DOPA
Performance · German premiere
by
Anne Lise Le Gac, Anat Bosak
In the frame of Opening Weekend
What would it be like to bring two artists together for an experiment, similar to a hackerspace?
In the synusia of «DOPA» - a temporary action network for the free exchange of knowledge - Anna Lise Le Gac and Anat Bosak dismantle, improve and hijack system objects entrusted to them: actual and symbolic technologies such as a glowing organism, a code of conduct, a wifi box or a noisy, spinning art object made of garbage.
«DOPA» is a site-specific performance whose infrastructure is generated from the propellants of the space it occupies. For Tanzfabrik BÜHNE, the two artists infiltrate a Berlin store. They map energy sources, list restrictions, calculate watts burned and collect hidden stories.
«DOPA» confronts the audience with unexpected sensory experiences. The only thing they can be sure of is that they are constantly accompanied by the performers.
Accessibility
The performance starts at Uferstudio 4, from there we walk together to the store at Grüntaler 9, where the performance also ends. The performance will last approx. 60 minutes and will be held in English. Mobile seating such as folding chairs and beanbags are available at both locations if required.
Studio 4 is completely at ground level and therefore accessible without steps. The barrier-free toilets are located in the foyer of Studios 3, 4 and 5.
The Grüntaler 9 store is at ground level and can be accessed via two small steps. The toilets are not barrier-free.
Content Note
The audience will be moving around and stage elements are scattered on the floor, so we advise blind or visually impaired people and people with limited mobility to only visit with an accompanying person.
If you have any further questions about the access requirements for this performance, please contact: presse@tanzfabrik-berlin.de.
Further information on accessibility can be found on our website www.tanzfabrik-berlin.de/en/barrierefreiheit#.
OPENING PARTY!
In the synusia of «DOPA» - a temporary action network for the free exchange of knowledge - Anna Lise Le Gac and Anat Bosak dismantle, improve and hijack system objects entrusted to them: actual and symbolic technologies such as a glowing organism, a code of conduct, a wifi box or a noisy, spinning art object made of garbage.
«DOPA» is a site-specific performance whose infrastructure is generated from the propellants of the space it occupies. For Tanzfabrik BÜHNE, the two artists infiltrate a Berlin store. They map energy sources, list restrictions, calculate watts burned and collect hidden stories.
«DOPA» confronts the audience with unexpected sensory experiences. The only thing they can be sure of is that they are constantly accompanied by the performers.
Accessibility
The performance starts at Uferstudio 4, from there we walk together to the store at Grüntaler 9, where the performance also ends. The performance will last approx. 60 minutes and will be held in English. Mobile seating such as folding chairs and beanbags are available at both locations if required.
Studio 4 is completely at ground level and therefore accessible without steps. The barrier-free toilets are located in the foyer of Studios 3, 4 and 5.
The Grüntaler 9 store is at ground level and can be accessed via two small steps. The toilets are not barrier-free.
Content Note
The audience will be moving around and stage elements are scattered on the floor, so we advise blind or visually impaired people and people with limited mobility to only visit with an accompanying person.
If you have any further questions about the access requirements for this performance, please contact: presse@tanzfabrik-berlin.de.
Further information on accessibility can be found on our website www.tanzfabrik-berlin.de/en/barrierefreiheit#.
OPENING PARTY!
The performance ends at our new temporary venue, Grüntaler 9.
On September 11th, after the show, we invite the audience to join us in celebrating the new venue and the launch of the 2024/25 season!
Anne Lise Le Gac
Anne Lise Le Gac (she/her) studied at the Fine Arts School in Strasbourg, focusing on performance art. She also completed the ESSAIS master programme for dance at CNDC (Centre national de danse contemporaine) Angers. She has created solo pieces such as «La Caresse du Coma» and a collaborative performance project «GRAND MAL» with Élie Ortis. Since 2015, she has been co-organising the performance festival «OKAY CONFIANCE». For «DOPA», she invites multidisciplinary artist Anat Bosak. Anne Lise Le Gac is part of the programme apap – FEMINIST FUTURES.
Anat Bosak
Anat Bosak (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist, a graduate of the School of Visual Theater in Jerusalem and the choreography research programme at the CCN (Centre chorégraphique nationale) in Montpellier. She creates performances that deal with fields of tension, both emotionaland political. Through performance and visual representation, she interprets different forms of conflict.
Concept & performance: Anne Lise Le Gac, Anat Bosak
Light design: Anat Bosak
Land Arrangement: Anat Bosak, Anne Lise Le Gac
Artistic collaboration & community network: Leonard Leyens
Artistic collaboration: Niels Bovri, Production OKAY CONFIANCE – Fanny Spano
Coproduction & residences : Tanzfabrik (Berlin, DE), Fortuna (Berlin, DE), kunstencentrum BUDA (Courtrai, BE), Reykjavik Dance Festival (Reykjavik, IS), Station (Belgrade, SR), La Maison Forte (Monbalen, FR), Centrale Fies (Dro, IT), BIT Theatre (Bergen, NO), ParallèleFestival (Marseille, FR). With the support of apap – FEMINIST FUTURES, a project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, and by the Bouches du Rhône department/ City of Marseille, Erasmus+ programme. With the support of the Institut français and the French Ministry of Culture.
Light design: Anat Bosak
Land Arrangement: Anat Bosak, Anne Lise Le Gac
Artistic collaboration & community network: Leonard Leyens
Artistic collaboration: Niels Bovri, Production OKAY CONFIANCE – Fanny Spano
Coproduction & residences : Tanzfabrik (Berlin, DE), Fortuna (Berlin, DE), kunstencentrum BUDA (Courtrai, BE), Reykjavik Dance Festival (Reykjavik, IS), Station (Belgrade, SR), La Maison Forte (Monbalen, FR), Centrale Fies (Dro, IT), BIT Theatre (Bergen, NO), ParallèleFestival (Marseille, FR). With the support of apap – FEMINIST FUTURES, a project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, and by the Bouches du Rhône department/ City of Marseille, Erasmus+ programme. With the support of the Institut français and the French Ministry of Culture.
