#12 Ruth Childs (Geneva)

FUN TIMES

This portrait is dedicated to the dancer and choreographer Ruth Childs and the creation process of her group piece Fun Times. Fun Times stages different variations of the English term 'fun': both the naive act of having fun (together) and the less conventional act of mockery. The film shows how Ruth Childs - inspired by music by US musician Meredith Monk and accompanied by sounds by Stéphane Vecchione - explores with the performers how these shared experiences of fun can be translated choreographically, vocally and musically. They do this in a tragicomic way that corresponds to our time, in which we no longer know whether to laugh or cry.

release date: November 2024

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: Ruth Childs / Scarlett’s

With:
Ruth Childs (concept, artistic direction, choreography, dance)
Bryan Campbell, Ruth Childs, Karine Dahouindji, Cosima Grand, Ha Kyoon Larcher (co-choreography, dance)
Stéphane Vecchione (research and sound design)
Flow Marie (assistance)
Joana Oliveira (light design)
Mélissa Rouvinet (scenography)
Tara Mabiala (costumes)

Locations: ARSENIC - Centre d’art scénique contemporain Lausanne, Montpellier Danse dans le cadre de l’accueil en résidence à l’Agora – cité international de la danse, CCN2 - Centre Choréographique Nationale de Grenoble

Supported by the Federal Office of Culture / Dance as Cultural Heritage, Loterie Romande, the Ernst Göhner, Corymbo, Alexis Victor Thalberg and Sophie and Karl Binding Foundations.
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 / Ruth Childs/Scarlett’s 2024