#9 Cosima Grand (Zurich)
things veer
Portrait Nr 9 is dedicated to the choreographer Cosima Grand. In her new production things veer, she explores resonance on a physical, choreographic and emotional level as well as through sound techniques in collaboration with the performers Emma Saba, Hanna Hedmann, Nina Richard, Roger Sala Reyner and composer/producer Demi Jakob. The camera follows Cosima and the performers as they establish different rotating, rocking or bouncing choreographic principles, and as they explore resonance with their voices. The portrait shows how within a predefined structure, which still leaves space for spontaneous encounters, they become part of a web of resonating relationships. A piece arises whose dramaturgical stance may appear very conceptual and its choreography formalist, yet through its unpredictability potential for emotional resonance unfolds within it.
Credits
Concept: Mona De Weerdt, Michelle Ettlin
Camera, editing, post-production: Michelle Ettlin
Dramaturgy: Mona De Weerdt, Michelle Ettlin
Production: echolot films / mdw Kulturproduktionen
Co-production: Cosima Grand Produktionen
With:
Cosima Grand (concept, artistic direction, choreography)
Hanna Hedmann, Roger Sala Reyner, Emma Saba, Nina Richard (co-choreography, performance)
Demi Jakob (Composition)
Locations: Tanzhaus Zürich, ROXY Birsfelden
Supported by the Federal Office of Culture / Dance as Cultural Heritage, Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich, the Ernst Göhner, Corymbo, Sophie and Karl Binding and Alexis Victor Thalberg 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 / Cosima Grand Produktionen 2023
pictures © Michelle Ettlin