Susanne Linke / VA Wölfl

In collaboration with the artist VA Wölfl, Susanne Linke conceived in 1985 ›Schritte verfolgen‹, an autobiographical solo in four acts based on her childhood experiences with language and speech. 22 years later, Linke has now reconstructed the work that defined her artistic credo with the dancers Armelle H. van Eecloo, Mareike Franz and Elisabetta Rosso. The result is a sensitive narration of the process of ageing and attaining maturity and a joyful affirmation of the desire to simply ›be‹ at any stage of life.

Reconstruction of the production Susanne Linke/VA Wölfel: Schritte verfolgen, solo
Premiere: 18.9.1985, 35. Berliner Festwoche at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin

Rekonstruktion und Weitergabe 2007
Rekonstruktion: Susanne Linke
Assistant Susanne Linke: Adriana Kocijan
Dance: Susanne Linke, Armelle H. van Eecloo, Mareike Franz, Elisabetta Rosso
Set: VA Wölfl
Music: Hector Berlioz, Frédéric Chopin, Ginger Baker, Edward Grieg, Gustav Mahler, train engine sounds, drum music from Rwanda and Togo
Light design: Johan Delaere
Light: Hartmut Litzinger
Stage realisation: Norbert Krüger, Roger Irman
Music collage: Dieter Behne
Sound: Damian Lang
Costumes: Rupert Franzen

Production: The.Lab art & media (Berlin)Co-production: PACT Zollverein (Essen), Théâtre Le Phénix (Valencienne).
With the support of: Nationales Performance Netzwerk (NPN), the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (The Federal Cultural Foundation) and the Kunststiftung NRW.The performances at PACT Zollverein are supported by the Minister President of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Residency PACT Zollverein