Zurück zu Ali is a documentary dance solo exploring how political decisions shape people and become inscribed in the body. The piece combines personal memory with historical research and tells the story of a granddaughter coming to terms with her grandfather’s resistance to National Socialism.
Jenny Beyer works with interviews, memories, historical documents, and personal experiences. She asks what significance her grandfather’s story holds today – for herself and for a society in which right-wing movements downplay historical responsibility and Nazi ideologies are regaining influence. In doing so, her own body becomes the starting point for central questions: Why am I telling the story of this grandfather – and not that of my other grandfather, who was a Nazi? What drives people to resist? And what responsibility do we bear today?
Dance, choreography, audio description, concept: Jenny Beyer Dramaturgy: Anne Kersting, Igor Dobričić Music: Jetzmann Video installation and technology: Malwine Mangold-Volk Costumes: Gloria Brillowska Lighting: Henning Eggers Set design: Malwine Mangold-Volk, Marian Regosz Artistic assistants: Anngret Schultze, Ari Adamski Accessibility consultant: Etenesh Lufta Strategy & networking: Pamela Goroncy Production: Kerstin Henky Photography: Thies Raetzke Press and public relations: Hark Empen Audio description consultant: Ursina Tossi Research partners: Chris Leuenberger, Mark-Christoph Klee, Orda Beyer Dialogue partners: Verein Kinder Des Widerstandes Zurück zu Ali is a production by Jenny Beyer in co-production with Kampnagel Hamburg, supported by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg as part of Shared Leadership in Dance (SLiD). SLiD is a commitment to collaboration and to the sharing of knowledge, resources and work in dance, initiated by the three choreographers Jenny Beyer, Antje Pfundtner in Gesellschaft (APiG) and Ursina Tossi, together with their teams. Supported by the NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZ touring grant scheme for dance, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the ministries of culture and the arts of the federal states. Website: www.jennybeyer.de Duration: 60 minutes
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