#2 UTOPISISTAS / Jenna Hendry, Matilda Bilberg, Maria Teresa Tanzarella, Nerea Gurrutxaga (Zurich, Stockholm, Barcelona)
I'll be back (2021)
The second portrait in the documentary series Choreographers at Work! is devoted to the collective work and rehearsal processes employed by UTOPISISTAS. It shows the four dancers and choreographers Jenna Hendry, Matilda Bilberg, Maria Teresa Tanzarella and Nerea Gurrutxaga working together on their production I'll be back (2021). The film captures elements such as vocal and movement research, the four dancers' search for synchronicity in improvised unison, and their negotiation and decision-making processes. Viewers experience how the piece’s theme of the dissolution of the self is explored during rehearsals through dance and choreography, as well as the challenges that collective artistic work entails.
Duration: 27 minutes
Credits
Concept: Mona De Weerdt, Michelle Ettlin
Camera, editing, post-production: Michelle Ettlin
Dramaturgy: Mona De Weerdt, Michelle Ettlin
Translation: Anna Johannsen
Production: echolot films / mdw Kulturproduktionen
Co-production: UTOPISISTAS / p-e-p
Distribution: UTOPISISTAS / p-e-p
with:
Jenna Hendry, Matilda Bilberg, Maria Teresa Tanzarella, Nerea Gurrutxaga (concept, choreography, dance)
Luz González (music composition)
Simon Froehling (dramaturgy)
Locations: Tanzhaus Zürich, Studio Thor Brussels
Supported by: the Federal Office of Culture / Dance as Cultural Heritage, Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich, the Ernst Göhner, Cassinelli-Vogel, Corymbo, Alexis Victor Thalberg and Sophie and Karl Binding Foundations, 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 / UTOPISISTAS / p-e-p 2021
pictures: rehearsals at Tanzhaus Zürich © Michelle Ettlin