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Foto Dieter Hartwig
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outre vie |
| conception/choreography Toula Limnaios composition/ music Ralf R. Ollertz video cyan lightdesign Klaus Dust dance/creation Raffaella Galdi, Ulrich Huhn, Wencke Kriemer, Lena Meierkord, Krzystof Zawadzki violin Lenka Zupkova Press/dram. assistance Silke Wiethe
After "nothing. I will be there, by not being there.“ (2001), which was awarded the NRW 2001 Prize, is “outre vie” the second part of a trilogy inspired by Samual Beckett’s “Texts on Nothing”.
Beginnings and endings lie close together. Life begins, develops or ends – is over and simultaneously alive – between being and not being lies a never ending cycle of becoming. In the space between, we wait for our life to begin, for us to have our own story; or we wait for it to end, for us to develop a new story. Differentiating in the here and now, elsewhere and nowhere, 5 dancers explore the in-between spaces of body and soul, individual and society, dreams and memory, space and time; letting a mosaic of the lives of past, current, possible and future fates develop. A CIE. TOULA LIMNAIOS Production in collaboration with THEATER AM HALLESCHEN UFER funded by the Senat für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur and FONDS DARSTELLENDE KÜNSTE E.V. AUS MITTELN DES BUNDES.
press reviews
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| ... through her wealth of
ideas and her stimulating dance style, Toula Limnaios has once again proven
herself to be one of the best strong , young choreographers.
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| As far as the feet will carry
Toula Limnaios is the philosopher among the young choreographers, diving
into dark inner landscapes, which the ego loses itself in...
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| The Choreographer Toula Limnaios
shows moods of the soul that make your skin crawl.
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Danced thoughts Toula Limnaios
has proved more than once that she is one of the most soulful choreographers
in the Berlin independent dance scene.
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The Greek choreographer Toula
Limnaios belongs to these wonderful beings, who are capable of bringing
to light the entire inner life of a person through the tiniest of movements.
.... Samuel Beckett’s „Texts on Nothing“ written in
1955, inspired the artist to her newest piece. The result is an homage
to life with all its reversals, dark sides and streams of thought. Dance,
video and music fuse to an almost colorful mosaic situated between existence
and non-existence.... becoming and dying. The dancer’s paths crisscross
to distant, dripping violin sounds, they whisper moving words and slowly
dissolve into each other’s bodies. “outre vie“ dives
deeply into the deep caves of sentiment - ... an intimate dance with life,
that should not be missed.
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| Dance trilogy: following the
trail of life ... The Greek choreographer Toula Limnaios has dedicated her most recent piece to life itself. The piece “outre vie“ is, after the acclaimed choreography of last year, „nothing. I will be there, by not being there.“... Inspired by Beckett’s alternating rhythm, his dualism of existence and non-existence, between continuous becoming and dying, Toula Limnaios, who has been working in Berlin since 1997, wants to create a “mosaic of life“, in which the paths of the five dancers continuously cross each other, connect and deflect. “outre vie“ can mean many things. It can describe the other side of each and every life, its history, its futures, the waiting at the crossroads or the moments of a declining endpoint, at which there is always a new beginning. If you follow the work of Toula Limnaios, you will quickly discover the great talent of this choreographer: She almost always succeeds in bringing spiritual landscapes to the stage... With live violin accompaniment, video impressions and a new, very well harmonized ensemble, the compangnie toula limnaios once again promises to leave behind on stage deep traces of life at the Theater am Halleschen Ufer. Berliner Morgenpost, Andrea Philippi, 18. October 2002.
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