Habitat / Herrenhausen

Habitat is a celebration of all bodies, ages and genders. International choreographer Doris Uhlich is known for her poetic and subversive staging of naked bodies in public spaces. The Habitat series has its origins in the ensemble piece more than naked (2013) and has been developed and performed at various locations in many European cities since 2017.
For the KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen, Doris Uhlich is developing a site-specific Habitat in the Herrenhausen Gardens of Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover. In this baroque and characteristic formal language, the naked bodies of many people snap, vibrate and clap against each other to electronic sounds and abstract techno tracks. The baroque era meets the present and contemporary physical visions and longings. Dancing bodies let their fat dance and celebrate physical diversity and individual beauty. The bodies search for real shared experiences and create opportunities to network in collective energy.
















Credits
Concept, choreography Doris Uhlich
Performance Sijia Chen, Pedra Costa, Jini Dittmeyer, Juliana Docio Noguerira, Madhu Einsiedler, Adil Embaby, Lia Eshel, Vrovro Geiger, Sophie Gisbertz, Nes, Charlotte Heidenreich, Michael Hillmann, Lisa Hollweger, Jan Hubinger, Lina Katt, Martin Kovacic, Lilith Krausz, Frederik Krischer, Sibille Kuhnel, Louis Labadens, Renaud Lemor, Lotte Lindner, Aljoscha Lupke, Florencia Martina, Francesco Marzano, Mario Meyer, Levi Muhlbacher, Dave Newnham, Ramona Lena Nieveler, Georg Nogel, Laurence Piou, Theresa Plank, Vera Rosner, Maya Rachel Schiff, Mara Schneider, Nils Anders Schroder, Kathrin Schumann, Bernd Sidon, Anna Solomkina, Till Steinbrenner, Lena Steinhuber, Maya Tor, Louis Umbach, Živa Vavpotič, Yanna Vick, Jonas Wegner, Catherin Wenzel, M. Amin Zariouh, Martin Zillner, Merle Zurawski
Rehearsal directors Hugo Le Brigand, Mim Schneider, Ann Muller
DJ Boris Kopeinig
Set design Juliette Collas
Production Management KunstFestSpiele Vera Wieschermann
Communication, Press Franziska Heubacher
Company Management, Production Margot Wehinger
International Distribution Giulia Traversi
Project partners of the Habitat-series are donaufestival / Krems, ImPulsTanz / Vienna in cooperation with Wiener Secession, Tanzquartier Wien, Münchner Kammerspiele, Tanzfestival Rhein-Main (Künstlerhaus Mousonturm / Frankfurt a. M. and Hessisches Staatsballett in the frame of Tanzplattform Rhein-Main), Wildwuchs Festival / Basel, Nowy Teatr / Warszawa, Frascati / Amsterdam, Perform Europe (Plexus Rouge / Marseille, Rosendal Teater / Trondheim, Mayfest / Bristol), DOMENIG STEINHAUS / Carinthia, BRITNEY X Festival / Cologne, Metropolis / Copenhagen, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen, Hanover
Funded by the Cultural Department of the City of Vienna and the Federal Ministry Republic of Austria for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport