Dates
- 04.04.25, 20:00 o'clock
EinTanzHaus, Mannheim – DE
Info & Tickets - 05.04.25, 20:00 o'clock
EinTanzHaus, Mannheim – DE
Info & Tickets
Productions
- Photo: Tom Dachs
- Photo: Tom Dachs
- Photo: Tom Dachs
- Photo: Tom Dachs
Blueprint
A pas de deux between circus and dance.
Past dates
19.10.2024 – Teatro della Tosse / Sala aldo Trionfo, Genua – IT
03.10.2024 – Kölner Festival der darstellenden Künste | LATIBUL, Köln
30.08.2024 – Open Studios, internationale tanzmesse NRW 2024 | tanzhaus nrw, Düsseldorf
16.03.2024 – studiobühneköln / TanzFaktur Außenspielstätte, Köln
15.03.2024 – studiobühneköln / TanzFaktur Außenspielstätte, Köln (NRW-Premiere)
10.03.2024 – LOFFT – DAS THEATER, Leipzig
09.03.2024 – LOFFT – DAS THEATER, Leipzig
08.03.2024 – LOFFT – DAS THEATER, Leipzig (Premiere / Uraufführung)
About the production
In this unusual pas de deux, dancer Mijin Kim and acrobat Leon Börgens move through a playing field of trust in their search to strike the right note with each other. Blueprint is a sensitive and humorous exploration that takes us into the subtle nuances of interpersonal relationships.
Circus and dance come together, literally turning the classic pas de deux on its head. Between togetherness, trust and subtle brutality, small and large gestures are created that remain in the memory. With tenderness and determination, the two movement virtuosos take us to the limits of their physical resources and their lustful exhaustion.
Simon Bauer's music, composed especially for Blueprint, creates almost imperceptibly sculptural spaces. It builds bridges and draws canyons of sound between the audience and the pulsating bodies. Fog and light erect the transparent walls that make the otherwise hidden visible: A universe protected from the outside world for this intense physical dialogue.
‘Blueprint’ marks the conclusion of the trilogy “Human, Hyperobject and Transformation” by Overhead Project. The company is directed by circus artist and choreographer Tim Behren and has been developing its circuschoreographic vocabulary on the border between contemporary circus and dance for over 15 years.
Team
Artistic direction, Choreography: Tim Behren
Performance, Creation: Mijin Kim, Leon Börgens
Music composition: Simon Bauer
Light design: Moritz Bütow, Birk-André Hildebrandt
Costume design: Fa-Hsuan Chen
Dramaturgy: Anna Menzel
Outside eye, intersectional sensitivity reading: Julia Mischke, Senja Brütting
Technical direction: Philipp Zander
Production management: Lisa Lehnen
Public Relations, Management: Mechtild Tellmann
International relations: Valentina Barone
Partners & Supporters
Co-produced by LOFFT – DAS THEATER Leipzig, EinTanzhaus Mannheim and studiobühneköln. Supported by the residency programme at PACT Zollverein (Essen), funded by the Ministry for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Supported by the Ministry for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Cultural Office of the City of Cologne/Köln, Fonds Darstellende Künste (Konzeptionsförderung) with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media within the framework of NEUSTART KULTUR, Cultural Office of the City of Leipzig and by LaFT BW e.V. from state funds approved by the Baden-Württemberg state parliament.
The research that preceded the project concept was made possible by a Flausen / Take Heart residency, funded by the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR.