What is the melody of a love story? With what sort of rhythm do we doubt each other? Do we dance differently when we tell each other secrets? We talk every day about all sorts of things. Sometimes it is to convey something that’s important to us, sometimes just to hear the sound of our own voice and to avoid the silence. Jolika Sudermann and Alma Söderberg observed and listened to conversations, their own and others. What they found was melody, gesture and rhythm.
concept, choreography and performance: Jolika Sudermann & Alma Söderberg
artistic advice: Igor Dobričić, Martin Nachbar
light design: Erik Gramberg, Tilo Schwarz
production management: Stephanie Lühn
production: hetveem theater (The Netherlands)
co-production: zeitraumexit (Germany), FFT (Germany)
support: Tanzfabrik (Germany)
A Talk is a production of Het Veem Theater Amsterdam. Coproduced by FFT Düsseldorf and zeitraumexit e.V. Mannheim. With kind support of Tanzfabrik Berlin. Awardwinner at Stuttgarter Tanz- und Theaterpreis.
Tour dates
2014 Szene Salzburg, Sounded Bodies Festival Zagreb, Lokomotiva Skopje, Kondenz Station Belgrade, Goethe Institute Manhattan NYC, Pratt Institute, NYC
2013 Teaterhuset Avant Garden Trondheim, Hetveem Theater Amsterdam, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, Festival des 7 Collines St Etienne
2012 Tweetakt Festival Utrecht, Sophiensaele Berlin, Kaaitheater Brussels, Baltoscandal Festival Rakvere, Sommerfestival Kampnagel Hamburg, Mladi Levi Festival Ljubiljana, Dance Umbrella Festival London, Poetry Festival Gothenburg, Theater Hasselt, BE
2011 Zeitraumexit Mannheim, Something Raw Festival Frascati Amsterdam, FFT Düsseldorf, Hetveem Theater Amsterdam, ImpulsTanz Schauspielhaus Wien, C/U Festival Warsaw, Theater Kikker Utrecht, Dampfzentrale Bern, Moderne Danstheatern Stockholm, Atalante Gothenburg, Dansstationen Malmö
