{"id":3464,"date":"2019-03-22T15:44:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T15:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpzimmer.demonlabs.be\/?post_type=projects&#038;p=3464"},"modified":"2026-02-02T16:03:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:03:35","slug":"confessions-the-autopsy-of-a-performance","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/wpzimmer-old.spot-digital.co\/en\/projects\/confessions-the-autopsy-of-a-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Confessions \u2013 the Autopsy of a Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Confessions \u2013 the Autopsy of a Performance<\/em> is an investigation on the nature of presence on stage, the status of reality in this context and the dynamics of the construct; performer-audience- and the stage that keeps them apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is presence on stage?<br>How does the manipulation of presence influence the perception of a performance?<br>Does construction feed falsification?<br>Looking at acting as a form of non-acting in order to arrive at a distance from the artificiality of performance, only to return to it again from a different perspective.<br>Looking for harmony between dead energy and live presence, stretching the tension between formalism and naturalism, environment and action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-blockgallery-masonry\"><div class=\"blockgallery has-no-alignment has-caption-style-dark has-gutter\"><ul class=\"has-grid-xlrg has-gutter-15 has-gutter-mobile-15\"><li class=\"blockgallery--item\"><figure class=\"blockgallery--figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wpzimmer.demonlabs.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nada-Gambier-4-Georg-Schreiber-767x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3465\" data-link=\"https:\/\/wpzimmer.demonlabs.be\/en\/?attachment_id=3465\" class=\"wp-image-3465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpzimmer-old.spot-digital.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nada-Gambier-4-Georg-Schreiber-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/wpzimmer-old.spot-digital.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nada-Gambier-4-Georg-Schreiber-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/wpzimmer-old.spot-digital.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nada-Gambier-4-Georg-Schreiber-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wpzimmer-old.spot-digital.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nada-Gambier-4-Georg-Schreiber-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpzimmer-old.spot-digital.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nada-Gambier-4-Georg-Schreiber.jpg 1065w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blockgallery--caption\">(c) Georg Schreiber<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blockgallery--item\"><figure class=\"blockgallery--figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wpzimmer.demonlabs.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nada-Gambier1-Georg-Schreiber-764x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3467\" data-link=\"https:\/\/wpzimmer.demonlabs.be\/en\/?attachment_id=3467\" class=\"wp-image-3467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpzimmer-old.spot-digital.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nada-Gambier1-Georg-Schreiber-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/wpzimmer-old.spot-digital.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nada-Gambier1-Georg-Schreiber-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/wpzimmer-old.spot-digital.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nada-Gambier1-Georg-Schreiber-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/wpzimmer-old.spot-digital.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nada-Gambier1-Georg-Schreiber-768x1030.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpzimmer-old.spot-digital.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nada-Gambier1-Georg-Schreiber.jpg 1059w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blockgallery--caption\">(c) Georg Schreiber<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>(Physical) Images and text lead the spectators into a world where lies are sometimes true and facts unimportant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the performance manipulation and speculation give birth to a sincere and curious approach to what live performance is and brings our attention to the absurdity of theater, its nature as a constructed lie, built to be believed in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>EXTRA INFO<\/summary>\n<p>Project year: 2003<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>CREDITS<\/summary>\n<p>Created and performed by: Nada Gambier<br>Light design: Oded Hubermann<br>Produced by: Choreographisches Zentrum NRW\/PACT Zollverein in Essen, in the framework of DEPARTS, a network sponsored by: the European Commission \u2018Culture Programme 2000\u2019<br>Supported by: wpZimmer<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>PROJECT DATES<\/summary>\n<p>25\/07\/2007, Full Moon Dance Festival, Pyhajarvi (FI)<br>11\/08\/2006, Augusti Tantsu Festival, Tallinn (EE)<br>07\/03\/2006, Imagetanz Festival\/Dietheater, Wien (AT)<br>08\/03\/2006, Imagetanz Festival\/Dietheater, Wien (AT)<br>17\/02\/2006, De Brakke Grond, Something Raw, Amsterdam (NL)<br>18\/02\/2006, De Brakke Grond, Something Raw, Amsterdam (NL)<br>10\/02\/2006, Aerowaves Festival, London (UK)<br>03\/11\/2005, Polly Festival, G\u00f6teborg (SE)<br>28\/10\/2005, Moderne Dansteatern, Stockholm (SE)<br>21\/05\/2005, Rencontres Chor\u00e9ographiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris (FR)<br>22\/05\/2005, Rencontres Chor\u00e9ographiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris (FR)<br>24\/03\/2005, Rep\u00e9rages\/Dans in Kortrijk, Kortrijk (BE)<br>10\/03\/2005, Beursschouwburg\/Bougement Festival, Brussels (BE)<br>11\/03\/2005, Beursschouwburg\/Bougement Festival, Brussels (BE)<br>06\/10\/2004, De Velinx, Tongeren (BE)<br>07\/10\/2004, Amperdans Festival, Antwerp (BE)<br>09\/10\/2004, Amperdans Festival, Antwerp (BE)<br>24\/10\/2004, Theater Fur Alle Festival, Bremen (DE)<br>12\/08\/2004, Tanzwerkstatt Europa Festival, M\u00fcnchen (DE)<br>24\/08\/2004, 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