ZWEI GIRAFFEN TANZEN TANGO – BREMER SCHRITTE

Helge Letonja

It is not a duet. No tango will be danced – especially not by giraffes. The first part of the title points towards the absurd, its addition however straight to the core of the dance city Bremen: With ZWEI GIRAFFEN TANZEN TANGO – BREMER SCHRITTE, Helge Letonja enters into a creative dialogue with Gerhard Bohner’s ensemble piece and the history of dance. 36 years lie between the works of the two choreographers. The „Schritte“ (steps) of the current production evolve their “forward” within the here and now. Letonja bears Bremen’s historical pioneer phase of dance theatre in mind while he simultaneously focuses on expanding it into the future. He searches for development: Bohner’s subjects, the absurd, the relations between individuals and stereotypes, living and dead, “Kunstfigur” (art figure) and humans – how do they dance, today?

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