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YOU CANNOT CAN

Dana Michel

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In YOU CANNOT CAN, Dana Michel explores her personal relationship with water and asks why swimming is not equally accessible or familiar to everyone. The piece combines humor with themes of fear, identity, and access to water.How is it, Dana Michel wonders, that although her family hails from an island surrounded by both the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, she still cannot feel truly at ease in the water? Her new solo, infused with Michel’s characteristic humour, quirkiness, and sense of surprise, unfolds in a swimming pool. Immersed in global aquatic histories, she investigates the socio-economic realities of swimming and safe access to water. Staying true to her nomadic aesthetic and her multifaceted performance artistry, “YOU CANNOT CAN” is a watery, destabilising adventure that explores how we might begin to shake off fears. 

TicketsFull 25 €Reduced 17 €We offer a special youth ticket for this performance. Children and young people up to the age of 14 pay a special price of 5 € when accompanied by an adult ticket holder. Additional service fees for booking online with Reservix apply.

1 h 00 min

Artists/Collaborators: Dana Michel (Konzept, Choreografie, Performance), Alex Samaras (Künstlerische Mitwirkung), Angélique Willkie (Künstlerische Mitwirkung), Heidi Louis (Künstlerische Mitwirkung), Karl Notargiovanni (Künstlerische Mitwirkung), Roscoe Michel (Künstlerische Mitwirkung), Sierra Holder (Künstlerische Mitwirkung), Simon Couturier (Künstlerische Mitwirkung), Tracy Maurice (Künstlerische Mitwirkung), Yoan Sorin (Künstlerische Mitwirkung), Romain Guillet (Szenografische Beratung & Technische Leitung), David Drury (Beratung Ton), neon lobster – Giulia Messia (Distribution), Katharina Wallisch (Distribution)

Production SCORP CORPS – Dana Michel, Viva DelormeCo-production Arsenic – Centre d’Art Scénique Contemporain, Bergen Internasjonale Teater, Festival TransAmériques, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm, MDT – Moderna Dansteatern, O Espaço do Tempo, Tanzquartier WienFunded by Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, Conseil des Arts de MontréalResidencies Baltic Triennial, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity – Leighton Artist Studios, Battersea Arts Centre, Centre de Création O Vertigo – CCOV, Festival TransAmériques, Fierce Festival and performance, possession + automation, Institutet, Kinosaki International Arts Center, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, marvaða, Rimbun Dahan, The Chocolate Factory, Toronto Dance Theatre, Tangente St. PöltenSupported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec. In cooperation with Hotel Oderberger / GLS Event Campus Berlin

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