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AUSLAND
Where do we draw the line between experimentation and transgression? And what limits are we prepared to violate for our personal freedom, especially when the world as we know it can be difficult to trust. AUSLAND examines our urge and search for alternate realities, in a performance where human and non-human players are toying with themes intrinsic to our times. Digital touch, deep fakes, and machine attachment become presets of a labyrinth that is layered in humour and darkness.
In a series of new creations, working across the mediums of movement, song, film, gaming, and objects, Van Dinther examines a world which is overloaded with offers. The audience navigates freely through an immersive and durational installation. Departing from Van Dinther’s previous works, which tackle themes such as kinship, mortality and spirituality, this work plunges further into the dichotomies of fantasy; exposing how play can turn serious at any moment. AUSLAND depicts distinct yet interwoven microcosms characterised by self-destruction, voyeurism, and subversion, where emotional resilience and mental and moral clarity are challenged.
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Choreography: Jefta van Dinther | Created and performed by: Juan Pablo Camara, Louise Dahl, emeka ene, Leah Katz, Gyung Moo Kim, Leah Marojeviç, Roger Sala Reyner, Felix Bethge van Dinther and Jefta van Dinther | Composition: Billy Bultheel | Costume and set design: Cristina Nyffeler | Lighting design: Jonatan Winbo | Voice coach: Mette Nadja Hansen and Doreen Kutzke | Dramaturgical Advice: Maja Zimmermann | Outside Eye: Thiago Granato | Photography: Carl Thorborg | Art Direction: Martin Falck
Technical direction: Andrea Parolin | Light technique: Fabian Bleisch | Sound technique: Marius Kirch | Management: Sven Neumann | Distribution: Sarah De Ganck, ART HAPPENS | Production management: Uta Engel and Romy Hansford-Gerber | Financial management: transmissions GmbH (DE) and Interim kultur AB (SE)
AUSLAND is a production by Jefta van Dinther | Co-production: Tanz im August Berlin / HAU Hebbel am Ufer and Dansens Hus Stockholm | Funded by: Hauptstadtkulturfonds Berlin
Jefta van Dinther is funded by: TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund with the support of the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, and Swedish Arts Council
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Where do we draw the line between experimentation and transgression? And what limits are we prepared to violate for our personal freedom, especially when the world as we know it can be difficult to trust. AUSLAND examines our urge and search for alternate realities, in a performance where human and non-human players are toying with themes intrinsic to our times. Digital touch, deep fakes, and machine attachment become presets of a labyrinth that is layered in humour and darkness.
In a series of new creations, working across the mediums of movement, song, film, gaming, and objects, Van Dinther examines a world which is overloaded with offers. The audience navigates freely through an immersive and durational installation. Departing from Van Dinther’s previous works, which tackle themes such as kinship, mortality and spirituality, this work plunges further into the dichotomies of fantasy; exposing how play can turn serious at any moment. AUSLAND depicts distinct yet interwoven microcosms characterised by self-destruction, voyeurism, and subversion, where emotional resilience and mental and moral clarity are challenged.
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Choreography: Jefta van Dinther | Created and performed by: Brittanie Brown, Gyung Moo Kim, Leah Marojeviç, Roger Sala Reyner and Sarah Stanley | Lighting design: Jonatan Winbo | Costume: Cristina Nyffeler | Sound: David Kiers including specially composed music based on Ugly and Vengeful, Red Sun and The Truth, The Glow, The Fall by Anna von Hausswolff | Voice coaching and musical advise: Doreen Kutzke, Johanna Peine, Manon Parent and Mette Nadja Hansen | Dramaturgy: Gabriel Smeets and Maja Zimmermann | Assistant choreographer: Tomislav Feller | Audio Description: Emmilou Roessling in collaboration with Silja Korn and Sindri Runudde | Visuals: Jubal Battisti and Adam Munnings | Photo and film: Jubal Battisti and Elin Berge
Technical direction: Max Rux | Sound technique: Marius Kirch | Managing direction: Sven Neumann | Production management: Uta Engel and Romy Hansford-Gerber | Distribution: Key Performance | Financial management: Katrin Wiesemann (DE) and Interim kultur AB (SE) | Thanks to: Ulrich Rasche
REMACHINE by Jefta van Dinther is a production by HAU Hebbel am Ufer | Co-production: Norrlandsoperan Umeå, Dansens Hus Stockholm, Tanzquartier Vienna, Sadler’s Wells London, PACT Zollverein Essen, DDD – Festival Dias da Dança and Concertgebouw Bruges | Funded by Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation)
Jefta van Dinther is funded by TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund with the support of the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Senate Department for Culture and Europe Berlin and Swedish Arts Council
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