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Projects

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Stage Performances
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Participative Events
Interdisciplinary Projects
Interdisciplinary Projects

Waterworks
Waterworks

In-Situ Performance

Dance and water. Created specifically for the Saffa Island in Zürich, Waterworks is a continuation of Stuart's exploration of water which she initiated in 2021.  This unique performative event explores the shallow water and the island's shore as a transition between nature and civilization, and the interactions of liquidity and body, of natural medium and human movement.

In Waterworks, the performers evoke dreamlike fictions on a man­made island. The water is the stage for those scenarios – liberating, connec­tive, terrifying and full of possibilities.

Choreography Meg Stuart Creation & Performance Kristof Van Boven, Isabela Fernandez, Lucia Gugerli, Pierre Piton, Maria Scaroni, Declan Whitaker, Mirjam Jamuna Zweifel Dramaturgy Bart Van den Eynde Live Music Mieko Suzuki Scenography, Light design Philippe Quesne, Elodie Dauguet Costume Design Jean Paul Lespagnard Creation Assistants Ana Rocha, Davis Freeman Producer on site Kathrin Veser Assistance Producer on site Kizzy Garcia Vale Support Costume Designer Selina Tholl Internship Sofía Werder Production Management, Artistic Collaboration The Field Marisa Godoy, Romain Guion Technical Support David Baumgartner Photo Michelle Ettlin Documentary Choreographers at Work Coproduction Zürcher Theaterspektakel and Tanzhaus Zürich with the additional support of Damaged Goods (Brussels)

The Field is kindly supported by BNP Paribas Swiss Foundation (main partner), City of Zurich Culture, Migros-Kulturprozent, Fondation Nestlé pour l’Art. Waterworks is made possible thanks to Stadt Zürich Kultur, Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich, Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Stiftung Corymbo, Albert Huber-Stiftung.

Scalable Skeletal Escalator
Scalable Skeletal Escalator

Experimental live art work

Interdisciplinary stage performance

Scalable Skeletal Escalator is a stage adaptation of an interdisciplinary experiment conceived in a museum context over the course of 7 weeks. The live art work takes the form of a holobiont, a multi-organismic assemblage, like the human body itself, shuddering and shaking into being.

CONCEPT Isabel Lewis PERFORMANCE Lucia Gugerli, Pierre Piton, Declan Whitaker, Mirjam Jamuna Zweifel, Rafał Pierzyński MUSIC LABOUR COLLABORATIVE ARTISTS Dirk Bell / Mo Stern, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Marcelo Alcaide, Yolanda Zobel LIGHTS David Baumgartner ARTISTIC COORDINATION Romain Guion DRAMATURGY ASSISTANCE Lea Moro PHOTO Andrea Ebener & Annik Wetter VIDEO Maxi Schmitz (filming), Mirjam Jamuna Zweifel (editing) SPECIAL THANKS TO Sissel Tolaas, Lara Dâmaso, Mathias Ringgenberg, Juliette Uzor, Callie's Berlin, Kunsthalle Zürich

The Best and the Worst of Us
The Best and the Worst of Us

A metamorphic re-enactment of Simone Aughtlerony's iconic piece 

Full evening piece

Adopting a spontaneous diplomacy, it reveals a discipline modeled on behaviours from other species who know about reward because they have grown up with the dance between the common good and the lone impulse. The tyranny of the majority is measured up against singular desire as The Field sings, builds, collectively mythologizes and complicates what it means to be and act together. The content of this work bears striking similarity to the ensemble’s endeavour: an intuitive approach to collaborative action that hopes to render an advantageous group dynamic.

CHOREOGRAPHY & DIRECTION Simone Augtherlony PERFORMANCE  Maria Demandt, Lucia Gugerli, Pierre Piton, Declan Whitaker, Mirjam Jamuna Zweifel MUSIC Marcel Blatti LIGHT DESIGN Christa Wenger REPLICA OF ORIGINAL STAGE Klara Mand, Tamara Baumann, Affentranger Theaterhandwerk GmbH ORIGINAL CAST Simone Augtherlony, Kate McIntosh, Phil Hayes, Nicholas Lloyd, Thomas Wodianka ORIGNIAL STAGE DESIGN Nadia Fistarol PHOTO Leni Olafson

COPRODUCTION Tanzhaus Zürich, Südpol Luzern

PRESENTED IN THE FRAME OF Theater Spektakel 

SUPPORT BNP Paribas Swiss Foundation, Migros Culture Percentage, Landis & Gyr Foundation, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, City of Zurich Culture, Department of Culture of the Canton of Zurich

Post-Show Talk
Post-Show Talk

A dada-like exploration of fakeness and reality in which the inconsistencies of parallel truths are revealed

Short piece (20 mins)

The largest information resource we have, the internet, which has radically altered our modes of communication, has zero obligation to be factual. Anyone can say anything and present it as truthful, correct and unquestionable. This world wide web where anything goes has marked the advent of a posttruth world where the boundary between fact and fiction becomes more difficult to discern and the distinction between truth-telling and lies less clear. This new reality has permeated our lives, infiltrating the apparent with ambiguity and staining the effable with ambivalence.


