HABITAT
CREDITS
Concept & Choreography: Doris Uhlich
Performers: Amélie Dieudonné, Aline Combe, Antonio Buono, Astrid Sten Andersen, Benedicte Rea Kragskov, Doris Haidvogl, Ella Östlund, Emil Bregnsholdt, Emilie Beske, Enzo Hacquin, Felix Rotter, Frederik Jacobsen, Friederike Paul, Gabriele Albani, Garance Plessis-Fraissard, Johanne Antonina Storm, Katinka Wissing, Krister Walfridsson, Laure Fleitz, Louis Labadens, Magali Camps, Marianna Minasova, Miamanda Bovin, Mogens Vejtorp, Nadja Mattioli, Nana Anine Jørgensen, Ottavia Catenacci, Paulina Aleksandra Rewucka, Pauline Michel, Pedra Costa Pernille Koch, Roosa Törmä, Rosa Oikonomou, Rosa Reinprecht, Rossella De Rosa, Thorunn Gudmundsdottir, Tryggvi Sæberg Björnsson
Rehearsal Directors: Hugo Le Brigand, Ann Muller, Mim Schneider
DJ: Boris Kopeinig
Production: Helen Parkes
Company – Management: Margot Wehinger
Company – Social Media: Esther Brandl
Company – International Distribution: Something Great
Performances of the 2024 Restaging: 01. - 04.08.2024 - Metropolis, Copenhagen
Length: 2h 30min
HABITAT by Doris Uhlich, is a search for a new habitat by 40 bodies, each distinct yet united in their nudity. The encounter is vibrant and human, as they meet, clash, and find shared energy. Both intense and poetically moving, they are free, and their freedom sets us free.
A habitat is a living space for specific species. Refshaleøen became a home to the body tired of hiding. Austrian choreographer Doris Uhlich strips away all layers that separate us from who we are born to be. She creates a utopia where the naked body can live without shame and fear of outside gazes. HABITAT is a nomadic format, inviting a new group of local bodies each time – this time it was between 20 and 80 years old. Ordinary bodies, some professionally trained to move, others not. The performance was created with these bodies and the location as a crucial co-participant. A nomadic staging of humanity’s basic needs in a time where everything is up for negotiation.
A choreographed celebration of the body’s landscape
Supported by: Cultural Department of the City of Vienna and the Federal Ministry Republic of Austria, Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport
Project Partners in the Habitat Series include: donaufestival / Krems, ImPulsTanz / Vienna in collaboration with Wiener Secession, Tanzquartier Wien, Münchner Kammerspiele, Tanzfestival Rhein-Main (Künstlerhaus Mousonturm / Frankfurt a. M. and Hessisches Staatsballett under the auspices of Tanzplattform Rhein-Main), Frascati / Amsterdam, Perform Europe (Plexus Rouge / Marseille, Rosendal Teater / Trondheim, Mayfest / Bristol), DOMENIG STEINHAUS / Carinthia, BRITNEY X Festival / Cologne
The soundscape pulsates between insistent techno rhythms and meditative frequencies. Where do these bodies belong? HABITAT is a celebration of all bodies, all ages, and all genders. The 40 human bodies create a shared ritual, welcoming everyone. The 40 bodies guide you on a journey around Refshaleøen – from the past of industry to the future where we can glimpse with the construction of a new island. A new habitat.
Photography by Morten Lundrup
A choreographed celebration of the body’s landscape
- 2024 Restaging -