PUPPETS

PUPPETS

In Puppets, Rosolen takes us to the periphery of choreography in order to reinterpret a key image of dance. In many epochs and cultures, e.g. in romantic ballet and in classical Javanese dance, the puppet’s movements have been seen as a kind of ideal dance. Now, Rosolen puts an astonishing twist on this relationship between puppets and dancers. Instead of focusing on the movements of the puppets, she concentrates on those of the puppeteers. What kinds of dances usually escape our attention? What kinds of choreographic patterns emerge from the joint handling of a puppet? By exploring an art form foreign to dance – i.e. puppet theater – Rosolen develops a new perspective on dance and the perception thereof.

A production by Paula Rosolen / Haptic Hide in and the Tanzplattform Rhein-Main, a project of the Künstlerhaus Mousonturm and the Hessian State Ballet (Staatstheater Darmstadt and Staatstheater Wiesbaden); the Théâtre de la Ville, Paris; and the Damansara Performing Arts Centre in Malaysia. With support from the NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ (NPN) Coproduction Fund for Dance and with funding from the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media on the basis of a resolution passed by the German Bundestag; the City of Frankfurt am Main; and the Hessian Ministry for Science and the Arts. With additional support from The Saison Foundation Japan, the Goethe-Institut, Malasyia, and the FAZIT-STIFTUNG. The research for this piece was supported by a residency at the Goethe-Institut at Villa Kamogawa, Kyoto.

CREDITS:
Concept and choreography Paula Rosolen
Artistic advisor:: J.M Fiebelkorn
Created with and danced by: Jungyun Bae, Alina Bilokon, Émilia Giudicelli, Atsushi Heki, Marko Milic
Music and composition: David Morrow
Hurdy Gurdy: Knud Seckel
Lighting design and technical management: Lea Schneidermann
Costumes: Takako Senda, Anika Alischewski
Dramaturgical advisor: Jeff Friedman
Choreographic assistance: Christopher Matthews
Production assistance: Takako Senda
Press: Kathrin Schäfer KulturPR
Company Manager (6.2015-1.2017): Karin Berrío
With special thanks to: Grupo de Titiriteros del Teatro San Martín - Adelaida Mangani, National Bunraku Theater, Tetsuya Nobata, Minojiro Yoshida, Awaji Ningyo-za Theater, Kyo Shishimai Project, Mibu-rokusai- nenbutsu-kōchu, Gion-shishimai- kenkyukai, Katsuren-haebaru- kōminkan in Uruma City, Okinawa; Yoko Fukatsu, Yukiko Senda, Ohki Kindaichi, Bettina Langner-Teramot, Mio Yachita, Prof. Tan Sooi Beng, School of Arts University Science Malaysia, Penang; Master Siow Ho Phiew, Wan Seng Hang Dragon & Lion Arts, Kuala Lumpur; Joie Koo, Allspire Photography, Penang; Lau Hong Guan, Marotte Figurentheater Karlsruhe, M.i.C.A Berlin