Body that Stands
Resistance and its consequences between individuals and where they stand
The performers in the dance piece Body that Stands engage in simple acts of physical resistance toward one another and the space itself. Exploring a range of possible reactions to encounters with opposing forces, they experience moments of conflict, support, frustration, pain, and fantasy.
Living through these short fragments of reality, they continuously redefine their identities and states.
As the piece unfolds, their sense of autonomy evolves and the entire landscape metamorphose around them.
Constantly shaping and reshaping the meticulous hundreds-wooden-bricks scenography, the performers mark territories and set – outer as well as inner – borders.
The experimental playground then transforms into a battlefield, a graveyard, desert dunes, and more.
Building, deconstructing, destroying, and reassembling, the performers examine the endurance of the human body in relation to that of inanimate materials, and the different capacity of one body in relation to another.
Through a continuous loop of destruction and construction the piece, explores resistance through the lens of resilience.
Body that Stands observes acts of resistance and its’ consequences, between individuals, as well as between people and where they stand.
Premiere, 14th March 2025 in Theater Rampe Stuttgart.
Further performances: 15th and 16th March 2025
6th November 2025 Diskurs Festival Gießen
7th February 2025 E-Werk Freiburg Get your Ticket
25th & 26th March 2026 Theater Rampe Stuttgart Get your Ticket
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; 2 Live from studio S2 : Hania Rani
Costume & Stage Design: Lilo Ming
Technical Direction & Light Design: Nadja Weber
Videography: Aleksej Nutz
Photography: Dominique Brewing, Zoia Domaskina
Graphic Design: Evelyn Fortmeier
Production management on creation process: Lisa Ticar
Production Assistance on creation process: Hannah Störzer
Project Management & Distribution: Astrid Rostaing
Production & Finances: Christine Koschel
Communication: Maya Mayzel (current), Angela Milosevic (noncurrent)
Body that Stands is a co-production with 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.
Pictures captured by Zoia Domaskina.
