A glance into the void that notices this one place where everything could end right now. A movement that correlates with another, opening the space in several directions at once as if by chance, formulating an inconspicuous invitation.
HEART MOMENT is an open invitation to experience generosity as a physical conversation, tender negotiation and continuous modulation in a highly divided world. Operating at the core of time as a physical category, it finds comfort in the faint sense of a current washing through the bodies and connecting them in a mutual being.
HEART MOMENT is a unique creation for a series of different cities of significance for choreographer Alexandra Waierstall. Each work becomes an edition of sorts, a bespoke work for and with each location, developed in partnership with a selected venue in each city, local professional dancers and collaborators to create a specific interlude.
As a choreographer, Alexandra Waierstall has finely tuned poetic ways to engage us with seemingly contradictory emotions, through exquisite collaborations with stunning dynamic range of finely attuned dancers against vibrant musical scores by Volker Bertelmann, sophisticated light designs by Caty Olive, the work reflecting the modular character and democratic principles of Rita McBride’s Arena, in whose absence this choreography is performed.
Choreografie, Konzept: Alexandra Waierstall. Tanz, Kollaboration: Olivia Ancona, Baptiste Bersoux, Alfonso Bordi, Ying Yun Chen, Dodzi Dougban, Lisa Hellmich, Scott Jennings, Amy Josh, Thusnelda Mercy, Panos Paraschou, Ioanna Paraskevopoulou, Eftychia Stefanou, Karolina Szymura, Will Thompson. Dramaturgische Begleitung: Matthias Quabbe. Komposition: Volker Bertelmann. Lichtdesign: Caty Olive. Bühne: Caty Olive, Alexandra Waierstall. Kostümdesign: Alexandra Waierstall, Horst Weierstall. Künstlerische Produktionsleitung/Management: Judith Jaeger. Kommunikationsmanagement/Distribution: Amy Josh. Produktionsassistenz: Alfonso Bordi.
Eine Produktion von Noema Dance Works e.V. in Koproduktion mit dem tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf. Gefördert durch das Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (Spitzenförderung Tanz 2024-2026), Fonds Darstellende Künste aus Mitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Kulturamt der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf, Kunststiftung NRW und Kunst- und Kulturstiftung der Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf.
Uraufführung 27.09.2024, tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf