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SCHWARM

an audio-visual expedition

mobile stilt theatre with live sound and live video projections

 

Cranes glide through the air. Carried by the wind, they cross the continents. What drives them? How do they plan their flight paths? What obstacles do they overcome? Inspired by this bird, which was already sung about in ancient times, Grotest Maru creates SCHWARM, a performance for urban and rural spaces. Crane figures more than three meters high dance in formations. Together with a mysterious figure on the ground, they invite the audience to an audio-visual excursion. Live-generated sounds, which enter the ears very directly through headphones, as well as projections mixed live by a Vjane expand these associative pictorial spaces on an acoustic and visual level. SCHWARM  welcomes the audience to re-enter the public space in community, to allow shared experiences and to be inspired to reflect on what happiness and a happy life can be and how this can be achieved without harming other beings.

 

The premiere and three further performances took place in 2021 as part of the Summer of Performance at Bärenquell Brauerei in cooperation with the Revier Südost.  Further versions were  shown at the Sommerwerft Frankfurt/Main and at Lehniner Institut für Kunst und Kultur.

 

In 2022 we worked on SCHWARM again, were happy to present the performance as a Residency Showing at Schloss Bröllin, and have three touring invitations, for which we developed site specific variations: at the Opening of Ruhrfestspiele, Recklinghausen, at the Kultursommer Festival in Berlin and at Spurwechsel Festival in Stralsund.

Artistic Director Ursula Maria Berzborn Choreography Jefferson Preto & Ensemble Performers Catia Almeida Santos, Ana Carbia, Esther Geyer, Clara Gracia, Anna Vilhelmiina Peltola, Sergio Serrano, Kathrin Hegedüsch, Tom Mustroph, Rico Tscharnke, Birgit Wieger, Hanna Zimmermann Dramaturgy Tom Mustroph Costume Design / Production of Masks Kathrin Hegedüsch Projections/ (Visual-) Dramaturgy Hanna Zimmermann Music / Music Dramaturgy / Interviews / Audio Editing Milena Kipfmüller & Klaus Jannek - souding situations Production management / Public Relations Esther Geyer, Anna Peltola, Birgit Wieger Technical Support Sergio Serrano, Rico Tscharnke Tailoring/ Production of Costumes Anna Hegedüs Projections/ Video Technology/Video Documentary Mara Stirner, Rico Tscharnke Photography Andreas Kermann, Ralf K. Lang,  Susu Rachidi,  Maro Niemann


VIDEO SCHWARM 2023

SCHWARM - 2023 - ViaThea, Görlitz

Video photography: Andreas Zgraja / Video editing: Kai Liesegang


VIDEOS SCHWARM 2022

SCHWARM - 2022 - Spurwechsel Festival, Stralsund

SCHWARM - 2022 - Kultursommer Festival, Berlin 


SCHWARM - 2022 - Opening of Ruhrfestspiele, Recklinghausen

SCHWARM - 2022 - Residency Showing, Schloss Bröllin


VIDEOS: Ole Jacobs, Kai Liesegang



VIDEOS SCHWARM 2021


VIDEOS: Mara Stirner

 

SCHWARM, ViaThea Festival, Görlitz, night version, 2023

PHOTOS: Andreas Kermann

SCHWARM, rehearsals at our new residence location & SCHWARM at Sommerfest, Waldhotel am See, Berlin Schmöckwitz, 2023

PHOTOS: Ursula Maria Berzborn, Waldhotel 

SCHWARM, Kultursommerfestival Berlin, Osramhöfe, day version, 2022

PHOTOS: Ralf K.Lang, Anne Tiessen

SCHWARM, Residency Showing, Schloss Bröllin, day version, 2022

PHOTOS: Peter van Heesen

SCHWARM, Opening Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Bürgerfest, day version, 2022

PHOTOS: Maro Niemann

SCHWARM, Bärenquell Brauerei, night version, 2021

PHOTOS: Andreas Kermann

 

SCHWARM, Bärenquell Brauerei, night version, 2021

PHOTOS: Ralf K. Lang

 

SCHWARM, Lehniner Institut für Kunst & Kultur, day version, 2021

PHOTOS: Andreas Kermann

 

SCHWARM, creation process 2021

PHOTOS: Andreas Kermann / Ralf K. Lang / Susu Rachidi

 


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