poleidoskop – a night walk through the multiverse

compagnie O. (Switzerland)

31.07 | 20:30 | Walking performance

Founded 2017 by choreographer Marie Alexis and based in Zurich, Switzerland, compagnie O.’s works offer space for aesthetic experience and reflection. Their aesthetics and methodology are shaped by the modes of perception of neurodivergent members (Autism, ADHD, neurosensitivity). The Compagnie regards artistic practice as a “thinking in deeds”. As a laboratory for new forms of togetherness, they keep exploring inclusive and sustainable methods. 2024-2027, compagnie O. receives a 4-year grant from the City of Zurich for their project MULTIVERSE | atypical perspectives.

The Night Walk poleidoskop is dedicated to hyperintensive sensory perception, as experienced by Autistic and ADHD individuals. Three dancers lead the audience through the night. They wear light sources on their bodies. Using repetitive movement principles such as bouncing/rocking/shaking/rotating, the lights and the illuminated surroundings are set in motion. This results in emerging (dis)orders, a constantly changing spatial setting of illuminated objects, moving light patterns, overlays, shadows. The repetitive movement principles generate an activation of the dancers body in the form of so-called „stimming“, a form of self-stimulation that many neurodivergent people, especially Autistics, often unconsciously apply to regulate the nervous system. The result is a resonance space where the audience can participate kinesthetically. Spectators wear headphones that dampen the ambient noise – but also multiply and amplify it, manipulated in real time.

An intense sensory journey, poleidoskop invites the visitors to experience aspects of neurodivergent perceptions from the inside.

Artistic direction, concept, choreography: Marie Alexis
Scenography, conceptual collaboration, tour guide: Ivalina Yapova
Performance: Soraya Leila Emery, Chiara Gay, Ambra Peyer
Dramaturgy: Mona De Weerdt
Composition, sound design: Serafin Aebli
Costume and equipment: Karen Feelizitas Petermann
Production assistant: Karolina Sarre
Dancers research and original cast, co-choreography: Lyn Bentschik, Alice D’Angelo, Naomi
Kamihigashi, Ambra Peyer, Maureen Zollinger
Production: cie O.
Co-production: ZÜRICH TANZT
Supported by: Stadt Zürich Kultur

31 July | 20:30 | Walking performance

compagnie O. – poleidoskop – a night walk through the multiverse

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