LEASHED UNLEASHED
@ Theaterhaus G7, 2021
@ Ringtheater Berlin, 2022
Leashed Unleashed offers us a look at the mechanisms of control to which the human body is subjected - external control as well as internal discipline. What do we experience physically and affectively when we are in a state of losing control or being controlled?
Field research and interviews with people who deal daily with adaptations of the body to
(self-)imposed social control mechanisms inspire the choreography. Ambivalent movement material and poetic stories of professionals in fields such as plastic surgery, the BDSM scene or fitness training are put together in a visually powerful scenic collage that creates divergent and free spaces of perception.
By & with: Kimberly Kaviar & Zhenya Salinski | Choreography & Performance: Simone Gisela Weber & Juan Felipe Amaya Gonzalez (Kimberly Kaviar) | Text & Performance: Zhenya Salinski | Music and Sound: Friedrich Byusa Blam | Audiovisual Design: Max Wigger | Lighting Design (Stage): Catalina Fernandez | Stage: Yoav Admoni | Costume: Sara Wendt | Voices: Rachell Bo Clark, Maciej Sado | Production Management: Sophia Keßen | Dramaturgy: Tim Jakob, Dandan Liu | Consulting: Thomas Schaupp | Audio description: Rike Fläming
Co-production Theaterhaus G7 as part of the Sprechlabor series of events. Work in Progress presented at the Performing Art Festival Berlin PAF 2021. Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the cultural support programme Tor 4 - BASF promotes art.