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The kaleiDANCEscope lettering on the blue and red caravan can be seen in the bright sunlight. In the background is a silver cylindrical sculpture.
photo: Cornelius Schaper

kaleiDANCEscope (Grenzenlos Kultur Edition) (2022)

kaleiDANCEscope (grenzenlos edition) is a music box for dances. You can wish for different dances in a converted caravan. To do this, you go inside the caravan. The guests and the performers are always alone in the caravan. The guests decide what is to be danced. The performers all have different backgrounds: some come from contemporary dance, others from classical dance and then there are also some who perform local dances. A performance lasts between 3 and 7 minutes. It is a face-to-face encounter in a public space because the caravan can be set up anywhere. The kaleiDANCEscope travels from place to place and collects different dances. These are also dances that are rarely shown in the theatre.

kaleiDANCEscope (grenzenlos Edition) took place in Mainz during the Grenzenlos Kultur Festival. The unique feature in Mainz was that there were dances in the dark for blind people in the kaleiDANCEscope. Sighted people put on dark glasses so they could have the same experience.

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kaleiDANCEscope at Grenzenlos Kultur Festival

Dates

28.09.2022 | 15:00 – 19:00 | Gutenbergplatz, Mainz

29.09.2022 | 15:00 – 19:00 | Gutenbergplatz, Mainz

30.09.2022 | 15:00 – 19:00 | Tritonplatz, Mainz

01.10.2022 | 15:00 – 19:00 | Tritonplatz, Mainz

The kaleiDANCEScope caravan stands in front of the imposing Staatstheater in Mainz. The building is made of reddish stone and has a round front inspired by the Colosseum in Rome.
photo: Cornelius Schaper

Performer Mia Werner stands in the square. Mia wears a silver jacket and smiles in the direction of potential visitors.
photo: Cornelius Schaper

The kaleiDANCEscope trailer stands on the empty Tritonplatz in front of the theater's glass extension, waiting for the show to start.
photo: Cornelius Schaper

Performer Mia Werner explains the kaleiDANCEscope to a group of interested young visitors.
photo: Cornelius Schaper

Two non-sighted people prepare for the performance in front of the caravan.
photo: Cornelius Schaper

Various passers-by look at the kaleiDANCEscope at sunset on Gutenbergplatz.
photo: Cornelius Schaper

Credits

artistic direction

should-I-know

co-choreography, performance

Jungyun Bae

co-choreography, performance

Juan Urbina

audience support, performance

Maria Werner

dj set

sherryaeri

stage design

Fivos Theodosakis

technical support

David Schnaegelberger

production management

Laureen Laser

assistant director

Rui Wu

proofreading, translation

Annika Restin

illustration

Christian Wischnewski

audio description

"T_OHR - Zentrum für Sehbehinderten- und Blindenreportage in Gesellschaft und Sport" unter der Trägerschaft der AWO Südwest gGmbH

Special thanks to

Aljoscha Gößling, Rouwe Hahn, Konrad Jesdinsky, Milena Mönch, Leander Ripchinsky, Emmanuel Roch, Ayhan Toprak, Nele Warthemann, Jugendhaus Frankfurter Berg Frankfurt, Ateliergemeinschaft ES365 Düsseldorf

A production by

should-I-know in co-production with Festival Grenzenlos Kultur and asphalt Festival and FFT Düsseldorf, funded by North Rhine-Westphalia State Office for the Independent Performing Arts, supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the program NEUSTART KULTUR and by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of NRW – Regional Cultural Policy NRW (RKP) as part of the project STADT DER FREUDE.