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EXTRA LIFE

EXTRA LIFE

by Gisèle Vienne
DIRECTED BY: Gisèle Vienne

World premiere 16.08.2023 at the Ruhrtriennale

SCHIFFBAU HALLE
GUEST PERFORMANCE: 03/10/–06/10/2025
1 hour 50 minutes (no interval)

At the end of a night of revelry, two siblings, whose close childhood relationship was abruptly shattered by a drama, experience a special moment of closeness. After twenty years, they're finally able to understand the systemic breakdown that enabled this traumatic event. Now, with a newfound capacity for feeling and analysis, the two adults begin to envision a possible course of action and, with it, a future.

In her latest work, director and choreographer Gisèle Vienne continues her equally moving and rigorous deconstruction of the perceptual system within its socially shaped narrative and psychological structures. To do this, she collaborates with performers and dancers Katia Petrowick, Adèle Haenel, and Theo Livesey to explore the archaeology of a moment of very particular sensation. She invents an artistic language that allows for the unfolding of perceptive layers of present experience: past, present, anticipated future, memory, and desire.

The extremely dense choreographic piece follows a finely branched score, consisting of the performers' interplay, Caterina Barbieri's music, Adrien Michel's sound design, and Yves Godin's lighting.

The result is a unique stage language where sensory experiences create spaces of possibility for thoughts and words.

 

Sensory warning: This production includes the use of laser effects (bright light) and fog.

© Estelle Hanania

© Estelle Hanania

© Mathilde Darel

FRI 03.10.
GUEST PERFORMANCE
in French with German and English surtitles
Opening Night Celebration
SCHIFFBAU HALLE
SAT 04.10.
GUEST PERFORMANCE
in French with German and English surtitles
Post artist talk
SCHIFFBAU HALLE
SUN 05.10.
GUEST PERFORMANCE
in French with German and English surtitles
Introduction 7 p.m.
SCHIFFBAU HALLE
MON 06.10.
LAST SHOW
THEATRE MONDAY
in French with German and English surtitles
SCHIFFBAU HALLE
Created with & Performed by
Adèle Haenel
Theo  Livesey
Katia Petrowick
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Caterina Barbieri
SOUND DESIGN
Adrien Michel
LIGHTING DESIGN
Yves Godin
Text
Adèle Haenel
Theo  Livesey
Katia Petrowick
Costume
Gisèle Vienne
Camille Queval
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