June 16th, 2011 / 20.00 / the small stage of Daile theatre

Adress: Brivibas 75

in frames of  Time To Dance 2011

TITLE ( 60 ‘ )

Concept und performance: Laura Kalauz, Martin Schick

Artistic advice: Simone Aughterlony, Bo Wiget, Janez Jansa

Co-production with Fabriktheater, Rote Fabrik Zürich

Supported by Tanzhaus Wasserwerk Zürich

Within this performative research, we propose misunderstanding as a way of communication in itself. Let us agree on the fact that we do not understand each other!

We approach the phenomenon of misunderstanding as an opening for “unreasonable” models of communication. We wonder how can misinterpretation be the source of creativity that expands the possibilities for what something can mean.

We create dispostives for irrational communication. Therefor we look at the pure act of creating meaning. In order to disorganize our mind and to open new space for the unconceivable thought, we disconnect the significance from the objects, from their function and from our experience with them. What is beyond one’s point of view?

We take as starting point a proposition from Ludwig Wittgenstein: “the limits of my words mean the limits of my world”. It was he who introduced the expression “language games”, which we take on as a performative challenge. “Title” is the result of this investigation and the consequences of those ideas in our body-mind expression.

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LAURA KALAUZ

was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1975) where she studied dance and Sciences of Social Communication at the University of Buenos Aires. In 2003 graduated as Dance Maker at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten–Dansacademie Arnhem, Holland. Since then, lives in Zürich, where she works as independent choreographer. Her work poses questions on the routines and patterns of contemporary life.? Her interest lies in revisiting the taken-for-granted assumptions that rule social behaviour and that shape our model of communication. She has collaborated with the artists Martin Schick, Krööt Juurak, Simone Aughterlony, Nicolas Galeazzi and Marina Belobrovaja. She has directed : “Multiverse” (2007), “Excuse me please could you choreograph me” (2007-10), “Do what you see/ See what you do” (2009) and “Title” (2009), in coolaboration with Martin Schick. She is currently working on “Common sense“ (working title), a new coolaboration with Martin Schick that will premiere in march 2010 in Sophiensaele, Berlin in the frame of Freischwimmer Festival.

MARTIN SCHICK

Born in Fribourg, Switzerland, in 1978, lives in Berlin and Zurich. Studied theatre at the University of Arts in Berne, where he graduated 2005 with distinction. Worked several years as an actor for television and cinema (“Nordwand”, “Tandoori Love”) and for independent theatre- and dance-projects. Passionally associated with dance since childhood, influenced by working with David Zambrano, Minako Seki, Elias Cohen (amongst others) and was member of “SIWIC” for several years. For 2 years has intensely collaborated with Laura Kalauz, and is the winner of the ZKB patronage prize at Theaterspektakel Zürich. He is currently working as an actor at Theater Neumarkt Zürich and as a choreographer for REMOTE CITIZEN and in 2010 for Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany, always investigating bodyweather-training-technique, tango and that which underlies movement.

Web site: http://kalauzschick.wordpress.com/