Choreography Doris Uhlich
Dramaturgical support Gabriele Oßwald
DJ, Sound Boris Kopeinig
Light Stefan Grießhaber
Technics Eno Haque
Costume Evi Roos
Assistance Noah Appelhans, Anja Grunert
Performance Michael Black, Mareike Buchmann, Johannes Instinsky, Gaetan Matel, Claudia Pflaum-Richter, Michael Runkel, Wolfgang Sautermeister, Sören Tjarks, Ricarda Walter, Edith Weckesser, Helga Zeidler
U need is love is a production by Ensemble Divers in collaboration with zeitraumexit Mannheim and insert Tanz und Performance GmbH Vienna. Co-produced with Theater RAMPE Stuttgart and in cooperation with EinTanzHaus Mannheim and Lebenshilfe Bad Dürkheim. Supported by the Cultural Office of the City of Mannheim, Aktion Mensch, and the State Association of Independent Dance and Theatre Creators Baden-Württemberg (Landesverband Freie Tanz- und Theaterschaffende BW e.V.).
The Ensemble Divers developed in the course of Wolfgang Sautermeister and Gabriele Oßwald's work with people with and without disabilities. Since 2015, performance pieces have been created with a changing cast in cooperation with zeitraumexit Mannheim and the painting workshop at Lebenshilfe Bad Dürkheim (a studio for adult artists with physical disabilities or learning difficulties), e.g. “Sacre” in 2015 and ‘Angels’ in 2018. The western film “Die Entscheidung” was produced in 20/21. Since the production “Ewigkeitendegott” in 2023, the group has been called Ensemble Divers. The productions have been shown at the Arp Museum Rolandseck, dasHaus Ludwigshafen, Idyllerei Nuremberg, Port 25 - Raum für Gegenwartskunst Mannheim, zeitraumexit Mannheim, most recently “Schlager oder Die Sehnsucht nach dem ganz großen Glück” 2024 at Eintanzhaus Mannheim. In addition, there are site-specific performances, such as Fang erst gar nicht so an for the exhibition opening at Port 25 – Raum für Gegenwartskunst in Mannheim, featuring David Julian Kirchner and Thilo Eichhorn, or Träum unbedingt weiter at the Galerie Alte Turnhalle in Bad Dürkheim.
