TanzHörBuch'1
How is access to music and dance shaped by personal experiences?
And if the eyes cannot see, how is dance perceived?
These are the questions that the two artists Sonja Augart and Jenny Haack address in the TanzHörBuch’1. They collect personal approaches, experiences and associations with dance and music in interviews with visually-impaired and blind people, as well as with dancers and musicians from the SOUNDANCE Festival. The ensuing TanzHörBuch’1 highlights the special moments and memories of their interviewees.
This multifaceted collage allows different narratives to be heard and experienced. From the turmoil of war and the joy that dance brought, to an expanded space of experience, this audio book captures a wide range of impressions.
Interview excerpts are interwoven with auditory dance fragments and sound textures of participating festival artists. Because the artists’ backgrounds are so diverse, The TanzHörBuch’1 provides insight into a wide spectrum of artistic approaches to dance and music.
Each interviewee was asked five identical questions with the request to answer them within a maximum of three minutes. No additional questions were asked, allowing space for free associations. A collage was edited from the collected audio material and in several dramaturgical steps, form an arc spanning from the post-war period until today.
Interview partners:
Residents from the Home for the Blind in Berlin-Weissensee: Mr. Andres, Ms. Bergau, Mr. Brandt, Ms. Fischer, Ms. Goyk, Mr. Lehmann, Ms. Leppin
Dancers, choreographers, musicians from SOUNDANCE Festival: Lina Gómez, Julek Kreutzer, Jenny Ocampo, Michael Vorfeld, Biliana Voutchkova
In cooperation with: Adrian Shephard, Radio-on-Berlin (editing/sound editing),
www.radio-on-berlin.com, and Home for the Blind in Berlin-Weißensee
TanzHörBuch'1 was generously supported by mapping dance berlin.
mapping dance berlin is a module of Attention Dance II, a project of the Tanzbüro Berlin, supported by the Zeitgenössischer Tanz Berlin e.V. (Association of Contemporary Dance Berlin). The project is funded by the European Fund for Regional Development (EFRE) and the State of Berlin.