Schwitzkasten
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“Schwitzkasten” was a theater performance and exchange project realized between January and June, 2011. It involved a group of teenagers with mixed abilities who met once every week in the Esther-Weber Schule in Emmendigen, Freiburg (Germany). Through regular meetings, the teenagers discovered each other in dance and improvisation exercises that engaged their physical, emotional and cognitive limits. They were encouraged to reflect on their own ideas of “normality” and on the surrounding society: what is normal and not normal for those we understand as “disabled”? And also for those who are “able”? How large is the pressure around us and how is it felt?
Out of this process, an original performance: “Schwitzkasten” was created and presented in Theater Freiburg in June, 2011.
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Choreographie and Direction: Gary Joplin, Emma- Louise Jordan
Choreographic and Directive collaboration: Murielle elizéon
Performers: Students from Esther Weber schule in Emmendigen, Germany and various public high-schools in Freiburg, Germany
Costumes/secnography: Anita Wunderle
Dramartugie: Michael Kaiser
Projekt assistent: Veronika Feist, Anita Wunderle
Projekt Assistant Esther-Weber schule: Karin Heide, Bianca Höfler, Bärbel Stiefel
Production: Theater Freiburg
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