A Year Without Summer
1816. It’s the year that goes down in history as the year without summer, and Mary Shelley is to create Frankenstein, a genius forcing nature to bend to his will, ending up in destruction as the monster assembled from corpses‘ parts.
A Year without Summer is an apocalyptic vision of artificial life: In an attempt to conquer nature, the body becomes the testing ground, subjected to ever more radical climatic conditions. A Year without Summer is about improving nature to the point of perversion, and about playing off the promise of eternal life against the certainty of death.
- Performance
Premiere: 21.5. at 19.00, Volksbuhne Berlin
Direction, Choreography and Performance: Florentina Holzinger
By and with: Saioa Alvarez Ruiz, Liane Jil Apel, Andrea Baker, Bear Boy, Sofia Borges, Born In Flamez, Gibrana Cervantes, Renée Copraij, Beatrix “Trixie” Cordua, Sophie Duncan, Luz de Luna Duran, Blathin Eckhardt, Renée Eigendorff, Fibi Eyewalker, Florentina Holzinger, Sahel van K, Chris Kringel, Annina Machaz, Achan Malonda, MING, Xana Novais, Netti Nüganen, otay:onii, Costanza Pérez de Lara Bonatti, Sue Shay, Marion Strauß, Brigitte “Gitti” Ulm, Bärbel Warneke
Live Music: Sofia Borges, Born In Flamez, Gibrana Cervantes, Blathin Eckhardt, MING, otay:onii
Musical Direction: Born In Flamez, Stefan Schneider
Composition: Born In Flamez, Josephinex Ashley Hansis, Noah Reis Ramma, Stefan Schneider
Stage Design: Nikola Knežević
Costume Design: Christiane Hilmer
Light Design: Kevin Sock
Light: Fabian Bleisch, Anne Meeussen
Video Design: Zoe Bassi
Sound Design: Olivia Oyama, Stefan Scheneider
Dramaturgy: Fernando Belfiore, Leonie Hahn, Sara Ostertag, Felix Ritter, Michele Rizzo
Robotics: Boiling Head, Zoe Bassi with a thanks to the Roboverse Community
Electrodes: Karsten Schuhl
Assistant Director: Xavier Perez, Max Pross
Stage Assistance: Christiane Hilmer, Simeon Melchior
Costume Assistance: Jasmin Knitter
Assistant Dramaturge: Lili Hering
Technical Direction: Emma Juliard, Stephan Werner, Dario Brinkmann
Stage and Rigging: Dörte Wilforth
Stage: Jan Krueger, Uwe Sinkemat
Stunt Coordinator: Ronny Hornig – Gravity Stunts
Coaching: Leon Le Nestour, Elisa Siegmund
Intimacy Coaching: Jasko Fide
Intimacy Coordination (Casting): Dani Brown and Frida Giulia Franceschini
Sound Engineering: Olivia Oyama
Sound Assistance: Fjóla Gautadóttir
Stage Assistance: Christiane Hilmer, with Angela Ribera, Paulina Jarosinska
Production neon lobster: Sarah Parolin, Katharina Wallisch
PR and Communication neon lobster: Giulia Messia
Tour Management neon lobster: Sarah Parolin
Management and International Distribution neon lobster: Katharina Wallisch & Giulia Messia
A production by Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Florentina Holzinger/Spirit and neon lobster in coproduktion with Tanzquartier Wien, Kampnagel Internationales Sommerfestival, Dansenhus Stockholm, DE SINGEL, Maska Ljubljana, asphalt Festival, Rising Melbourne, Factory International Manchester, Divine Comedy International Theater Festival / Łaźnia Nowa Theater (Krakau) and Marvaða Iceland
Funded by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds and the Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien. With the support of Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport Österreich, The City Council of Ljubljana and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia
Thank you to: Alicia Beier, Sina Lorber, Ada’s Deli, Toxo
TRIGGER WARNINGS: Self-injurious acts, blood, needles, strobe lights, explicit depiction or description of physical or sexual violence
Foto: Elsa Okazaki
