I want to be a swamp (2024)

(C) G2 Baraniak
2024 we visited many moors in northern Germany and wanted to celebrate our memories of this unique ecosystem, which is acutely threatened with disappearance, in a futuristic-looking stage set. Remembered colours, smells, sounds, zoom-ins and microforms become "choreographic embodiments", physical, fluid testimonies of the swamp. Through shamanistic rituals, electronic sounds, choral voices and songs, the dancers allow the audience to share the grief for this dying landscape. At the same time, they conjure up the enduring, composting forces of the moor and dance a homage to the healing powers of a transformational nature that has not been cultivated, defined and colonised by humans.
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(C) G2 Baraniak

(C) G2 Baraniak
Credits
CHOREOGRAPHY Yolanda Morales
DANCE Sakshi Jain, Beatriz Silva Aranda,
Anand Dhanakoti, Joana Kern,
Yolanda Morales
DRAMATURY Barbara Schmidt-Rohr
STAGE Hanna Lenz
COSTUME Lea Theres Lahr-Thiele
SOUND Dong Zhou
LIGHT Lars Kracht
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Katja
Kruglikova
PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
Stückliesel (Hark Empen)
VOCAL TRAINING Morin Gonzalez
CHOIR SET-UP AND REHEARSAL
Lisa Florentina Schmalz, Chris Lüers
DRAMATURGY HOSPITANCY
Carlotta Ortinger
I want to be a swamp is a production by Yolanda Morales & Team in co-production with K3 | Tanzplan Hamburg.
Funded by Freie Hanseatische Stadt Hamburg, Behörde für Kultur und Medien and Berit und Rainer Baumgarten Stiftungsfund under the umbrella of the Hamburgische Kulturstiftung.