Sahra Huby
What is a body? And why do the media, advertising, and biology books always show those seemingly same bodies, over and over again? Sarah Huby starts a quest for that what a body is – or rather could be. From dance, language, and live drawing, a different kind of anatomy class unfolds: The body is more than skin, bones, and flesh. It is a landscape, a geometrical construction, a musical instrument, or a political statement. As a rousing solo, Hey Körper ?! is a declaration of love towards our bodies in all shapes and sizes.
More to think about, participate in, and transfer: www.theatlasproject.de
Sarah Huby is a dancer. She studied Dance and Theatre at the École Internationale de Theatre Lassaad in her hometown of Brussels and contemporary dance at Die Etage Berlin. Her artistic path is closely entwined with Munich choreographer Anna Konjetzky: Together, they created many dance pieces while they also co-manage Studio Playground in Munich together with Quindell Orton and Susanne Schneider. Alongside dance, drawing is an important part of her artistic practice. In her research project Cartographies, she employs drawings and maps to scrutinise the depiction and perception of the human body. From this research rose the interactive THE ATLAS PROJECT (www.theatlasproject.de) website as well as Hey Körper ?! piece.
Can be booked as a mobile dance performance in classrooms or other rooms. Interested schools or other institutions can contact the Junges Tanzhaus department on +49 211 17270-41, e-mail mgrote-sinn@tanzhaus-nrw.de or use the request button on the website to invite the piece to their premises.
Duration: 45 min. + 15 min. follow-up workshop
Age recommendation 8+
Lots of German spoken language.
For blind and sighted audiences. The performance can be booked as an accessible version for people with and without visual impairments.
Accessibility
Audio flyer (German only)
Choreography, drawings and dance: Sahra Huby; assistance and performance: Susanne Schneider, Quindell Orton; music: Maxim Kolomiiets; costumes: Louise Flanagan; dramaturgy: Anna Konjetzky, Susanne Schneider; advisors for blind and visually impaired audiences: Melanie Hambrecht, Peter Luttringer.
A production of explore dance - Netzwerk Tanz für junges Publikum, a cooperation of fabrik moves Potsdam, Fokus Tanz | Tanz und Schule e.V. München, K3 - Zentrum für Choreografie | Tanzplan Hamburg and HELLERAU - Europäisches Zentrum der Künste.
Supported by TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, the Cultural Department of the City of Munich, the Bavarian State Association for Contemporary Dance with funds from the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture, the State Capital of Potsdam, the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg, the Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism and the State Capital of Dresden. With the kind support of the ART MENTOR FOUNDATION LUCERNE.
With the support of take-off: Junger Tanz.
