dis.cover, work in progress

dis.cover

CREATION 2022 – 2024

dis.cover is an evening filling duo
for one juggler and one technician,
3 three skirts and 11 balls.

dis.cover plays with the social construct of the female* and its associated archetypes. Ariane juggles and moves. She also un.covers her Self – cloaking and revealing body parts: Sometimes fully exposing herself, in other moments escaping the prying eyes of the audience.

Simona operates lights. Together they sing. Together they play with the gaze and perception of their audience, exploring their supposed femininity through movement, sound, emotion and light. Bit by bit, the audience dis.covers complex multilayered personalities full of conflict and paradoxes – two women with unexpected abilities, two voices that tell stories of stereotypisation and empowerment.

dis.cover is small, modest, calm, political and a little peculiar. It is also loud, angry, wild and demanding. dis.cover examines questions about femininity, perception, beauty, sensuality, vulnerability, emotionality, empowerment and strength: we explore ourselves.

Artistic Direction and Performance: Ariane Öchsner
Light Design and Performance: Simona Kazakeviciute
Production: Laura Plochberger
Stage Design: Ariane Öchsner, Lukas Kadan, Je.Jesch, Laura Plochberger
Graphic Design: Lukas Kadan, Je.Jesch
Artistic Advice: Joanna Bassi (Mise en Scene), Elena Kreusch (Dramaturgy), Antonia Dering (Music, Voice, Sounds), Defne Uluer (Dance) , Peter Sweet (Character, Clown) , Xenia Bannuscher (Choreographie), Nina Dafert (Acting), Guillaume Martinet (Jonglage), Maja Franke, Maria Sendlhofer, Nora Jacobs, Sebastian Berger
Financed by BMKÖS, Stadt Wien
Co-Produced by Maison des Jonglages, Tollhaus Karlsruhe
Supported by TRAP – Circus Center Vienna, Kunsthaus GAS, Sandkastensyndikat, Chamäleon Theater Berlin, DiverCityLab Vienna, Circus Schatzinsel, Rooming Inn, ESACTO LIDO, Impulstanz Festival (ATLAS)

TRAILER LINK (2:031 min.) https://youtu.be/kjzJb_mS0wQ
Teaser LINK (1:27 min.) https://youtu.be/A9vyvpsm5AY

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