HANDS UP

In HANDS UP, a joint work by Tyler Cunningham and Emilia Dorr, there is the proverbial "elephant in the room": that which everyone sees but no one addresses. The starting point is a lecture performance about political hand gestures of resistance.

By Tyler Cunningham & Emilia Dorr

In HANDS UP, a joint work by Tyler Cunningham and Emilia Dorr, there is the proverbial "elephant in the room": what everyone sees but no one addresses. The starting point is a lecture performance about political hand gestures of resistance - until a gesture emerges that makes the elephant impossible to overlook and tips the evening over.

The performance unfolds a multi-layered visual world: elephants read love letters, dance, exhaust themselves and finally dissolve. HANDS UP asks what happens when uncomfortable topics interrupt artistic research - and how attention, concern and listening can be the starting point for dealing with social conflicts in a different way.

Between humor, irritation and seriousness, HANDS UP negotiates political symbolism, collective silence and the possibility of giving space to the unspoken. A performance about gestures - and about when it is necessary to raise your hand.

As part of 3 TAGE FREI.

CONCEPT / DIRECTOR / PERFORMANCE: Tyler Cunningham & Emilia Dorr

PERFORMANCE: Stella Covi

STAGE DESIGN & COSTUME: Miriam Brunnert

SOUNDDESIGN: Yuanbin Cao

OUTSIDE EYE: Marina Mihalchuk

Supported by the Kulturamt Stuttgart, Ritter Sport and Freie Tanz- und Theaterszene Stuttgart. With spatial support from Produktionszentrum.