Guest Performance / Dance
Skatepark
Mette Ingvartsen
As part of Tanz im August
36th International Festival Berlin
presented by HAU Hebbel am Ufer
German Premiere
Skatepark © Bea Borgers
A theatre stage transformed into a skatepark, in which skaters and performers across generations meet for a dance piece: This is the multifaceted setting of a new work of Mette Ingvartsen, investigating the choreographic possibilities of skateboards and roller skates. In the course of trick contests, basketball games, music jam sessions, and innumerable rounds through the parkour of ramps and rails, a community emerges – determined by hard work and nonchalance, collaboration and competition. By featuring skaters from Berlin, “Skatepark” also presents a portrait of the unique characteristics of the local scene.
Artistic Team
Mette Ingvartsen – Concept & choreography
With
Damien Delsaux, Manuel Faust, Aline Boas, Mary Pop Wheels, Sam Gelis, Fouad Nafili, Júlia Rúbies Subirós, Thomas Bîrzan, Briek Neuckermans, Indreas Kifleyesus, Arthur Vannes, Camille Gecchele, Mathias Thiers und Berliner Skater*innen
Anne van de Star, Peter Lenaerts – Sound design
Minna Tiikkainen – Lighting design
Bojana Cvejić – Dramaturgy
Jennifer Defays – Costumes
Pierre Jambé / Antidote – Scenography
Stéphane Thonnard – Technical design set
Joachim Pochet, Joachim Hesse, Pierre Jardon, Yves Philippaerts, Andrea Messana, Boyd Gates – Construction set Théâtre National Bruxelles
Hans Meijer – Technical direction
Milan Van Doren, Yrjänä Rankka, Filip Vilhelmsson – Sound technicians
Bennert Vancottem, Jan-Simon De Lille – Lighting technicians
Billie Meeussen – Supervisor kids
Joey Ng Production, Oihana Azpillaga Camio – Production management & administration office
Jeroen Goffings – Communikations
Ruth Collier – Company Management
Production Great Investment vzw. Co-production: La Danse en grande forme (Cndc – Angers, Malandain Ballet Biarritz, La Manufacture CDCN Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux · La Rochelle, CCN de Caen en Normandie, L’échangeur – CDCN Hauts-deFrance, CCN2 – Grenoble, La Briqueterie – CDCN du Val de Marne, CCN – Ballet national de Marseille, CCN de Nantes, CCN d’Orléans, Atelier de Paris / CDCN, Le Gymnase CDCN Roubaix – Hauts-de-France, La Place de La Danse – CDCN Toulouse – Occitanie, La MC2 – Grenoble), Ruhrtriennale, Wiener Festwochen & Tanzquartier Wien, La Villette & Théâtre Chaillot, deSingel, Kaaitheater, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER, Next Festival, Charleroi danse centre chorégraphique de Wallonie – Bruxelles, Theater Rotterdam, Perpodium. Supported by: Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, Wilhelm Hansen Fonden Residencies: Rosas, Charleroi danse centre chorégraphique de Wallonie – Bruxelles, deSingel. Great Investment is supported by The Flemish Authorities, The Flemish Community Commission (VGC), Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government & The Danish Arts Council.
Co-production of the Berlin version Berliner Festspiele
Organiser Tanz im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer
Tanz im August is a festival of HAU Hebbel am Ufer, supported by means of the Capital City Cultural Fund.
www.tanzimaugust.de