Vibes

Dance performance in the space between the words

Artistic direction: Britta Lieberknecht
Choreography: Britta Lieberknecht & Company
Dance: Clara Thierry, Dario Wilmington, Jacob Gómez Ruiz, Maria Flores Mujica, Neus Barcons Roca
Music/Performance: Gerno Bogumil
Lighting design: Dietrich Schuckließ
Photos: Martin Miseré
Video: Barbara Schroer
PR Design: Mira Savani Falkenberg, Frank Domahs

Nominated for the Cologne Dance Theatre Award

Vibes celebrates interpersonal encounters in physical presence and plays with aspects of communication – with expressive dance and with spoken and unspoken words. The wavelength, the sensual information, the spark that crackles and the mood are the material from which the performance draws.

Five dancers engage in a dance dialogue – based on intuitive sensory information. Or also from what is spoken internally. They dance the unspoken words to communicate with each other and with the audience. Their dialogues involve the audience in the allure of the physical presence, in the energy and vibration of the moment. They also dance and speak impromptu, invented narratives in which spoken words and movements enter into a situation-comic, creative interplay.

Movements become words and words become movement. The freedom of interpretation and the pitfalls of interpersonal communication lead to an exciting exchange. This heightened communication with all the senses is the great attraction of this performance. With a free-flowing, authentic dance vocabulary and a high level of sensitivity, the dancers create a vibrant performance.