nowhere

© K-H Mierke

“nowhere” is a dancing collage of images and stories which guides the audience into a realm where the impossible becomes reality, where everything can transform and communicate with everything else. A world in which our certainties and categories dissolve and we can distance ourselves from our apparent clarities.

Inspired by the Surrealist movement, it’s based on the idea that, just as an object removed from its usual context can be seen without the mask of cultural perception, the same could be true for us.
It explores the scary beauty of transformation, encouraging curiosity and a release from the stereotypes and judgments that hinder our growth.

In this piece, surrealism becomes a metaphor for openness and acceptance—towards ourselves and the world around us. It highlights the positive power of dreams and emphasises the value of viewing things from multiple perspectives, leaving room for doubt and imagination.

Concept, Choreography, Dance: Cristiana Casadio
Outside-eye & Artistic Mentoring: Brit Rodemund, Julia Christ
Technical Assistance: Kate Boschetti
Dramaturgical Support: Howard Katz
Light Design: Citronella Antholz
Distribution: Astrid Rostaing

Duration: full show 55 minutes / the piece can also be performed in shorter versions (30 min. / 15 min. / young audience version 25 min.) and adapted to different locations (museums, site specific events...)

Performances (to mention some):

  • Pfefferberg Theater, Berlin (Premiere Dec.2022)

  • Teatro Furio Camillo, Rome

  • Hebelhalle, Heidelberg

  • Urban Stylez Festival, Bielefeld

  • Internationale Figurentheater Festival, Tafelhalle Nürnberg

  • Internationale Figurentheater Festival, Redoutensaal Erlangen

  • RAW-Tanzwerke Festival, Kassel

  • Theaterforum Kreuzberg, Berlin

  • Incheon International Contemporary-dance Festival, Incheon, South Korea

  • Kammermachen Festival, Chemnitz

Press:

“It is a body from a dream world in which the tried and tested methods of locomotion do not seem to work… In 60 minutes, “nowhere” manages to bring the bizarreness and witty illogic of dreams to the stage. With magic tricks, flexible body and expressive tension, Cristiana Casadio creates a collage that describes the power of the inner fantasy world.”
Maria Ladopoulos in Tanzschreiber Magazine
Full review

“nowhere” has been supported by the aid program DIS-TANZEN of the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland e.V. within the framework of NEUSTART KULTUR, an initiative of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

© K-H MIerke

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