From August 21 to September 23, Theater Basel will be presenting a dance festival with works by dancers and members of the ensemble and guests. For these four weeks, Ballett Basel transforms the foyer into a customized stage. Entitled “Beziehungsweise” (a wordplay on the German word for “respectively” that also can be interpreted as “related to relationships”) invites visitors to the theater to celebrate the diversity of love and to experience the diversity of dance at the beginning of the season. Starting with a world premiere created and presented by the ensemble, the festival continues with a duet evening dedicated to the theme of love by Nazareth Panadero & Co and toaspern|moeller. Three solos by Oleg Stepanov, Jonathan Fredrickson, and Tilman O'Donnell will also be presented at the festival, as well as a virtual ball in the form of the interactive virtual reality performance “Le Bal de Paris” by Spanish choreographer Blanca Li.
On this evening, they will be performing “Ensemble Vol. 2.” This is a group piece—this is not a group piece. It is a work that was created by groups of individuals. How can we formulate a manifesto together within the possibilities of an institution? This is a dance piece—this is not a dance piece. We ask how individuality can survive within a collective statement; agreements, contradictions, compromises, demands. Is finding a common denominator the utopia? This is a protest. This is an appreciation. Can uncertainty be strong enough to establish a resistance? This is love. This is violence.
Tickets are CHF 40 for adults and CHF 10 for youths up to age 16 or students up to age 30.

Website
theater-basel.ch/en/beziehungsweise

Where
Theater Basel
Theaterstrasse 7
4051 Basel

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