A performance is a long quiet river
Céline Bellut
Which bodies does our society classify as active and dynamic? Who is viewed as passive, weak or lazy? By assuming that human beings define themselves through their actions, philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre outlined the seemingly clear distinction between activity and passivity as made by society. Céline Bellut questions whether this distinction is still up to date and criticizes the privileged perspective from which it arose. Together with two dancers, two artists and a composer, A performance is a long quiet river investigates the performative potential of boredom, translating different concepts of passivity into dance and collective thinking into movement. An invitation to understand doing nothing as the beginning of something.
Cast & Credits
Choreography: Céline Bellut
Performance: Nejma Larichi & Jana Zöll
Musical Composition & Dramaturgy: Jakob Lorenz
Scenic Design: Céline Bellut, Philipp Dreber, Saskia Holte
Set Construction: Philipp Dreber
Costume: Saskia Holte
Light Design: Markus Becker
Choreographic Assistant: Jordan Gigout
Production Management: Caroline Skibinski
A co-production of Tanzhaus NRW Düsseldorf.
In co-operation with Tanzfaktur Köln.
Supported by: Fonds Darstellende Künste mit Mitteln des Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien im Rahmen von NEUSTART KULTUR. Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Landesbüro für Darstellende Künste NRW. Kulturamt der Stadt Köln. Dieses Projekt wurde mit Unterstützung von FREIRAUM, kollaborativer Konzeptions- und Arbeitsraum für die Künste, und durch das Residenzprogramm Tanzatelier 0.10 im Quartier am Hafen realisiert.