Damaged Goods / Meg Stuart

Choreographer Meg Stuart and Dance On Ensemble dancer Omagbitse Omagbemi create a trio with composer and musician Mieko Suzuki in the framework of the Dance On series ‘Encounters’. This new work touches on fundamental questions: how do we share a creative process? What is the balance between a choreographic desire and freedom of interpretation? How can we transgress and reinvent our roles?

Meg Stuart has always considered her own body as a site, a testing ground. By dancing in her own pieces, she intuitively deconstructs the choreographic principles that she tries to articulate. Omagbitse brings another perspective to this search. Beneath the raw physicality that characterizes Stuart’s style, she recognizes first and foremost a quiet care and attention to detail. Playing with these seemingly opposing traits, the three collaborators look for a common ground and a shared language. Cumulating, morphing, becoming, they move towards a group portrait that remains just out of reach.

Credits

Choreography Meg Stuart
With Omagbitse Omagbemi, Meg Stuart, Mieko Suzuki
Live music Mieko Suzuki
Scenography Nadia Lauro
Light design Nico de Rooij
Costume design Claudia Hill
Dramaturgy Igor Dobričić
Artistic assistance Luna Luz Sanchez, Valentin Braun
Technical coordinator Tom De Langhe
Production Damaged Goods and DANCE ON / Bureau Ritter
Coproduction Théâtre Garonne – scène européenne Toulouse, Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans, HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, Tanzquartier Wien, PACT Zollverein Essen, Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER Ghent, Perpodium