 m / ideal: >10 m

Rigging: yes

Team on tour: 5 Personen