chirp

The term ‘dance’ is often used in zoological literature and animal documentary to describe movement patterns found across animal species. In chirp, those dances are translated and performed through the possibilities and restrictions of the human body.

CONCEPT/ CHOREOGRAPHY: Nela Fletcher
DANCE/ CHOREOGRAPHIC COLLABORATION: Christa Naef, Manuel Buergin, Tim Fletcher
LIGHT: Michael Omlin
MUSIC: Bo Wiget
COSTUME: Inge Gill Klossner
OUTSIDE EYE: Dominique Mueller
DURATION: 35’
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: Yvonne Nuenlist
PHOTOGRAPHY: Christian Glaus
PRODUCTION: halsundbeinbruch
CO-PRODUCTION: Tanzhaus Zurich, 2009
FURTHER PERFORMANCES: Theater Roxy Basel, Tour through Switzerland with Tanzplan Ost

SUPPORTED BY: Stadt Zurich Kultur, Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zurich, Dr. Adolf Streuli Stiftung, Georges und Jenny Bloch-Stiftung, Ernst Goehner Stiftung, Migros Kulturprozent, Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung, Tanzhaus Zurich