The Multiplicity of the Other
Performance · Premiere
by
Ixchel Mendoza Hernández
In the frame of Fold – Ghosts & Demons
In «The Multiplicity of the Other», the Mexican choreographer Ixchel Mendoza Hernández explores a body in constant flux, embodying the alterity within, reflecting upon the construction of the other and self.
Inside a sci-fi sensuous installation space mixing sculptures, light, sound and AR objects, the body shifts between ambiguity and clarity: A body searching for transformation, seeking to escape and blur definitions to challenge the status quo.
By provoking a contemplative space, the observer's senses get activated. What are the identity positions that emerge? What if the other and self could blend into one(s)? Inside a self(mirrored) observation, the distinction of the other-self becomes inspected, questioned, and multiplied.
Please note: The AR installation will be accessible through the audience's private smartphone devices, in case of the need for one, please go to the ticket counter 30 minutes before the beginning of the performance.
02.12. 17:00 Family Friendly Environment
Inside a sci-fi sensuous installation space mixing sculptures, light, sound and AR objects, the body shifts between ambiguity and clarity: A body searching for transformation, seeking to escape and blur definitions to challenge the status quo.
By provoking a contemplative space, the observer's senses get activated. What are the identity positions that emerge? What if the other and self could blend into one(s)? Inside a self(mirrored) observation, the distinction of the other-self becomes inspected, questioned, and multiplied.
Please note: The AR installation will be accessible through the audience's private smartphone devices, in case of the need for one, please go to the ticket counter 30 minutes before the beginning of the performance.
02.12. 17:00 Family Friendly Environment
In the afternoon performances marked «Family Friendly Environment - All families welcome», parents and caregivers are warmly welcome together with their children. Although the performances are not specifically designed for young audiences, we aim to create a family-friendly environment, both outside and inside the studio. We understand if children cannot sit still throughout and families may wish to leave the performance in between or earlier. Unfortunately, we are not yet able to offer childcare. Admission is free for all accompanied children up to and including the age of 12.
Accessibility
The performance lasts approx. 60 minutes and takes place in Studio 5 in English. The text used in the performance will be available in English and German. Early boarding (early access to seats) is available for people with mobility impairments. There will be no late seating after the performance has started.
Accessibility
The performance lasts approx. 60 minutes and takes place in Studio 5 in English. The text used in the performance will be available in English and German. Early boarding (early access to seats) is available for people with mobility impairments. There will be no late seating after the performance has started.
A limited number of beanbags are available during early boarding for visitors with physical disabilities. These can be reserved at ticket@tanzfabrik-berlin.de
The first part of the performance consists of a solo. Stroboscopic light will be used. An AR installation will be used in the second part. This will be accessible via the audience's private smartphone devices. If you require such a device, please go to the ticket counter 30 minutes before the start of the performance.
Some shrill and sudden sound elements and stroboscopic light will be used. This may be unsettling or disturbing for some people.
Studio 5 is accessible without steps, but has a raised wooden floor area that can be reached via a 1.5% inclined landing ramp. The barrier-free toilet is located in front of Studio 3, which is opposite Studio 5.
If you have any further questions about the accessibility requirements for this performance, please contact: kommunikation@tanzfabrik-berlin.de.
General information on accessibility can be found on our website at: https://www.tanzfabrik-berlin.de/de/barrierefreiheit#.
Ixchel Mendoza Hernández
Ixchel Mendoza Hernández (she/her) is a Mexican freelance choreographer, performer and dancer based in Berlin. She completed her choreography and dance studies at Artez Arnheim in 2007. From 2013 till 2015 she had been engaged at the MA SoDA, HZT in Berlin. Her research is based on a phenomena she calls «Visual Ghost», an consciousness of perception that continuously transforms or evolves: Living in a world, in which the materialized and visible is intertwined with the immaterial and the invisible, «Visual Ghost» explores how the invisible and immaterial can come into presence by experiencing them. Through the means of choreography she explores an awareness or consciousness that materialises in the space, interested in how these invisible phenomena come into the "present" and through what events, social arrangements or circumstances takes place.
Concept, Choreography, Text & Performance: Ixchel Mendoza Hernández
Composition, Sound Installation: Hyewon Suk
Light, Light Installation: Annegret Schalke
Sculptures, Set & Visual Design: Dora Đurkesac
Creative Technologies: Warja Rybakova
AR Installation: Dora Đurkesac & Warja Rybakova
AR Installation: Dora Đurkesac & Warja Rybakova
Costume: Malena Mondéer
Outside eye: Christina Themeli, Elpida Orfanidou and Anna Weißenfels
«The Multiplicity of the Other» is a production by Ixchel Mendoza Hernández in co-production with Tanzfabrik Berlin | Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste #Take Care with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR (2021) | Residency partner Tanzhaus Zürich and Tanzfabrik Berlin (2021) | Further research was made under the project «Through our gaze» supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste, and «Under your Gaze» supported by Distanz-Solo with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR (2023) | Residency partner Radialsystem and Tanzfabrik Berlin (2023).
«The Multiplicity of the Other» is a production by Ixchel Mendoza Hernández in co-production with Tanzfabrik Berlin | Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste #Take Care with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR (2021) | Residency partner Tanzhaus Zürich and Tanzfabrik Berlin (2021) | Further research was made under the project «Through our gaze» supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste, and «Under your Gaze» supported by Distanz-Solo with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR (2023) | Residency partner Radialsystem and Tanzfabrik Berlin (2023).