Lick Life Against the Direction of its Fur
- 21:00
- 19:00
- Duration 60'
- French-speaking Swiss premiere
- From 12 years old
- PRM
- In English — written text available in French
Usine à Gaz
Rue César-Soulié 1,
Nyon
Friday 21.08 at 20:40, performance introduction in the foyer of Usine à Gaz
concept and choreography Tyra Wigg choreography inspired by David Byrne, Meredith Monk, Twyla Tharp, Trisha Brown, Laurie Anderson, Grace Jones, Jeffrey Hornaday dance and performance Kihako Narisawa, Antoine Weil, Tyra Wigg / Jessica Tamsin Alleman (alternating performances) performative creation Declan Whitaker sound, metal track composed by Elischa Heller including voices from Sam Ramer, Sab Barzer, Milena Sentobe, Elischa Heller lighting design and technical direction Chiara Leonhardt costume design Anne-Sophie Raemy, Tyra Wigg scenography Ernestyna Orlowska, Tyra Wigg dramaturgy Juan Felipe Amaya Gonzalez sound technician Pam Meyer production Paula Alonso Gómez co-production Kaserne Basel with support from Fachausschuss für Darstellende Künste Basel-Stadt/Baselland; Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council; Fondation Ernst Göhner; SSA – Société Suisse des Auteurs; Fondation Landis & Gyr
If you no longer have a future, turn toward the past instead! Tyra Wigg invites us to travel backwards through time in order to better confront a shortage of future.
Lick Life Against the Direction of Its Fur is an invitation to quite literally experience the world against the grain. Haunted by a lost future, three performers revive the dances and fashions of the 1980s within an eccentric visual and sonic landscape. The piece unfolds in two chapters, like the two sides of the same coin. On one side: the desire to retreat into the familiar territory of the past. On the other: the instinct screaming that the only place to truly live is the present.
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Lick Life Against Its Fur Tyra Wigg © Anne-Sophie Remy
concept and choreography Tyra Wigg choreography inspired by David Byrne, Meredith Monk, Twyla Tharp, Trisha Brown, Laurie Anderson, Grace Jones, Jeffrey Hornaday dance and performance Kihako Narisawa, Antoine Weil, Tyra Wigg / Jessica Tamsin Alleman (alternating performances) performative creation Declan Whitaker sound, metal track composed by Elischa Heller including voices from Sam Ramer, Sab Barzer, Milena Sentobe, Elischa Heller lighting design and technical direction Chiara Leonhardt costume design Anne-Sophie Raemy, Tyra Wigg scenography Ernestyna Orlowska, Tyra Wigg dramaturgy Juan Felipe Amaya Gonzalez sound technician Pam Meyer production Paula Alonso Gómez co-production Kaserne Basel with support from Fachausschuss für Darstellende Künste Basel-Stadt/Baselland; Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council; Fondation Ernst Göhner; SSA – Société Suisse des Auteurs; Fondation Landis & Gyr