Martin Zimmermann CH
Danse macabre
Circus / dance / theater
Martin Zimmermann’s Danse macabre features three tragicomic characters confined to a rubbish dump and facing a struggle for survival. The outcasts form a family in the face of adversity, undertake to survive, and show themselves to be mobile, inventive and light against gravity. Sometimes they fail and sink in the magma of detritus that swallows them up and engulfs them in a flowing movement, leading to a mixture of scenes of bodies and materials in a fade of reality, fiction and illusion, like a burlesque, crazy and mesmerising procession governed by an unusual force that is invisible to their eyes. A puppeteer pulls the strings and reminds them of the order of the world. Played by Zimmermann, the mischievous clown chips away at the rules, sowing the seeds of incongruity and absurdity in this wordless “freak show”, bringing out humour and humanity to oil the wheels of this great wheel of life where his Danse macabre leads us.
This show is performed after the festival until 02 October, info and ticketing from 23 September and onwards: theatredecarouge.ch
Théâtre de Carouge
Tickets
Full rate : CHF 42.- / Reduced rate : CHF 33.- / Special rate : CHF 15.- / Festival-goer rate : CHF 7.-
Fri 16 Sep 2022 19:30
Sat 17 Sep 2022 17:00
Sun 18 Sep 2022 17:00
Tue 20 Sep 2022 19:30
Wed 21 Sep 2022 19:30
The show is co-produced with the Théâtre de Carouge
A co-production within the framework of the RESO-RESEAU DANSE SUISSE Programmers' Fund, supported by Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council
Length 90'
12 yrs.
Martin Zimmermann
Concept, direction, choreography
Martin Zimmermann
Created with and performed by
Tarek Halaby, Dimitri Jourde, Methinee Wongtrakoon, Martin Zimmermann
Musical creation
Colin Vallon
Dramaturgy
Sabine Geistlich
Set design
Simeon Meier, Martin Zimmermann
Artistic collaboration
Romain Guion
Set design, technical coordination
Ingo Groher
Construction of the set
maisondelaculture de Bourges (Nicolas Bénard, Lucas Bussy, Jules Chavigny, Jean-Christophe David, Luc Renard, Joao De Sousa, Eric Vincent), Andy Hohl
Costume design
Susanne Boner, Martin Zimmermann
Lighting design
Sarah Büchel
Sound design
Andy Neresheimer
Set design
Thierry Kaltenrieder
Costume design
Susanne Boner
Decorative painting
Michèle Rebetez-Martin
Stage management creation
Roger Studer, Mateu Pascual Labourdette
Lighting design
Sarah Büchel, Jan Olieslagers
Sound manager
Andy Neresheimer, Frank Bourgoin
General manager
Roger Studer
Photography
Nelly Rodriguez, Basil Stücheli
Graphic design
Marietta Eugster Studio
Administration, distribution
Alain Vuignier
International producer
Claire Béjanin
Communication
Manuela Schlumpf
Technical Office
Sarah Büchel, Ueli Kappeler
Accounting
Conny Heeb
Photo credits
Basil Stücheli
Production
MZ Atelier
Co-production
Fund of Reso – Dance Network Switzerland – supported by Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council, Kaserne Basel, Kurtheater Baden, Le Volcan, scène nationale du Havre, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, L’Odyssée — Périgueux, maisondelaculture de Bourges / scène nationale, Opéra Dijon, Theater- und Musikgesellschaft Zug, Théâtre de Carouge, Zürcher Theater Spektakel
Supports
With support by
BvC Stiftung, Elisabeth Weber Stiftung, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Fachausschuss Tanz & Theater BS / BL, Stiftung Corymbo
Thanks
Leoné-Sophie Kündig, Daniel Kündig, Schauspielhaus Zürich
Notes
Résidence de fin de création au Kurtheater Baden
Première: 19 août 2021, au Festival Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Zurich
Martin Zimmermann bénéficie d’un contrat coopératif de subvention entre la ville de Zurich affaires culturelles, le service aux affaires culturelles du Canton de Zurich et Pro Helvetia – Fondation suisse pour la culture.
Martin Zimmermann est artiste associé à la maisondelaculture de Bourges / Scène Nationale et à la Tanzhaus Zürich.
Théâtre de Carouge
Tickets
Full rate : CHF 42.- / Reduced rate : CHF 33.- / Special rate : CHF 15.- / Festival-goer rate : CHF 7.- / See rates details
Fri 16 Sep 2022 19:30
Sat 17 Sep 2022 17:00
Sun 18 Sep 2022 17:00
Tue 20 Sep 2022 19:30
Wed 21 Sep 2022 19:30
