Mette Ingvartsen

»Tonight, is for dancingTonight, we’ll be dancing…«

Movement of crowds on the streets in Europe was always deemed suspect, as the story about dance ‘crazes’ tells us. Yet ecstatic outbursts of relentless dancing, bodily jerks and convulsions, and uncontrollable gestures could spread and grow from one body to several hundreds pulsating in mass movement for days and months. As recurrent incidents over a long period from the medieval to modern times, the dancing manias attracted a host of explanations – from possession by evil spirits and curses of saints to neurological disturbances and the medical invention of hysteria. Contagion by imitation earned these outbreaks the suspicion of a dance ‘disease’ without a definite cause. Behind the dangerous image of public disorder lurked a body dancing to relieve itself from the stress of epidemics, natural disaster and poverty, a body dancing in dissent.

Evoking collective moments of dancing manias from the past, Mette Ingvartsen explores movement ecstasy within a social gathering in the aftermath of a pandemic. Her solo explodes the solitary confinement of 2020 with an intense mixture of unstoppable movements, incessant music and high-paced rhythms of words and chanting. A dance feast, a concert of spoken word poetry or a physical frenzy until exhaustion, this shape-shifting piece incites questions: Can a dance hijack and reshuffle the social corpus of the public? What is the need for excess and movement we might feel in our bodies today? Are we ready to be high on life again?

»… The sky will be dancingThe moon will be dancingThe planets will be dancingThe stars will be dancing…«

Concept, Performance: Mette Ingvartsen Lighting design: Minna Tiikkainen Set design: Mette Ingvartsen & Minna Tiikkainen Musical-Arrangements: Mette Ingvartsen & Anne van de Star Costumes: Jennifer Defays Dramaturgy: Bojana Cvejić Technical direction: Hans Meijer Sound technician: Anne van de StarCompany management: Ruth Collier Production & administration: Joey Ng Music: Affkt feat. Sutja Gutierrez, Scanner, Radio Boy, LCC, VII Circle, Kangding Ray, Paula Temple, Ron Morelli, Valanx, Anne van de Star

A production of: Great Investment vzw

Supported by: the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès within the framework of the New Settings Program, Bikubenfonden.

Co-production: PACT Zollverein (Essen), Kaaitheater (Brussels), Festival d’Automne (Paris), Tanzquartier (Vienna), SPRING Performing Arts Festival (Utrecht), Kunstencentrum Vooruit (Ghent), Les Hivernalles (Avignon), Charleroi danse centre chorégraphique de Wallonie – Bruxelles, NEXT festival, Dansens Hus Oslo

With the support of: Kunstencentrum Buda (Kortrijk) Funded by: The Flemish Authorities & The Danish Arts Council

Tipp: As part of the Ruhrtriennale Mette Ingvartsen's live installation ›The Life Work‹ is to be seen in Museum Folkwang.

14., 15. / 21., 22. / 28., 29. August and 4., 5. September 2021Sat and Sun, 14 and 16 hThe Performance is part of the exhibition ›Global Groove‹.

