Peter Pleyer: Cranky - Choreographing Books

Peter Pleyer greift sein Konzept von Choreographing Books wieder auf. Er stellt die Frage, wie sich das Schreiben über Tanz und die daraus entstehende Bewegung über zwei Jahrzehnte verändert haben. Der Abend im DOCK 11 verbindet Buchpräsentation mit Performance. Gemeinsam mit wechselnden Gästen entstehen Dialoge zwischen Texten und körperlichem Ausdruck. Zum Abschluss folgt eine offene Einheit der Contemplative Dance Practice. Gäste sind eingeladen, sich der gemeinsamen Bewegung anzuschließen.

Twenty years on from his groundbreaking solo piece ‘Choreographing Books’, Peter Pleyer once again picks up the thread of a creative process: writing about dance and the dance that emerges from that writing.\n\n‘Choreographing Books’ was created in 2005, at the height of the ‘Konzepttanz’ wave in Berlin. At the same time, Peter was a regular guest at the legendary weekly Wednesday jams at the K77 Studio, right next to DOCK 11 on Kastanienallee. There he experienced all those wild, sweat-inducing and daring dances that he felt were missing from the conceptual dance of those years.\n\nWhat has changed since then? How have writing and dancing evolved in the meantime?\n\nThese questions form the starting point for a special evening blending dance and books. Together with a changing line-up of guests, Peter presents ideas that have developed through a dialogue with dance, books and magazines. He answers questions, dances with each guest and, at the end, invites anyone who wishes to join in to dance a score from Contemplative Dance Practice together.