In Recess
Performance · Premiere by Alex Piasente-Szymański
In the frame of Fold - Resonant Threads Tickets
Recess is both an interruption and a secret place. Recess is the preparation for what is to come, not visible at first glance. Recess is organised doing nothing.
The solo performance ”In Recess” deals with the space between labour and pausing, as well as the possibility of refusing to do something. What would it mean not to get lost in work while the world is on fire?
Taking pausing as a starting point, Alex Piasente-Szymański uses voice, sound and body to develop a choreography of shared reflection. Does the discourse become the performance or the performance become the discourse?
”In Recess” is a proposal to think together about questions of work in times of crisis. Can art contribute to change at all in the way we produce it? What remains of art if we close ourselves off to its poetic character? How can we continue in a meaningful way?
Accessibility
The event lasts approximately 60 minutes and takes place in Studio 5. The language used is English.
Studio 5 is accessible without steps, but has a raised wooden floor which can be reached via a 1.5% inclined ramp. Wheelchair spaces are available.
The barrier-free toilet is located in the foyer of the studio, a few meters from the studio.
Early boarding is possible five minutes before the performance, please register beforehand via ticketing@tanzfabrik-berlin.de
The barrier-free toilet is located in the foyer of the studio, a few meters from the studio.
Early boarding is possible five minutes before the performance, please register beforehand via ticketing@tanzfabrik-berlin.de
If you have any further questions about the access requirements for this performance, please contact: access@tanzfabrik-berlin.de
Further information on accessibility can be found on our website: https://www.tanzfabrik-berlin.de/en/barrierefreiheit#
Content Note
A fog machine is used for a moment in the performance. There are some moments of relative darkness. Some text passages deal with war, genocide and expulsion. Unexpected noises may occasionally occur on stage. The text is performed as a direct address. At the end of the performance there is the opportunity to take part in a discussion.
Alex Piasente-Szymański
Alex Piasente-Szymański (he/him) is a Berlin-based disabled artist, dramaturge, translator and audio writer. Before studying Applied Theatre Studies at the Justus Liebig University in Gießen, he studied singing at the HfmDk in Stuttgart and at the Royall College of Music in London. Piasente-Szymański's work and research is dedicated to questions of body politics and its management as well as manipulation through health economics. He is interested in how these issues fit into a wider global political context of political struggle. Together with the performance collective BOIKOTT Piasente-Szymański develop the music theatre piece ‘Vis á Vis’ at the Ackerstadt Palast and collaborated with collectives and artists such as the soloist ensemble Kaleidoskop, Nico and the Navigators or the choreographer Marie-Lena Kaiser and the artist Anna Lublina.
Concept & Performance: Alex Piasente-Szymański
Music & Sound: Oldyungmayn
Stage: Mara Kirchberg
Dramaturgical support: Yoav Admoni
Light: Gry Tingskog
Print-Design: virgil b/g taylor
Documentation: Kari Rosenfeld
In co-operation with Tanzfabrik Berlin BÜHNE. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion of the City of Berlin, with the support of the Norbert Janssen Foundation.
Print-Design: virgil b/g taylor
Documentation: Kari Rosenfeld
In co-operation with Tanzfabrik Berlin BÜHNE. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion of the City of Berlin, with the support of the Norbert Janssen Foundation.