PRISMA - Purple Tanz Festival (1)
Mi., 20. Nov.
|Berlin
https://purple-tanzfestival.de/en/programm/prisma-3/
Time & Location
20. Nov. 2024, 10:00 – 11:00
Berlin, Uferstraße 23, 13357 Berlin, Germany
About the Event
Three dancers are on the stage. Two are lying on top of each other; a third, wearing a bizarre fur costume, is sitting motionless beside them. “Prisma” starts gently with the dancer in the fur costume making slight movements, instantly capturing the children’s attention. Like a prism fanning out white light into a multi-coloured ribbon, the piece then becomes a display of colourful variety. With different dance styles, tempos and movement formations, the dancers impressively show the rich diversity of dance.
“Prisma” is based on various children’s stories that conjure fascinating worlds: from the fantastic, like in Where the Wild Things Are, to the microscopically small, where a strange figure appears, and that of metamorphosis, where a caterpillar turns into a butterfly. Like in a daydream, situations and objects become detached from their everyday meaning and are seen in new lights. The children’s wide potential for interpretation is both explored…