Strange Garden

Slowly, a landscape awakes to life. A constantly changing garden emerges. It is inhabited by strange creatures that move, play around, and get in contact with one another. Those creatures look like things we know from everyday life. Yet they all carry special powers. Not all is as it normally seems, here in the strange garden. If those creatures are not human like we are, who or what are they then? Animal, stone, or plant? Should we be afraid of them? Or would they rather yet become our best friends?

Strangeness, as well as the impossible and the monstrous, are themes that Berlin-based Scottish choreographer Colette Sadler also deals with when creating for adults. Colette Sadler was educated in classical dance at the Scottish Ballet, completed her studies at London’s Laban Centre, and started developing her own works in 2002. Her performances have been presented in numerous dance and art contexts, among them at Kaaitheater in Brussels, South Bank Centre London, Nottingham Contemporary and at Impulstanz Vienna. Time and again, Colette Adler has guested at tanzhaus nrw – most recently during this year’s TEMPS D’IMAGES festival.

Duration: 35 min.