“When you think back to when you were my age, what image comes to mind first? 

What made you especially happy when you were my age? 

What worried you the most as a child?” 

 

When their own grandparents were young, the world was a very different place. Sometimes they even grew up in a different country.

In preparation for this production, children became detectives—in workshops lasting several days in Dresden, Essen, and Munich, among other places, they interviewed their grandparents, developed short scenes based on their stories, and crafted models of their various families.

Drawing on all these stories, the German-Taiwanese dance theater company Polymer DMT created a dance theater piece about connections, gaps in memory, and generational disconnects. Two dancers, handmade props, and plenty of music come together to form multicolored images that playfully trace the contrast between the present and the past.

 

A captivating piece that blends dance and theater, for children and their grandparents—and all other theater fans!

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Fang Yun Lo, born in Taiwan in 1982, studied dance in Taipei and dance and choreography at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. Since 2011, under the label Polymer DMT, she has been creating dance pieces, video works and interactive media installations in collaboration with artists from a wide range of disciplines. 

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Artistic Director, Director: Fang Yun Lo | Co-creation, Dance: LEE Mun Wai, Ching-Mei Huang | Set Design: I-Chu Lin | Dramaturgy: Dandan Liu | Costume Design: Cristina Lelli | Sound Design: Sum-Sum Shen | Music Support: David Le Thai | Lighting Design / Technical Support: Martin Mulik | Production Manager: Sabina Stücker | Special thanks to:  Marieke Dittrich, Erika Noeth 

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A production by Polymer DMT Essen in co-production with HELLERAU – European Center for the Arts. Research partners: Theater Junge Generation (TJG) – Theaterakademie Dresden, Fokus Tanz München, Im Steeler Rott Elementary School, Essen. Funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Performing Arts Fund from funds provided by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony, the State Capital of Dresden—Office for Culture and Historic Preservation, and the Cultural Affairs Office of the City of Essen.

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location: HochX

Friday, 17 July | 11 am (Elementary School on Agilofingerplatz)
Saturday, 18 July | 5 pm
ca. 40 mins | 8+

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www.polymerdmt.com