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• Dance Performance + Audience Discussion
• Human Nature
• evolution
• population masse movement

• Sa., 01.12.2018, 19:00

Artist talk following 'OH-2'

'OH-2' is a kinetic dance exploring the self in relationship to the number and revealing the contradiction between our race’s capacity for freedom against its most illogical and destructive behaviors. Christine Bonansea invites the audiences to discuss about their impressions after the show.

• 1“The complete irresponsibility of man for his actions and his nature is the bitterest drop which he who understands must swallow”. Nietzsche. Foto @ Sigel Eschkol.
• 2 Despina Kapetanaki, Performerin, Theater Macherin und Theaterwissnschaftlerin

OH-2 is the 2nd part of OH Project, a choreographic series directed by Christine Bonansea. She creates 3 different performance projects to evok the paradigm of what is to be human. After the Premiere of OnlyHuman (part1) in 2017, she presents a first installation of OH-2 at DOCK11 as a work in progress to expose the artistic research process she’s developing with the series project. The artists will discuss with the audience the understanding of human race. What is to be human? its nature, its history, its evolution. Can we reflects on our acts, how do we perceive our present and question the future as a race?

About the venue

Dock 11

The factory level of Dock 11 in Kastanienallee in Prenzlauer Berg is a rehearsals room, teaching studio and dance stage in one. The stage programme has interdisciplinary supplements such as theatre, performance, literature, music, visual art, film and club art – however the main focal point of every performance is on purely dance elements. Together with its other premises in EDEN***** in Berlin-Pankow, Dock 11 has established itself as an important part of the Berlin dance scene. The unique combination of teaching, rehearsal and stage generates an exciting change of perspectives in both the artists and pupils, as well as among the audience.  (source: visitberlin.de)

About the dance performance / installation

OH-2

OH is a project inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche’s aphoristic volume Human and conceived by the choreographer/performer Christine Bonansea.
OnlyHuman -part 1- explored one body as multiple; OH-2 will multiply bodies on stage, using the mass and density with a larger cast of artists in collaboration with visual artists Yoann Trellu, and the composer Nicole Carroll.

The body mass will play with various physical quality and space dynamics; revealing its evolutive movement and transformation.These explorations evoks the paradigm of what is to be human. It displays the tensions that create the contradictory and dramatic conflicting information in our physical life experiences; it exposes the paradox embodiment response of our human condition.

OH-2 performances engaged local community as well as international audience.

The piece will be developed through workshop and art residency programs in Germany, Switzerland and Asia in 2018 and 2019 and premiere in 2019 at DOCK11.

About the dancer and choreographer

Christine Bonansea

Christine Bonansea is dancer, choreographer and director of Christine Bonansea Company based in NYC. After studying in La Sorbonne and graduated in contemporary dance, she pursued her training at EXERCE CCN - Mathilde Monnier in France and later with Ralph Lemon, Wally Cardona, Nancy Starks Smith in USA. She performed for Faustin Linyekula, Sara Shelton Mann, Tino Seghal, Nita Little, Yoshiko Chuma among other artists. Her work has been seen in Danspace Project, the Judson Church, Dixon place, JACK (NYC), Dock11(Berlin), ODC, the Lab, the Yerba Buena (San Francisco), Morishita Studio (Japan). Christine Bonansea Company has been supported by funds from the Zellerbach Family Foundation, American Dance Abroad, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Theater Bay Area the LAD-Dancer’s Group, Creative Engagement Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and sponsored by New York Live Arts.

www.christinebonansea.com