Touring

21.09.2023, Circular Festival, Vila do Conde, (PRT)02.05.2023, Dampfzentrale, Steps Dance Festival, Bern (CH)30.05.2023, Fête de la Danse,Steps Dance Festival Genève (CH)27.04.2023, Gessnerallee, Steps Dance Festival, Zürich (CH)26.04.2023, Gessnerallee, Steps Dance Festival, Zürich (CH)01.12.2023, MA scène nationale, Montbéliard (FR)18.06.2023, Epidaurus Festival, Athens (GRC)17.06.2023, Epidaurus Festival, Athens (GRC)23.03.2023, Espaces Pluriels, Pau (FR)12.03.2023, La Manufacture CDCN, Bordeaux (FR)18.03.2023, La Manufacture CDCN, Bordeaux (FR)16.02.2023, La Place de la Danse / ThéâtredelaCité, Toulouse (FR)05.02.2023, Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona (ESP) 18.01.2023, Frascati, Amsterdam (NLD)17.01.2023, Frascati, Amsterdam (NLD)10.12.2022, Charleroi danse, Charleroi (FR)09.12.2022, Charleroi danse, Charleroi (FR)30.11.2022, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes (FR)29.11.2022, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes (FR)25.11.2022, Move Your Mind festival/Bora Bora, Aarhus (DNK)24.11.2022, Move Your Mind festival/Bora Bora, Aarhus (DNK)23.11.2022, Move Your Mind festival/Bora Bora, Aarhus (DNK)29.10.2022, Festival delle Colline/Fondazione Merz, Torino (IT)28.10.2022, Festival delle Colline/Fondazione Merz, Torino (IT)14.10.2022, Acces to Dance invited by JOINT ADVENTURES - Walter Heun, München (GER)13.10.2022, Acces to Dance invited by JOINT ADVENTURES - Walter Heun, München (GER)06.10.2022, Theater Rotterdam (NLD)05.10.2022, Theater Rotterdam (NLD)30.09.2022, Cagliari, (IT)29.09.2022, Cagliari, (IT)25.09.2022, Contemporanea Festival Prato (IT)16.09.2022, Short Theatre, Rome (IT)15.09.2022, Short Theatre, Rome (IT)02.08.2023, Metropolis - Københavns Internationale Teater, Copenhagen (DNK)01.08.2023, Metropolis - Københavns Internationale Teater, Copenhagen (DNK)30.08.2023, Metropolis - Københavns Internationale Teater, Copenhagen (DNK)29.08.2023, Metropolis - Københavns Internationale Teater, Copenhagen (DNK)19.08.2022, Tanz im August, Berlin (GER)18.08.2022, Tanz im August, Berlin (GER)17.08.2022, Tanz im August, Berlin (GER)16.07.2023, Le Grand Palais Ephémère, Paris l'été festival (FR)15.07.2023, Le Grand Palais Ephémère, Paris l'été festival (FR)13.07.2023, Le Grand Palais Ephémère, Paris l'été festival (FR)12.07.2023, Le Grand Palais Ephémère, Paris l'été festival (FR)28.06.2023, Latitudes Contemporaines, Lille (FR)08.06.2022, Rising festival, Melbourne Town Hall, (AUS)26.05.2022, KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen, Hannover (GER)25.05.2022, KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen, Hannover (GER)20.05.2022, PACT Zollverein, Essen (GER)14.04.2022, Le Subs, Lyon (FR) 13.04.2022, Le Subs, Lyon (FR) 25.03.2022, Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Lausanne (CH)24.03.2022, Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Lausanne (CH)23.03.2022, Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Lausanne (CH)22.03.2022, Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Lausanne (CH)19.03.2022, Kunstencentrum Vooruit, Gent (BE) 13.02.2022, Oslo Internasjonale Teaterfestival, Dansens Hus Oslo, Black Box teater, Oslo (NO)12.02.2022, Oslo Internasjonale Teaterfestival, Dansens Hus Oslo, Black Box teater, Oslo (NO)11.02.2022, Oslo Internasjonale Teaterfestival, Dansens Hus Oslo, Black Box teater, Oslo (NO) 05.03.2022, CNDC, Angers (FR) 26.02.2022, Le Quartz, Brest (FR) 12.02.2022, Les Hivernales, La Scierie, Avignon (FR)17.12.2021, Festival d'Automne, New Settings, Atelier de Paris, Théâtre de l'Aquarium, CDCN, Paris (FR) 16.12.2021, Festival d'Automne, New Settings, Atelier de Paris, Théâtre de l'Aquarium, CDCN, Paris (FR) 15.12.2021, Festival d'Automne, New Settings, Atelier de Paris, Théâtre de l'Aquarium, CDCN, Paris (FR) 24.11.2021, NEXT festival, Théâtre de l'Oiseau-Mouche, Roubaix (FR) 22.10.2021, Charleroi danse, Charleroi (FR) 15.10.2021, Kaaitheater, Brüssel (BE)14.10.2021, Kaaitheater, Brüssel (BE)13.10.2021, Kaaitheater, Brüssel (BE)25.09.2021, PACT Zollverein, Essen (DE)24.09.2021, PACT Zollverein, Essen (DE)