SASHA WALTZ & GUESTS »IN C – COMMUNITY«
The structured improvisation »In C« was developed in 2021 by Sasha Waltz & Guests and has since been performed in various contexts. The choreography comprises 53 choreographic figures in an innovative open structure and is deliberately not designed as a finished stage piece. »In C« is open to adaptations in all dance styles, to influences from different cultural circles, to professionals and amateurs, to young and old. The active participants and the audience become part of a unique performance that not only represents the democratic principles of participation and equality, but also puts them into practice.
The two-part project, consisting of a parade and a site-specific performance at the new location, has been created especially for the opening event of the Schirn in Bockenheim. The parade will be accompanied musically in an artistic collaboration with the band MEUTE, consisting of eleven wind instruments and percussionists. The legendary marching band will develop an interpretation of the musical basis of the choreography, Terry Riley's groundbreaking minimalist work of the same name, »In C,« and will play individual pieces from its own repertoire.
In addition to dancers from Sasha Waltz & Guests, a total of six dance groups from Frankfurt and the surrounding area will also take part in the parade. Over several months, amateur dancers of all ages learned choreographic figures from »In C« from local professional dancers and members of the dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests. The Frankfurt audience, Schirn fans, art and dance enthusiasts are invited to join the procession from the Römer to Bockenheim. Along the way, the professional dancers will encourage the audience to learn simple movement sequences from the choreography and dance along.
MEUTE is an eleven-member techno marching band from Hamburg, which presents new interpretations of techno and house with brass and woodwind instruments and percussion. With the powerful combination of hypnotically insistent techno beats and expressive wind music, the band has created a unique musical genre. It separates electronic music from the DJ desk and generates the energetic impulse directly in the crowd – whether in the streets, in techno clubs, or on big international stages, from the Konzerthaus in Vienna to the Coachella music and arts festival. After the formation of the band in 2015, MEUTE attracted the attention of an international public through their version of »You & Me« by Disclosure (Flume Remix) from 2018. Today the band tours worldwide and is one of the ensembles with the most active presence at festivals in Europe. They supplied several songs for the soundtrack of the fourth season of the television series »Babylon Berlin«. This year they are celebrating their tenth anniversary with the new album »Jubel«.
OPENING OF THE SCHIRN IN BOCKENHEIM
The festive opening of the Schirn in Bockenheim will begin at 4:30 p.m. with speeches by Mayor Mike Josef, Head of the Department of Culture Ina Hartwig, Schirn Director Sebastian Baden and Martina Weinhart, curator of the project »Sasha Waltz & Guests. In C – Community.«
There will be a dance performance on site, food and drinks from Café
B by Badias, and a live set by DJ ABIBA.
»Sasha Waltz & Guests. In C – Community« is supported by the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain and the SCHIRN FREUNDE, with additional support by the Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft and the FAZIT-STIFTUNG.
