Solo for stage (2025)
Daybreak addresses the tension between tracelessness and surveillance through the figure of the vagabond. The vagabond represents the freedom to exist in anonymity and can foster liberty from the commodification of the social – our connections, relationships and friendships – and turning it into valuable data.
In this work, which takes place in a live soundscape composed and performed by Lynn Suemitsu, the vagabond (Shade Théret) does not accept her place in the world’s power structure. She chooses to live outside of anything that might follow her and make her traceable. Therefore she lives literally outside – on a cold beach, within an empty construction site, in a wintered-over garden. Upon meeting someone new, she never asks for anything, never apologizes, and never says thank you. She demands, she takes what she wants, and she walks away.
Duration: 40 minutes
Concept, choreography, performance,: Shade Théret
Music: Rin Suemitsu
Stage: MRZB
Costume: Clever Disguises
Light: Shaly López
Dramaturgical support: Polina Fenko
A production by Shade Théret in co-production with Sophiensæle. The 34th Tanztage Berlin is a production of Sophiensæle. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. With the kind support of Tanzfabrik Berlin e.V., Theaterhaus Berlin and Uferstudios GmbH.
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