Jérôme Bel (France) and Theater HORA (Switzerland)
13-15/5｜Friday to Sunday｜8pm (13, 14/5);3pm (15/5)
Old Court Building, 2nd floor (no elevator)
Tickets: MOP 200
Concept: Jérôme Bel
By and With: Remo Beuggert, Noha Badir, Gianni Blumer, Damian Bright, Matthias Brücker, Nikolai Gralak, Matthias Grandjean, Julia Häusermann, Sara Hess, Tiziana Pagliaro, Fabienne Villiger and Remo Zarentonello
Dramaturgy: Marcel Bugiel
Producing Manager: Ketty Ghnassia
Artistic Director of Theater HORA: Michael Elber
General Manager of Theater HORA: Giancarlo Marinucci
Administration: Conny Marinucci
Production / Organisation of the tour: Theater HORA - Stiftung Züriwerk (Zurich)
Co-production: Theater HORA, R.B. Jérôme Bel, Festival AUAWIRLEBEN (Bern), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), dOCUMENTA (13), Festival d'Avignon, Ruhrtriennale, Festival d'Automne à Paris, Les Spectacles vivants - Centre Pompidou (Paris), La Bâtie – Festival de Genève, HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin)
Since his early works renowned French choreographer Jérôme Bel has been interested in what stands beyond representation. In his choreographies, the rules of dance and theatre are treated like the syntax of a language that is analysed and eventually put into play.
With Disabled Theater, in which Bel worked with mentally disabled actors from Swiss company Theater HORA, he sheds light on the dynamics of exclusion that leads to the marginalisation of those who are considered unable to produce, exposing how, on the contrary, they are able to question the very mechanisms of representation, and to hint at existence as a non-partitioned mode of presence. Disabled Theater debuted in 2012 and received sparking debate and praise. It raises important questions about the representation of disability in the public domain and presents a wonderfully alive, brutally honest and highly provocative performance.
Performed in Swiss German and English, with surtitles in Chinese and Portuguese
Duration: approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, no interval
The Post-show Sharing Session is on 14 May, 2016.