Thank You Very Much
Photo essay about the performance Thank You Very Much of the Choreographer Claire Cunningham and her ensemble disabled performers that navigates society’s ideas of normality, and shakes up the myth of how bodies should be.
Who have we been trying to be all our lives? Has it ever been our choice? And what really is “the wonder of you”?
Frankfurt Main 2021
Dan Daw, Vicky Malin, Claire Cunningham, Tanja Erhart
Dan Daw
Vicky Malin
Claire Cunningham
Tanja Erhart
musicians in quarantine
Germany 2020/21
Sebastian Krämer…
…walk the dog. Berlin 2021
Dota…
…records new songs. Berlin 2021
Dana Shanti…
…falls in love. Berlin 2021
Ina West…
…hang out. Berlin 2021
Jakob Kiersch…
…wallows in memories. Berlin 2021
NOODT…
…shares one of his studio breaks with me at Tempelhofes Feld. Berlin 2021
Onkel & Meute…
…zoom. Berlin 2020
Matze…
…moves to the country and gathers four-legged audience. Lenzen 2021
Ben Pavlidis & Joy Tyson
Ben gets a tattoo of…
…a phoenix.
Joy tattoos.
Ben Pavlidis…
…writes new songs. Berlin 2020
Bodo Warrtke & the SchönenGutenA-Band…
…walking in front of closed gates. Berlin 2020
Howard Katz…
…has visions. Brandenburg 2020
Howard Katz & Elizabeth Williams…
…rehearsing the next big thing. Brandenburg 2020
Jojo Büld…
…celebrates safely. Heggelbach 2020
Harlem Davidson…
…daddles on the guitar. Bargteheide 2020
Michael Krebs…
…streams. Berlin 2020
Bodo Wartke…
…stream together with Michael Krebs. Berlin 2020
Cecilia Martines…
…changes her image. Berlin 2020
Kays Elbeyli - THE RAZZZONES…
…jobs as an architect. Berlin 2020
Rapha Schall - THE RAZZZONES…
…makes recordings. Berlin 2020
Smith & Smart…
…iron and do not iron. Berlin 2021
Marc-Uwe Kling…
…sends by writing. Berlin 2020
AnnenMayKantereit…
…play at friday's for future.
The one who…
…hit the road again.
(in)Visible
Photo essay about the play of the same name (in)Visible conceived and directed by Jess Curtis/Gravity, created and performed by an international cast of six blind, visually impaired and sighted performers: Sherwood Chen, Gabriel Christian, Rachael Dichter, Sophia Neises, Xenia Taniko, and Tiffany Taylor.
Berlin 2019
überleben und über leben
For as long as there have been people, they have been fleeing from danger and searching for a better life. No sea, no desert, no mountains and no border can prevent this. The will to survive and the longing are stronger.
A series of portraits and interviews of former refugees - Berlin 2017
Abdul
“To be happy, we must open our hearts and be grateful for what life gives us. We must not forget our past.”
Samir
"In my free time, I go to the library, to the gym and I like to play the guitar. I played in a rock band in Damascus. Unfortunately, I don't have an electric guitar here, so I go to a guitar shop and play."
Ziyad
"Whenever I see someone who is happy, I am also happy at that moment.
When I have my secondary school leaving certificate, I want to become a nurse and then study medicine to help other people.
I'm good at cooking, I like to paint, play volleyball and since a few months I've been playing theatre and have performances at the Maxim Gorki Theatre and the Volksbühne."
a little perspective
A photo essay with the Australian comedian Imaan Hadchiti. He and his sister (not on the photos) are the only two known cases of "Rima Syndrome", a genetic condition causing small stature yet retaining normal proportions. Hadchiti stands 107 cm tall. Many of his comedy routines focus on the way people of normal stature react to him - Berlin 2017
Ménage à Trois
A photographic essay about the play MÉNAGE À TROIS of the award-winning disabeld performer Claire Cunningham.
In a private chamber, a lonely woman begins to craft the perfect man out of the only thing she knows – her crutches. A haunting study of love, obsession and loneliness.
“Sometimes I feel like a machine. I forget I was made to touch skin, to feel heat, breath, to have someone’s smile pressed into my neck. I wasn’t made to click. But with you I click. We. Click. Like a clique, a trio, a Ménage à Trois.” CLAIRE CUNNINGHAM
Scotland, 2012
Dances for Non/Fictional Bodies
“We asked ourselves how our imaginations and our bodies interact? How do the ways we imagine our bodies shape and change both their cultural relevance and their material actuality? How do our bodies shape our imaginations? Can re-imagining our bodies and re-embodying our imaginations be useful tools for making society more open, just and satisfying for us all?” A performance piece of Jess Curtis/Gravity.
In response Hagolani staged each of the 'Fictional Bodies' of the piece in a location of his choosing. Performed by: Claire Cunningham, Jess Curtis, Matthias Herrmann, Jörg Müller, Maria Francesca Scaroni, and Bridge Markland
Berlin 2010
Performed by (left to right): Matthias Herrmann, Claire Cunningham, Bridge Markland, Maria Francesca Scaroni, Jörg Müller and Jess Curtis.
Jess Curtis
Matthias Herrmann
Jörg Müller
Maria Francesca Scaroni
Bridge Markland
Claire Cunningham
FUKUSHIKI MUGEN Nō
Fukushiki Mugen Nō bedeutet „Doppelphantasie-Nō“ und ist eine moderne Form des traditionellen japanischen Nō-Theaters.
Es zeigt ein Drama mit zwei Akten, die Phantasie und Wirklichkeit vermengen: Ein Reisender kommt an einen Ort, wo ihm ein Fremder eine alte Legende erzählt, bevor er plötzlich verschwindet (Akt 1). Ein anderer erklärt später dem Reisenden, dass diese Person in Wirklichkeit ein Gespenst des Hauptcharakters dieser Legende gewesen sei. In der folgenden Nacht kehrt das Gespenst zurück, stellt sich vor und teilt dem Reisenden seine wahren Gedanken, Erinnerungen und Gefühle mit und bittet ihn um ein Gebet für seine Erlösung. Am nächsten Morgen zieht der Reisende mit einem Gebet weiter.
