into (quickening ground)
In the performance into (quickening ground), Camilla Schielin continues her exploration of the persistence of the past and forms of ghostly return. The performance draws from the personal and the common as a source to be trusted. Shared emotions, bodily archives, and the idea of nostalgia for lost futures are taken up to be then let go gently. What has been concealed is very much alive and calls for devotion.
Based on biography, inscribed memories, encounters and ‘phantom dances’, the performance considers and explores the concept of ‘haunting’. Part of this is Tecktonik, a post-internet dance and bygone youth culture that has emerged between the real and the virtual sphere. into (quickening ground) embraces fleeting gestures and shifting meanings as the past leaks in. The motif of return in the ghostly opens up a field of possibilities between active and passive, between occupying and being possessed. Like a wasteland – waiting for future fantasies.
is a dancer and performer. She studied contemporary dance and performance both in Austria and Germany and has since worked with, among others, Nick Mauss on a project for the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, as well as with Olivia Erlanger and Doris Uhlich in Vienna. Furthermore, she creates projects independently and in collaboration with the performance group maria mercedes. In 2021, she performed her solo take me to my house at the Rakete Festival and received the danceWEB scholarship at ImPulsTanz. In 2022, she was part of PARASOL, the dance group of TQW. Her performances unfold in various settings on stages, in exhibition spaces and in public places.
Credits
Concept, performance Camilla Schielin Sound Paul Ebhart Costume Karolin Braegger Artistic advisor Andrius Mulokas In dialogue with Julia Müllner, Yoh Morishita, Claire Lefevre, Magdalena Forster, Luca Büchler Co-produced by Tanzquartier Wien and Camilla Schielin. With support from the Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, Vienna, the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sports, and the Bears in the Park residency programme