MAKING IMPRESSIONS AND OTHER FAILURES

"Making Impressions and Other Failures" is a duet that explores ecstatic and peculiar gestures as a bizarre way of relating to another person or making an impression while revealing deeper layers of the self. The performers tirelessly move the set, greet the audience and improvise expressive bursts of physical energy, only to loop back to the beginning and 'do nothing'. In each loop, they strive to remember and repeat what happened before, each time seeking a deeper connection with each other and the audience. Inevitably,moving to higher extremes with each attempt, they continually pay tribute to the power of the ridiculous, the humorous and the human. To provide an appropriate setting for the work, please come dressed to impress!!

Title: Making Impressions and Other Failures

Choreographer: Hicks and Reynolds

Length: 50 - 70 Minutes

Choreography and Performance: Laura Hicks and Ilana Reynolds

Rehearsal Director and the role of the peacock: Ewelina Zielonka

Outside Eye: Douglas Bateman, Ewelinka Zielonka, Ole Bechtold

Lighting Design: Gregor Knüppel

Technical Support: Nina Kömpel

A production by Hicks/Reynolds GbR, supported by: Tanzplattform Rhein- Main, Z-Zentrum für Proben und Forschung, Felina Theater Areal, ZAIK/Quartier am Hafen Cologne and Landungsbrücken Frankfurt with guest performances supported by NPN Guest Funding for Dance, and the resumption and creation supported with funds from Kulturamt Stadt Frankfurt am Main also in the context of SPOTTED. SPOTTED is a model project of the Landesverband Freie Darstellende Künste in Niedersachsen and the cooperative TANZKOOP. The project is funded in 2024 by Stiftungniedersachsen, Klosterkammer Hannover, Stiftung Braunschweigischer Kulturbesitz, and Landschaftsverband Stade.