Simon Mayer
Sons of Sissy
- Performance Performance
- Sat 19.03.16 20 h
Austrian choreographer and farm boy Simon Mayer’s latest work winningly acknowledges the rich universe of traditions, folk dances and folk music which surrounded his youth. Drawing on live traditional Alpine music, group dances and ritualized practices, four performers playfully establish a whole new and unseen fusion of artistic re-interpretations. Liberated from conventions and defying categorisation, the ›Sons of Sissy‹ do credit to their name as they morph from a weird folk-music quartet into a playful, experimental ritual dance combo using humour to radically deconstruct traditional male role models.
Idea, choreography, performance, music: Simon Mayer
Performance, music: Matteo Haitzmann, Patric Redl, Manuel Wagner
Sound sources, special instruments: Hans Tschiritsch
Stage, costumes: Andrea Simeon
Light: Martin Walitza, Hannes Ruschbaschan
Artistic advice: Frans Poelstra
Production: Sophie Schmeiser, Elisabeth Hirner
Co-production: Verein Kopf hoch / Simon Mayer (Vienna), brut (Vienna), Gessnerallee (Zürich), zeitraumexit (Mannheim), Tanz ist (Dornbirn)
Supported by: Department of Culture of the City of Vienna, Arts and Culture Division of the Federal Chancellery of Austria, Kulturland Oberösterreich, Flemish Community, pianofabriek (Brussels), WP Zimmer (Antwerp), Im_flieger Verein zur Förderung performativer Kunst (Vienna), Kunst und Kulturverein SPIEL, [DNA] Departures and Arrivals with funding from the Creative Europe Program of the European Union
Thanks to: Simon Zöchbauer, Julian Rubisch, ALMA (Marlene Lacherstorfer, Julia
Lacherstorfer, Evelyn Mair, Marie-Theres Stickler), Godi Burgstaller, Chris Standfest, Andrea Amort, Munderfinger Goaßlschnalzer, Altstädter Bauerngmoa, Pramtaler Volkstanzgruppe, Elio Gervasi/Raum 33
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