CONCEPT Declan Whitaker CHOREOGRAPHY & PERFORMANCE Maria Demandt, Lucia Gugerli, Pierre Piton, Declan Whitaker, Mirjam Jamuna Zweifel MENTORING Lea Moro, Marc Streit LIGHTING David Baumgartner MUSIC Pierre Piton SCENOGRAPHY & COSTUME Maria Demandt PHOTO Leni Olafson VIDEO Marc Nathmann | yourstage.live

PRESENTED IN THE FRAME OF Tanzfestival Winterthur (Theater am Gleis), Show-Off (Tanzhaus Zürich)
SUPPORT Tanzhaus Zürich, BNP Paribas Swiss Foundation, Migros-Kulturprozent, Landis & Gyr Stiftung

To Those Who Wait
To Those Who Wait

In a world of increased technological dependence and decreased attention span, what is still worth our time?

Short Piece (25 mins)

Tongue in cheek and through a process of deceleration, To Those Who Wait questions the value of our time. Undulating through space, three figures lull the audience into a simultaneously lucid and dreamlike state, encouraging them to slow down and confront their need for speed. Flirting at the border of climax and pulling at the edges of refrain, To Those Who Wait strikes a blow to the heart of our hyper saturated world. 

CHOREOGRAPHY Declan Whitaker PERFORMANCE Simea Cavelti, Lucia Gugerli, Celina Liesegang TECHNICAL DIRECTOR David Baumgartner SPECIAL THANKS TO Riccardo Tarocco PHOTO Flurin Bertschinger

PRESENTED IN THE FRAME OF TanzPlan Ost (St.Gallen, Zürich, Triesen, Schaffhausen, Ziegelhütte, Steckborn)

I Object / We Object
I Object / We Object

Performative interactions between humans and discarded objects

Short Piece (10 mins), presented in indoor and outdoor contexts

I Object originates from the desire of non-violent destruction as a method for creation. Choreographic scores are used to animate the objects, the performers and the space. This results in a landscape of constant transformation, heightening the performers' awareness, spontaneity and playfulness. In acting with the objects both in a careful and platonic manner, the performers remember the history of the relationship between humans and objects and question what it could look like in the future.

We Object is a collective extension of I Object, originally created for two performers. Developed together with residents of the Wollishofen neighborhood in the frame of About Us! Festival, We Object is a playground where people and things dance together and question their interrelationships. What emerges is chaotic but yet relaxing and gives rise to scenarios that range from everyday existence to science fiction.

I OBJECT

CONCEPT Lucia Gugerli PERFORMANCE Declan Whitaker, Mirjam Jamuna Zweifel MENTORING Andreas Storm, Meret Schlegel LIGHTING Anutoshen Hüer MUSIC Mirjam Zweifel SCENOGRAPHY & COSTUME Lucia Gugerli  PHOTO Christian Glaus, Christian Altorfer PRESENTED IN THE FRAME OF Inkubator (Rote Fabrik), Theater Spektakel, The Arts of Video (in) Research’/ZHdK, Fête de la danse Lausanne SUPPORT Rote Fabrik, BNP Paribas Swiss Foundation, Migros Culture Percentage, Landis & Gyr Foundation


WE OBJECT

DIRECTION Lucia Gugerli, Mirjam Jamuna Zweifel, Fanny Zihlmann IN COLLABORATION WITH Romain Guion, Monica Gillette, Tanzhaus Zürich PERFORMANCE Leonie Ketz, Sandra Ivankovic, Maya Olah, Sol Mila Jarkovich, Helga Starcevic, Emma Bertuchoz, Tonja Richardet, Lucia Tavano, Samara Leite Walt, Simona Roth PHOTO Eliane Zgraggen PRESENTED IN THE FRAME OF About Us! SUPPORT Fondation BNP Paribas Suisse, Stadt Zürich Kultur, Fondation Nestlé pour l’Art, Migros Kulturprozent, Landis & Gyr Stiftung

Connect
Connect

Dancing with neurological challenges

CONNECT is a dance training project for people living with neurological challenges such as multiple sclerosis (MS) or Parkinson's disease. This project, which is unique in Switzerland and Zurich, is the result of a cooperation between the Tonhalle -Gesellschaft Zürich, the Zurich Opera House, The Field and the Dance & Creative Wellness Foundation.

