Spiel

Schütteln

Motivation

Standbilder

HealingHands

Kreistanz

Survivor

In BEYOND HAPPINESS, five performers embody living symbols of a community, taking on both human and animal forms in their roles. They challenge the variousfacets of spiritual and ritual elements, creating their own ceremony related to fundamental life questions and the perpetual quest for happiness. What is within our control? Who holds power? In what hierarchical structures do we find ourselves?

The artistic idea is based on the exploration of different approaches and methods of divination, reflecting on the connection between body and mind, the significance of rituals, and the search for spiritual experience. Various practices have been experimented with, questioned, interpreted, and translated onto a physical, cinematic, and musical level.

CONCEPT: Raffaela Gras, Stefanie Sternig, Adnan Popović
CHOREOGRAPHY: Raffaela Gras, Stefanie Sternig
VIDEO ANIMATION, PROJECTION, ILLUSTRATION: Adnan Popović
CHOREOGRAFIC COLLABORATION & PERFORMANCE: Christina Aksoy, Raffaela Gras, Luigi Guerrieri, Patrick Isopp, Stefanie Sternig
COMPOSITION, SOUND DESIGN: Peter Plos
PROGRAMMING: Christof Sternig
COSTUME DESIGN: Sophie Baumgartner
MASK: Sophie Baumgartner, Emma Satchev
STAGE DESIGN: Jo Plos
LIGHTING DESIGN: Bartek Kubiak
GRAPHIC DESIGN: Theresa Plos
PRODUCTION: Kamil Mrozowski, Michael Gross