Crane Etude
By Florentina Holzinger
Dance, stunts and water spirits at Müggelsee: Since 2020 Florentina Holzinger and team have been presenting musical-performative experiments in public space. These so-called “Etudes” have so far taken place on parking decks, streets and urban squares. Now, the upcoming Etude – the KRANETUDE – goes to a popular Berlin excursion destination for the first time, matching the summer feeling: the lakeside resort (Seebad) Friedrichshagen. Here, a choreography for eight bodies and a crane on the water is created to the composition of the musician Katharina Ernst for multiple percussion. This KRANETUDE searches for new presentation contexts for dance, connects to research on feminist approaches to the element water and explores possibilities of a “technical” theater in water. On a moving sea, the composition sets the rhythm in harmony with the mechanical gears. Florentina Holzinger’s works continuously push the boundaries of theatrical illusion and real action, dance and stunt act, entertainment and high culture. At the end of the Leisure & Pleasure festival and the conclusion of the last season under the artistic direction of Franziska Werner, the Sophiensæle present this special happening at Berlin's Müggelsee.
Müggelsee, June 2023
Choreography, concept, direction: Florentina Holzinger
Performers: Natasha Vergilio, Mina Tomic, Maartje Pasman, Xana Novais, Netti Nüganen, Sophie Duncan, Annina Machaz, Linnéa Tullius, Florentina Holzinger
Scenery, concept: Nikola Knecevic
Composition and Sound Design: Katharina Ernst, Stefan Schneider
Drums, Percussions: Judith Schwarz, Shiau-Shiuan Hung, Stina Fors, Katharina Ernst
Conductor: Sibylle Fischer
Technical direction: Stephan Werner
Technical support: Dörte Wilfroth, Michael Henn, Ivan Bartsch, Camilla Smolders, Juan Arata, Manuel Henne Stunt and Rigging coordinator: Ronny Horning, Alexander Kusmak
Water Safety and Stunt Rigging: Kim Ruhnau
Flyboarding Team: fly-board.eu and Tatiana Fedorova
Production: neonlobster / Giulia Messia, Katharina Wallisch, Tammo Walter
Management and international Distribution neonlobster / Giulia Messia, Katharina Wallisch
A production by Florentina Holzinger in co-production with SOPHIENSÆLE Berlin, funded by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds. Thanks to Seebad Friedrichshagen, Otto Mette Wasserbau GmbH & Co. KG.
Müggelsee, June 2023
Choreography, concept, direction: Florentina Holzinger
Performers: Natasha Vergilio, Mina Tomic, Maartje Pasman, Xana Novais, Netti Nüganen, Sophie Duncan, Annina Machaz, Linnéa Tullius, Florentina Holzinger
Scenery, concept: Nikola Knecevic
Composition and Sound Design: Katharina Ernst, Stefan Schneider
Drums, Percussions: Judith Schwarz, Shiau-Shiuan Hung, Stina Fors, Katharina Ernst
Conductor: Sibylle Fischer
Technical direction: Stephan Werner
Technical support: Dörte Wilfroth, Michael Henn, Ivan Bartsch, Camilla Smolders, Juan Arata, Manuel Henne Stunt and Rigging coordinator: Ronny Horning, Alexander Kusmak
Water Safety and Stunt Rigging: Kim Ruhnau
Flyboarding Team: fly-board.eu and Tatiana Fedorova
Production: neonlobster / Giulia Messia, Katharina Wallisch, Tammo Walter
Management and international Distribution neonlobster / Giulia Messia, Katharina Wallisch
A production by Florentina Holzinger in co-production with SOPHIENSÆLE Berlin, funded by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds. Thanks to Seebad Friedrichshagen, Otto Mette Wasserbau GmbH & Co. KG.