hush – an installative dance performance by Gitta Roser

27.02.2025, 8:00 pm

28.02.2025, 8:00 pm

hush shows different facets of the theme of silence in an installative dance performance. Gitta Roser and team negotiate the themes of silence and the politics of silence in a physical, visual and acoustic polyphony with three performers with and without disabilities, a sound artist and a video artist.

Situational constellations are created in which movement is juxtaposed with stillness, the raised voice with silence and the inner with the outer. At the transitions between opposing poles, stories of bodies crystallize, which also bring political questions into play with the power of what is not said and the power of forbidding words.

The performance is complemented by two spatial installations that invite the audience to linger and research before and after the performances:

a reading-quoting room (Cellulose Room) and an audio room (Audi-O-ase).
The room installations open one hour before each performance.

Gitta Roser also explores means of accessibility artistically: the audio description not only serves to ensure accessibility for blind and visually impaired people in the performance, but also becomes artistic vocabulary. Different levels of sensory perception are opened up. In addition, a tactile tour is offered before each performance, in which people with and without visual impairments can participate.

The performance hush will be revived and shown in a revised version.

The production uses artistic audio description/”Aesthetics of Access”.
“A fascinating performance is created in which it is initially impossible for the audience to tell who is part of the ensemble. As a result, everyone becomes an actor without the situation getting out of hand into participatory theater.”

Quote from the review in the Kölnische Rundschau by Thomas Linden, October 5,

2023 hush has been invited to the Dance Life Festival at the Kenya National Theatre, Nairobi in July 2025.

Accessibility and barrier-free access

Link to the audio flyer: https://vimeo.com/1051548249?share=copy

• The production is accessible for people with visual impairments through artistically accessible to people with visual impairments.

• A tactile tour takes place one hour before each performance.

•  An accompanying person is available between the Michaelshoven stop (KVB line 16) and the venue. The estimated walking time is about 12 minutes.

• Registration for audio description, tactile tour and accompanying person from the train and back: by e-mail to: info@gittaroser.de or
  by telephone on: 0176 5526 0832 If you have any further questions about accessibility or ticket purchase, we will be happy to help.

  Assistance dogs are welcome. The venue is barrier-free and the toilet has limited wheelchair access. (can be reached with a wheelchair, armrests and adjustable mirrors are not available)

Further information:

The additional room installations can be experienced and walked through one hour before and after the performance.

Cast

Artistic direction/choreography: Gitta Roser, in collaboration with the performers: Tamora Dinklage, Sônia Mota, Christina Zajber, dramaturgy/co-choreography: Jana Griess, sound and performance: Thea Soti, video: Julia Franken, Production Management: Olja Artes, Production Management: Raphael Spiegel, Set Design: Martina Kock, Costume Design: Thomas Wien-Pegelow, Lighting: Garlef Keßler, Audio Description/Aesthetics of Access: Linda Wolf, Sylvie Ebelt, Karla
Fassbender, PR/ÖA: neurohr&andrä, Graphics: Alex Ketzer, press photos: Martin Miseré

Supported by the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne
Produced by Aus dem Raster e.V.
In collaboration with Kulturwirbel
Co-produced by Barnes Crossing e.V.

Tickets:

16€/ reduced 9€ via rausgegangen.de and at the box office