The pilot phase of CONNECT starts in February 2024 and consists of weekly training sessions.

More info: 

https://tonhalle-orchester.ch/...

https://www.opernhaus.ch/en/23...

COOPERATION The Field, Tonhalle Society Zurich, Zurich Opera House / Zurich Ballet, Dance & Creative Wellness Foundation, Clare Guss-West PATRONAGE Cathy Marston (Ballet Director and Chief Choreographer Ballet Zurich
), Ilona Schmiel (Intendant Tonhalle Society Zurich) SUPPORTED BY Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Society, Parkinson Switzerland SCIENTIFIC ADVICE Neurological Clinic University Hospital Zurich: Parkinson Team and MS Team, Elevate ® Scottish Ballet: Specialists in the dance programme for people with MS

Dance Delivery
Dance Delivery

An innovative format to bring dance directly to people’s doorstep!

With Dance Delivery, anyone with a creative appetite can choose a short dance from a menu concocted specially by The Field. One selected, the dance will be delivered and performed on people's doorstep, garden or courtyard.

CHOREOGRAPHY The Field DRAMATURGICAL SUPPORT Romain Guion PERFORMANCE Declan Whitaker, Lucia Gugerli, Mirjam Jamuna Zweifel, Pierre Piton COOPERATION ZÜRICH TANZT & Dabbavelo

PRESENTED IN THE FRAME OF ZÜRICH TANZT 2022

Question Kiosk
Question Kiosk

Ask a question, receive a performative answer!

Instant composition offline/online (time variable)

Question Kiosk is an innovative format that allows for interactions and dialogue. In its analog form, questions are received in public spaces from passers-by and intuitively performed in a marked area. In its digital design, Question Kiosk 2.0 allows anyone to remotely submit a question to The Field. Regardless of the configuration, the main focus remains on facilitating a discourse and reflection with citizens.

CONCEPT The Field in collaboration with Monica Gillette PERFORMANCE Maria Demandt, Lucia Gugerli, Pierre Piton, Declan Whitaker, Mirjam Jamuna Zweifel  ARTISTIC COORDINATION Marisa Godoy, Romain Guion PHOTO Did Schaffer

PRESENTED IN THE FRAME OF ZÜRICH TANZT, summer program Kunsthaus Zürich, Tanzfest Winterthur 2022
SUPPORT Tanzhaus Zürich, BNP Paribas Swiss Foundation, Migros Culture Percentage, Landis & Gyr Foundation

Take Your Body For a Walk
Take Your Body For a Walk

Take Your Body For a Walk is an interactive format which aims to build a collective experience and an online community for the duration of a walk. Inputs are sent via chat messages to invite participants to take part in a sensorial adventure. In a time when individual and collective well-being are compromised, Take Your Body For a Walk provides means to reconnect with our own body, our surroundings and our fellow humans. While being gently guided, the participants are actively involved in the design of their walk upon their desires in the moment and their individual locations, may it be the outdoors or within the comfort of their own homes.

CONCEPT The Field in collaboration with Monica Gillette and Tanzhaus Zürich

Fake Parkour
Fake Parkour

Collective training practice in the urban environment


Fake Parkour is a non-verbal training in the urban space, which takes shape by means of spontaneous & collective scores. The aim is to find playful solutions within this score & to move the body in a group as inefficiently as possible from A to B outside the usual modes of locomotion. Fake Parkour is an opportunity to get inspired by the environment, the others & our own body.

Via Verso
Via Verso

Walking practice as artistic expression


Via Verso is a collective artistic initiative by The Field and Base 9 association (IT). This long-term project unfolds towards a walking symposium, an invitation to reflect on our time, a call for deceleration and a research on walking as an act of performance through two groups walking towards each other as a gesture of (re)connection.

SUPPORT Gwärtler Stiftung

Textual Fantasy
Textual Fantasy

Textual Fantasy is a communal reading-dancing circle during which partakers read together and experience a movement practice - both led by hosting guest(s). This cosy and informal format is a way to meet different texts, meet each other, and to find ways of physically digesting information.

Projektil
Projektil

Between dance, video and animation

Short film (5 mins)

This short movie is the result of a 2-week interdisciplinary collaboration between The Field and Pojektil realized in the frame of the opening of Tanzhaus Zürich.

CONCEPT The Field & Projektil CHOREOGRAPHY Maria Demandt, Lucia Gugerli, Pierre Piton ARTISTIC COORDINATION Marisa Godoy, Romain Guion VIDEO Projektil

PRESENTED IN THE FRAME OF The grand opening of Tanzhaus Zürich SUPPORT Tanzhaus Zürich, BNP Paribas Swiss Foundation, Migros Culture Percentage, Landis & Gyr Foundation