The interdisciplinary project Terrestrial Transit deals with the activist practice of artistic intervention, which is gaining importance again in the former communist countries of Eastern Europe, in view of the strengthening of right-wing authoritarian regimes. Drawing on the artistic and autobiographical experiences of its ensemble members, the project refers primarily to political forms of protest in the tradition of Polish and Hungarian dance and performance art before 1989 – and asks about their significance today.

The kick-off weekend marked the beginning of a choreographic journey from Berlin via Ponderosa/Stolzenhagen via Szczecin to the Baltic Sea, which was documented by filmmaker Stella Horta in the form of a cinematic diary. A final performative audiovisual installation took  place in October  2022 at DOCK 11 in Berlin.

ARTISTIC DIRECTION

Peter Pleyer, Michiel Keuper

COSTUME, SET

Michiel Keuper

FILM Stella Horta

SOUND/MUSIC Marc Lohr

DRAMATURGY Jette Büchsenschütz DRAMATURGY, SCIENTIFIC ACCOMMODATION

Kirsten Maar

LIGHT Joanna Lesnierowska 

DANCE/PERFORMANCE

Eszter Gál, Marysia Stokłosa, Aleksandra Borys, Mor Demer, Bjørn Ivan Ekemark/ Ivanka Tramp, Caroline Neill Alexander, Ka Rustler GUESTS Joanna Leśnierowska (PL), Katarzyna Sitarz (PL), Boglarka Borcsok (HU).

A production by

Cranky Bodies a/company

in co-production with DOCKART and SOPHIENSÆLE. Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds, supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the program NEUSTART KULTUR, with the support of Muzeum Susch.

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photos Joanna Leśnierowska