Reut Shemesh
I am pain and I am joy, I am anger and I am death, I am guilt and I am mercy, I am armed and I am a muse, I am milk, I am the beginning, silence, I am everything and nothing, I am hate and beauty, I am misery and I am life.
Anger. Exhaustion. Motherhood. Choreographer Reut Shemesh and her team explore the complexity of mother-daughter-relationships up to the notion of mothers as dragons – strong, furious, and tired all the same. Shemesh binds performers of different gender, ages and life experiences to widen conventional concepts: Personal experience crashes unto social stereotypes and the clichés that often define motherhood.
Choreography, artistic direction: Reut Shemesh; Performance: Martina de Dominicis, Paula Pau, Lucija Romanova, Brit Rodemund, Enis Turan; Rehearsal management / artistic assistance: Katja Pire; Musik: Simon Bauer; Costume design: Andrea Barba; Stage & lighting design & video: Ronni Shendar; Graphics: Florian Egermann; PR: Anna Luella Zahner; Production: Sabina Stücker; Financial management: transmissions GmbH.
ELECTRAS / Army Of Mothers is a production by Reut Shemesh in co-production with tanzhaus nrw, supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. The Reut Shemesh Company is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia within the framework of the Spitzenförderung and by the multi-year project funding of the City of Cologne | Cultural Office.
