Æffective Choreography

by André Uerba

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 & 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
André Uerba

𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 at Radialsystem (2022) 𝗯𝘆
György Jellinek, Jone San Martin, Lyllie Rouvière, Manoela Rangel, Pedro Aybar

𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 Halle am Berghain (2023), Antwerp Queer Arts Festival (2023), Tanzbiennale Heidelberg (2023) & English Theater Berlin (2024) 𝗯𝘆
György Jellinek, Lea Fulton, Lyllie Rouvière, Manoela Rangel, Nattan Dobkin, Pedro Aybar, Kauri Sorvari

𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝘆𝗽𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝗯𝘆
Augusté Schnorr, Christopher Mills, Ester Machado, Manoela Rangel, Nayia T. Karacosta, Panos Malactos

𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗯𝘆
Manoela Rangel, Pedro Aybar, Feña Celedón Pérez, Lu Chieregati, Lyn Diniz, Reinaldo Ribeiro, Olga Álvarez

𝗥𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 (in Cyprus & Barcelona)
Manoela Rangel

𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 & 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰
Kreatress

𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴
Live rendition and excerpt of Vivaldi’s “Cum dederit”

𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁
Meg Stuart

𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻, 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀, 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰
André Uerba

𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲
Striid Koburger

𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗽
Kreatress

𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀
Short Hope / André Uerba

𝗖𝗼-𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Radialsystem

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲
Apricot Productions

𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁
Tanzfabrik, Theaterhaus Mitte

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼
Bernardo De Almeida, Berghain Team (Kirschan, André, Norbert), Filipe Serro, Kule, Dock11, Asier Solana

𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK - STEPPING OUT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the framework of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR. Assistance Program for Dance.

𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 (in Cyprus & Barcelona) 𝗯𝘆
Goethe Institut

How does your body feel today? In this time of velocity and violence, choreographer and performer André Uerba explores intimacy as a practice of being together, along with seven performers and a musician. This work plays with the boundaries between sharing and withdrawing, movement and stillness, vulnerability and exposure.
The performers structure their encounter through a slow pace, propelling their bodies to attune, sink and merge together, refining their present moment. The desire to make hidden things visible is unfolded by their intimate gestures. Collectively they turn their gaze to inner landscapes where slowness and touch become a main practice.

André Uerba began his research on rehearsing intimacy during the process of “Burn Time” (2018) and continued through “Fire Starter” (2019/20), “Inviting Moments of Stillness” and “A hole the size of your touch” (2021). “Æffective Choreography” marks a new chapter in the research and was reinforced by his training in bodywork by the Institute for Somatic Learning, Sexuality and Bodywork (ISB Berlin).

𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗭𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗦 are often linked to the external genitalia in a sexualizing way. But feelings, emotions, memories and wounds also rotate in the body as embodied traces of human coexistence in societies characterized by violent power relations. As if locked in roller suitcases, these affects are often carelessly pushed through everyday life. André Uerba’s Æffective Choreography traces these embodied and perhaps confused transitions and brings them to light in a processual interplay between social interaction and introspection.

Janine Muckermann

Photos: Alicja Hoppel & Video Stills: QuietCityFilms (Svea Immel, Paul Holdsworth)

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰
English Theater, 10th Expo Festival (Berlin, Germany)
Dance House Lefkosia, "On Bodies Festival" (Nicosia, Cyprus)
La Caldera / Grec Festival (Barcelona, Spain)

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯
Antwerp Queer Arts Festival, De Studio (Antwerp, Belgium)
Halle am Berghain (Berlin, Germany)
Tanzbiennale Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Germany)

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮
Radialsystem (Berlin, Germany)