September 26, 2024
Opening performance: Forever
How do children relate to life and death, to dying, and to the idea of immortality?
We are proud to present this year's opening performance: Forever with the company of Swiss choreographer Tabea Martin!
What does it mean to live forever?
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you never had to die? Or what your own death would look like - dramatically, like a scene from a movie? These are the questions that are at the center of FOREVER, a performance where both humor and seriousness can play together.
Through interviews and workshops, Swiss choreographer Tabea Martin has explored children's thoughts on life and death. The result is a performance full of imagination, adapted by five professional dancers.
In FOREVER, we meet ancient gods and creatures awakening from death, in a world where immortality is the theme. The production uses gallons of theatrical blood, buckets of tears (really!) and a stage floor that can fortunately be washed. It's a playful and visual experience, but also touching and thought-provoking - all conveyed in the visual language of children.
How do children view dying? What do they imagine about life after death? Maybe you've thought about it yourself - how much should we really talk about death with children? Or is it still something we'd rather not talk about?
The show is performed in Norwegian, Swedish and English.
Tabea Martin is a choreographer and performer living in Basel, Switzerland. She studied modern dance in Amsterdam and choreography in Rotterdam, and has collaborated with renowned theaters such as Schauspielhaus Zürich, Gorki Theater Berlin and Theater Basel. Her best-known works include Pink for Girls & Blue for Boys, Forever and This is My Last Dance, which have been performed on tour throughout Europe and at Swiss Dance Days. Tabea has received several awards, including the Berner Tanzpreise 2015 and the Kulturpreis from Kanton Basel-Landschaft in 2016. She continues to develop and tour innovative productions in Europe.