24/06/2025
Images from last Saturday open rehersal for the upcoming production WERT!
Thanks to the interested and attentive public!
Fotos: Martin Angiuli
WERT (Premiere) 27th and 28zh of June 2025
ViaThea/Marienplatz Görlitz
https://www.g-h-t.de/de/spielplan/
WERT portrays the complex identity of the dancer in the tension between artist and athlete, exploring the challenges in professional dance life that arise from these different aspects. The performance provides the dancers with a space to express their personal experiences and emotions while simultaneously navigating the demands of a dance profession that requires performance. The constant merging of these dimensions fosters a deeper understanding of the dancer's identity, which encompasses both artistic and athletic elements.
WERT also raises questions about the value of art and performance in society, particularly in the context of the stage: How are dancers perceived as artists, and to what extent does the audience's admiration for athletic movement influence this perception?
The audience is encouraged to reflect on these questions by engaging with a dancer who is not only a performer but also a complex, vulnerable, and struggling figure balancing between both worlds.
Choreography and setting:
Massimo Gerardi
Live percussions:
Uwe Tontsch
Choreographic Assistance:
Martin Angiuli
Organizational Assistance to the Dance Management:
Ilka Bothe
Cast
Rafail Boumpoucheropoulos
Filippo Nannucci
Jesper Sandvik
Jun Wang
Eefje van den Bergen
Elise de Heer
Gianna Sargent
Ruri Wakiyama
Sara Nicastro
Gilda De Vecchis