Eszter Salamon

Valeska Gert was one of the greatest artists of her time. As early as the 1920’s, her radical performance practice combined theatre, dance, cinema, poetry and singing and was defined by a fearless will to experiment with themes of gender, race, national identity and aesthetics. In the latest production in her critically acclaimed ›Monument‹ series, choreographer Eszter Salamon in artistic collaboration with Boglarka Börcsök and Sylvie Garot, nears Valeska Gert’s life and work through a shifting collection of related performative acts. In empathy with Gert’s own migrant life and located far beyond historiography, the work invites spectators to encounter the making of a speculative history in which autobiography supersedes art historical discourse and gaps in documentary evidence are filled by imagination.

Artistic direction: Eszter SalamonArtistic collaboration: Boglàrka BörcsökWith: Boglàrka Börcsök, Eszter SalamonLight: Sylvie GarotTechnical direction: Matteo Bambi

Production/ organisation: Botschaft Gbr / Alexandra Wellensiek, Studio E.S / Elodie PerrinCo-production: PACT Zollverein (Essen), City of Woman, (Ljubljana), Théâtre des Amandiers (Nanterre)

Support: Fondation Boghossian -Villa Empain, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, DRAC - Regional Agency of Cultural Affairs in Paris - The French Ministry of Culture and Communication

Funding: NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZ (NPN), Co-production Fund for Dance supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media on the basis of a resolution passed by the German Bundestag, Regional Direction for Cultural Affairs in Paris – The French Ministry of Culture and Communication

With the friendly support of: Fonds Transfabrik – Franco-German fund for the performing arts

Touring

11.02.2021, La Vignette, Montpellier (FR) (cancelled)10.02.2021, La Vignette, Montpellier (FR) (cancelled)22.11.2020, Serralves Foundation, Porto (PT) (cancelled)18.06.2020, Festival Latitudes contemporaines, Maison Folie de Wazemmes, Lille (FR) (postponed)21.05.2020, Les Spectacles Vivant du Centre Pompidou, Le Centre Pompidou, Paris (FR) (cancelled)20.05.2020, Les Spectacles Vivant du Centre Pompidou, Le Centre Pompidou, Paris (FR) (cancelled)02.07.2019, Montpellier Danse, Montpellier, (FR)01.07.2019, Montpellier Danse, Montpellier, (FR)01.05.2019, Hellerau. European Centre for the Arts, Dresden (DE)01.05.2019, Hellerau. European Centre for the Arts, Dresden (DE)30.04.2019, Hellerau. European Centre for the Arts, Dresden (DE)14.04.2019, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, (DE)13.04.2019, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, (DE)19.10.2018, Kaaitheater, Brüssel (BE)18.10.2018, Kaaitheater, Brüssel (BE)23.08.2018, far° festival des art vivant, Nyon (CH)22.08.2018, far° festival des art vivant, Nyon (CH)17.08.2018, Tanzplattform 2018, Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen (DE)16.08.2018, Tanzplattform 2018, Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen (DE)14.10.2017, PACT Zollverein, Essen (DE)13.10.2017, PACT Zollverein, Essen (DE)