#11 Soraya Leila Emery (Zürich)

TURN ON

This film portrays the Zurich-based choreographer Soraya Leila Emery and shows her working on her group piece TURN ON. In this production, Soraya Leila Emery explores female pleasure from a feminist perspective. In the film, we see how the performers encounter each other using dance and grappling techniques (from Brazilian martial arts Jiu Jitsu) and explore the themes of pleasure and desire physically and choreographically. Through the film footage and interview statements by the choreographer, it becomes evident that for Soraya Leila this is an equally intimate and personal as well as socialpolitical topic that is being artistically addressed here.

Credits
Concept: Mona De Weerdt, Michelle Ettlin
Camera, editing, post-production: Michelle Ettlin
Dramaturgy: Mona De Weerdt, Michelle Ettlin, Jessica Huber
Production: echolot films / mdw Kulturproduktionen
Co-Production: hot stuff

With:
Soraya Leila Emery (concept, artistic direction, choreography)
Eman Hussein, Léna Sophia Bagutti Khennouf, Donia Sbika (co-choreography, performance)
Lyn Bentschik (dramaturgy)
Sinan Moses (sound design)
Moni Wespi (stage and costumes)

Locations: Fabriktheater Rote Fabrik Zürich, Tanzhaus Zürich, Brücki 235, riverbero Poschiavo, Dampfzentrale Bern

Supported by the Federal Office of Culture / Dance as Cultural Heritage, Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zurich, the Ernst Göhner, Corymbo, Alexis Victor Thalberg, Sophie and Karl Binding and Albert Huber Foundation, Migros Culture Percentage. The translation is financed by: Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council and the Oertli Foundation

Partners: Reso – Dance Network Switzerland, SAPA Foundation – Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts

© echolot films / mdw Kulturproduktionen / hot stuff 2024

pictures:
© Michelle Ettlin