Body that Stands

Body that Stands explores resistance through the lens of resilience. On a stage embedded with hundreds of wooden bricks, the dancers inhabit a continuous loop of destruction and construction. In the shifting landscape, images surface — fragments that echo ruins, combat, and aftermaths — evoking scenes that inevitably recall wars and conflicts. While dealing with the conditions of ruins, the performers demonstrate the survival aspect inherent in the act of resistance.

Body that Stands observes acts of resistance and its consequences, not only between individuals but also between people and where they stand.

More about the piece

Body that Stands is a powerful interdisciplinary dance work by choreographer Smadar Goshen, presented at Theater Rampe. The piece invites audiences to explore the strength, vulnerability, and presence of the human body through movement, sound, and immersive performance.

25-26th March 2026 at 20:00

Theater Rampe Stuttgart

Concept, Choreography & Artistic Direction: Smadar Goshen
Co-creation & Performance: Bar Gonen, Cordelia Eleonore Lange, Zuki RingArt
Dramaturgy: Maya Weinberg
Original Music: Leonard Küßner and Vincent Wikström
Oud, Violin, Saz recordings: Idan Elmalem.
Additional Music: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106: I. Andante tranquillo: Béla Bartók
Costume & Stage Design: Lilo Ming
Technical Direction & Light Design: Nadja Weber
Videography: Aleksej Nutz
Photography: Dominique Brewing, Zoia Domaskina
Graphic Design: Evelyn Fortmeier
Project Management & Distribution: Astrid Rostaing
Management, Production & Finances: Christine Koschel
Communication: Maya Mayzel

Body that Stands is a co-production with a Theater Rampe, funded by the conceptual funding of the Landesverband Freie Tanz- und Theaterschaffende Baden-Württemberg e.V. with funds from the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg, by the state capital Stuttgart, Freie Tanz- und Theaterszene Stuttgart gUG, the Péter Horváth Foundation and the LBBW Foundation. Sponsored by Ritter Sport and supported by the Produktionszentrum Tanz und Performance Stuttgart. Made possible by the residency programme of the Réseau GRAND LUXE network and the special support of the dance department of Theater Freiburg. As part of the Réseau GRAND LUXE network, also supported by the Trois C-L Center for Creation and Choreography in Luxembourg and POLE SUD – CDCN national center for choreographic development in Strasbourg.