Songs of the Wayfarer
Claire Cunningham (Scotland / United Kingdom)
Minimum age 12+
90 minutes
English spoken
Dutch & French surtitled
Full: € 15,00
Reduction: € 13,00
Young Rate: € 6,00
Wed 20.11.24
Budascoop
Kortrijk
Thu 21.11.24
Budascoop
Kortrijk
"I really love turning into this sort of four-legged creature. All the little places that you can wedge the crutch really right into a corner or into a crack. In Scotland, we'd say nooks and crannies. And I get so lost in that sort of play…when the ground really becomes …my companion. - Claire Cunningham
What is the choreography of crip* navigation? To which north does the compass of crip-knowledge point? What are the maps we would draw? What can be learned from those of us who reach for the ground through crutches, as 4-legged creatures?
In this new solo from one of the UK’s most acclaimed and internationally renowned disabled artists, Claire Cunningham sets out to examine the act of journeying itself, drawing comparisons with the world of mountaineering and inspiration from Gustav Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer), re-engaging with her past as a classical singer to reframe our vision of journeying, craft and outdoor encounter through a crip lens.
*crip is a political and cultural identity embraced by some disabled individuals.
Programme
Sharing Practices
Sign language
21.11 • with French sign language
Touch Tour
20.11 • 19:30
21.11 • 20:15
Free touch tour for blind and visually impaired people
21.11 • 20:15
Free touch tour for blind and visually impaired people
Relaxed Performance
20.11 & 21.11
For these shows special facilities have been put in place to provide a welcoming atmosphere for the audience, tailored to the needs of each individual: low-intensity lighting in the auditorium, people can enter and leave the auditorium as they wish, they can speak freely and express their emotions, and attention is paid to sound stimuli...
For these shows special facilities have been put in place to provide a welcoming atmosphere for the audience, tailored to the needs of each individual: low-intensity lighting in the auditorium, people can enter and leave the auditorium as they wish, they can speak freely and express their emotions, and attention is paid to sound stimuli...
Stroll & Talk - Chiara Bersani & Claire Cunningham
21.11 • 17:00
Budatoren, Kortrijk/Courtrai
free / limited capacity
Based on their performances Songs of the Wayfarer and Sottobosco, Claire Cunningham and Chiara Bersani begin a discussion about their choreographic practices. Through shared reflections and their own relationship to space, they discuss and question dance.
Budatoren, Kortrijk/Courtrai
free / limited capacity
Based on their performances Songs of the Wayfarer and Sottobosco, Claire Cunningham and Chiara Bersani begin a discussion about their choreographic practices. Through shared reflections and their own relationship to space, they discuss and question dance.
Combi diner + performance
21.11 • 17:00
Stroll & Talk + Diner@NEXT Café + Songs of the Wayfarer
Stroll & Talk + Diner@NEXT Café + Songs of the Wayfarer
Concept & Choreography: Claire Cunningham with Dan Watson & Luke Pell
Performance: Claire Cunningham
Associate Director & Dramaturgy: Dan Watson
Dramaturg: Luke Pell
Set and Costume Design: Bethany Wells
Lighting Design: Chris Copland
Sound Design: Matthias Herrmann
Video Design: Michelle Ettlin
Artistic Collaborator: Julia Watts Belser
Captioner: Maria Wünsche (Panthea)
Executive Producer: Nadja Dias
Projects & Access Producer: Vicky Wilson
Production Manager: Gregor Knüppel
Technician: Keir Martin
Company Stage Manager: Anastasia Booth
Artistic Access Consultancy: Nelly Kelly, Panthea, Angela Alves, Rita Mazza and Naomi Sanfo-Ansorge
Mountaineering Consultants: Cormac Lynch and Simone Kenyon
Administrative Support (for HZT): Susanne Adam & Jeanette Gogoll
Audio Description Script (English): Claire Cunningham and Julia Watts Belser, with Vicky Wilson and Luke Pell, Spoken by Julia Watts Belser
Audio Description Translation (German): Leo Baur & Agnes Ehlich, Spoken by Juli Reinartz
Created as part of the Einstein Strategic Professorship „Choreography, Dance and Disability Arts“ at the HZT Berlin.
Co-commissioned and co-produced by Mousonturm Frankfurt, No Limits Festival Hong Kong, HAU Hebbel am Ufer & No Limits Festival Berlin, Münchner Kammerspiele, Next Festival Kotrijk, Sadler´s Wells London and Dampfzentrale Bern. An Unlimited International Strategic commission made possible thanks to funding from British Council
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