Is the world falling off its own edge?
One grows older; with time everyone’s future evaporates, and the amount of memories one can look into grows just as fast. The protagonists, called statesmen, get to the edge of the world where existence is most intense, but also most questionable. The moment comes when the representatives no longer want to face their cruel exposed state and instead prefer to go into retreat together, into a closed system of processes and movements and defined relationships.
Janei is a crazy game with associations, insinuations and resentments, in a world where power games and insecure identity are the rule. There is no story in the usual sense here, but rather a telescoped, blown-away common destiny full of twists and mix-ups. A difficult policy, a summit of confusion, a merry-go-round of dictators, a lethargic circus of self-dissolution.
Credits
Direction and scenography: Metzger / Zimmermann / de Perrot
Choreography: Gregor Metzger, Martin Zimmermann
Music composition: Dimitri de Perrot
Design: Schauspielhaus Zürich, Ingo Groher
Dramaturgy: Simon Selbherr
Lighting design: Christophe Botiaux
Sound: Andy Nehresheimer
Sound direction: Felix Lämmli
Costume making: Schauspielhaus Zürich
General stage manager: Pius Aellig
Photography: Mario del Curto
Production: MZdP
Co-production: Kaserne Basel • Luzerntanz – choreographic center at the Luzernertheater • Îles de danse et La Ferme du Bulsson • Scéne Nationale de Marne-la Vallée • Schauspielhaus Zürich
With the support of: Präsidialdepatrement der Stadt Zürich • Pro Helvetia • Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich • Migros Kulturprozent • Pierino Ambrosoli Foundation • Sophie und Karl Binding Stiftung • Stiftung Lis und Roman Clemens • Fondation Oertli Stiftung • Swiss Re
Final rehearsals at La Ferme du Buisson, Marne-la-Vallée Premiere: 17 January 2004, La Ferme du Buisson, Marne-la-Vallée
Tour
2005
- Zürich CH 11.16 – 05.19 Schauspielhaus Zürich – Schiffbau
- Charleroi B 11.01 – 11.03 Festival bis-ARTS – Danses
- Belgrade RS 09.23 – 09.24 BITEF – Belgrade International Theater Festival
- Krakow PL 05.31 Stary Teatr
- Torun PL 05.26 – 05.27 Kontakt Festival
- Geneve CH 04.26 – 04.28 Théâtre Forum Meyrin
- Porto P 04.20 – 04.21 Rivoli Teatro Municipal
- Famalicao P 04.14 – 04.15 Casa das Artes
- Maputo MOC 03.03 – 03.04 Cine Africa
- Johannesburg SA 02.26 – 02.27 FNB Dance Umbrella 2005 – Dance Factory
- Cape Town SA 02.12 – 02.19 Festival Oude Libertas Stellenbosch
- Zürich CH 01.10 – 01.13 Schauspielhaus Zürich – Schiffbau
2004
- Combs-la-Ville F 11.25 – 11.26 Festival Ile de Danse – Scène Nationale de Sénart La Coupole – La Rotonde
- Montreuil F 11.19 – 11.20 Festival Ile de Danse – Centre Dramatique Nationale de Montreuil
- Saint Michel F 11.16 Festival Ile de Danse – Espace Marcel Carné
- Paris F 06.17 – 06.26 Grande Halle de la Villette
- Strasbourg F 04.06 – 04.07 Le Maillon – Wacken
- Besançon F 02.03 – 02.06 L’Espace – Scène Nationale
- Zürich CH 01.24 – 01.27 Schauspielhaus Zürich – Schiffbau
- Basel CH 01.22 – 01.25 Kaserne Basel
- Marne-La-Vallée F 01.17 – 01.18 La Ferme du Buisson – Scène Nationale
