EXTRA LIFE
Following the great success of L’Étang/Der Teich (Wiener Festwochen 2022), choreographer Gisèle Vienne presents EXTRA LIFE at Tanzquartier Wien, once again featuring actor Adèle Haenel (e.g. Portrait of a Lady on Fire), this time alongside Katia Petrowick and Theo Livesey. With this new piece, Vienne continues her stirring yet relentless deconstruction of the patriarchal perception regime. Two siblings who meet again at the end of a night of celebration. A trauma that brought their close relationship in childhood to an abrupt end. A moment of realisation that might pave the way for a different life after twenty years.
Vienne fragments the moment of epiphany into its many facets: past, present, memory, imagination and premonition. The sensuous yet oppressive dramaturgy of this heterogeneous collage is underscored by the music of synthesiser composer Caterina Barbieri, sound design by Adrien Michel and the immersive laser-light stage architecture by Yves Godin.
Artist Talk following the performance on Fri 01.03., Iris Raffetseder (dramaturge at Wiener Festwochen) in conversation with Gisèle Vienne and participants in the production. In English. The talk will be translated into Austrian Sign Language.
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is a French-Austrian artist, choreographer and director. She combines puppetry and acting, choreography, light, sound and set design into an emotionally charged, intense theatre language in her works. After graduating in philosophy, she studied at the École Supérieure Nationale des Arts de la Marionnette. Her most recently shown work at Tanzquartier Wien was the film Jerk, based on the piece of the same name presented at Steirischer Herbst festival in 2008. In 2018, the choreography Crowd, and in 2022, the piece L’Etang, based on Robert Walser’s play The Pond, were guest-performed at the Wiener Festwochen.
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Concept, choreography, direction, scenography Gisèle Vienne Created in collaboration & performed by Adèle Haenel, Theo Livesey, Katia Petrowick Original music Caterina Barbieri Sound design Adrien Michel Lights Yves Godin in collaboration with Gisèle Vienne Texts Adèle Haenel, Theo Livesey, Katia Petrowick, Gisèle Vienne Costumes Gisèle Vienne, Camille Queval, FrenchKissLA Puppet making Etienne Bideau-Rey, Nicolas Herlin Stage manager Antoine Hordé Sound manager Géraldine Foucault Voglimacci Light manager Samuel Dosière, Iannis Japiot Technical director Erik Houllier Assistant Sophie Demeyer Production, touring Alma Office (Anne-Lise Gobin, Camille Queval, Andrea Kerr) Administration Cloé Haas, Clementine Papandrea Thanks to Elsa Dorlin, Etienne Hunsinger, Sandra Lucbert, Romane Rivol, Anja Röttgerkamp, Sabrina Lonis, Maya Masse, Giovanna Rua, Lina Hinsky Production DACM / Company Gisèle Vienne Coproduction Ruhrtriennale, Théâtre National de Bretagne – Centre Européen Théâtral et Chorégraphique; MC93 – Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis; MC2 – Grenoble Scène nationale; Théâtre national de Chaillot; Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg – Scène européenne; Tandem – Scène nationale de Douai; Points Communs – Nouvelle Scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise; CN D Centre national de la danse; Comédie de Genève; Le Volcan – Scène nationale du Havre; Centre Culturel André Malraux – Scène nationale de Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy; NTGent; Cité européenne du Théâtre Domaine d’O Montpellier; Festival d’Automne à Paris; Comédie de Clermont; International Summer Festival Kampnagel, Hamburg; Tanzquartier, Vienna; Triennale Milano Teatro; La Filature, Scène nationale de Mulhouse Supported by Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels. The Company Gisèle Vienne is supported by the ministère de la Culture et de la Communication – DRAC Grand Est, the Région Grand Est, Ville de Strasbourg, and Institut Français. Gisèle Vienne is associated artist at TNB – Théâtre National de Bretagne, at Chaillot – théâtre national de la danse, at MC2 Grenoble and Volcan – Scène nationale du Havre.
In French with English surtitles
Please note: There are moments of complete darkness during the performance. Strobe lights and lasers are used. Moreover, sexualised violence is addressed in the production.
Remaining tickets will be available at the evening box office. Waiting numbers will be issued out from 30 minutes before showtime.