Three people are standing in tall grass
Jan Meier

Jenni Pergament
& Mateng
Pollkläsener:
OFFEN

Dance Performance

2023 Premiere Dance Season opening
Fr
20:00
Premiere
Sa
20:00
Su
18:00
With audience discussion
On Sun 24.9. with audio description and haptic tour for blind and visually impaired visitors (tour begins at 17:15, meeting point in the foyer). Would you like to be picked up at the stop (BSAG stop „Schwankhalle“)? Then call us at 0174 763 50 61. From 16:45 our evening staff is available.

On Sun 24.9. with audience discussion afterwards

Joint price system:
7 / 10 / 14 € (free choice).
Online tickets plus 1,50 € fee.

Bremen Pass: 3 €
Children and youths up to 18 years: 5 €

Culture semester ticket: free of charge

Advance booking online and at all Nordwest-Ticket advance booking offices ↗. Remaining tickets from 1 hour before the start of the event at the box office.

Alternatively you can reserve tickets by phone 0421 520 80 70 (Mon, Wed – Fri 10 am – 2 pm or answering machine) or email ticket@schwankhalle.de.

Pick up at the box office until 30 min before the performance starts.

The performance runs for about 60 minutes without an intermission.
German spoken language is used.
In the piece there is talk about illness.

The audience area in the stands is seated. There are two wheelchair seats, which can be reserved according to availability or selected as a ticktet category in the online store and at the box office.
On Sun 24.9. with audio description and haptic tour for blind and visually impaired visitors (tour begins at 17:15, meeting point in the foyer). Would you like to be picked up at the stop (BSAG stop „Schwankhalle“)? Then call us at 0174 763 50 61. From 16:45 our evening staff is available.
You can find more info about the accessibility of our premises here. If you have any questions, please contact us at ticket@schwankhalle.de or 0421 520 80 70.

Being open. Processing all senses, stimuli and information in a permanent, intensive and unfiltered way.
Physically inte­grating the expanse in the field of tension between being stuck and starting to move. Being allowed to withdraw at times, despite all openness.
Openness as a normal condition. As an extreme. As a balancing act in unpredicta­bility.

»OFFEN« is a laconic dance performance shot from the hip. With the means of collage, Jenni Pergament and Mateng Pollkläsener cut apart their own language. They copy movements, assemble everything wildly and throw it in disarray. They celebrate the play with movements, lines and tape, grasping the space as a three-dimen­sional canvas. Assertions are thrown into the air, assessments of others are called into question and refuted, and their own freedoms are found therein. Their common language is taken up in an easy and free way by the musical subtlety of Johannes Haase.

Jenni’s background lies in dance, Mateng’s in acting. They share a common history and are inspired by each other’s creativity. Their experience of life is fed by different generations. Coming together on the stage, they contribute their specific bodily qualities to create a shining composition of choreo­graphy, tape and music.

Portrait of Johannes Haase, Mateng Pollkläsener and Jenni Pergament
Jan Meier
Johannes Haase, Mateng Pollkläsener & Jenni Pergament

Credits

Concept and Performance: Jenni Pergament, Mateng Pollkläsener
Music, Composition: Johannes Haase
Production Management: Sofie Ruffing
Dramaturgy: Judith Strodtkötter
Light Design: Jürgen Kääriäinen, Claudia Piepenbrock
Costume Design: Claudia Piepenbrock
Technical Direction: Jürgen Kääriäinen
Audio Description & Haptic Tour: Simone Ehlen

Funded by the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR and the Senator for Culture Bremen. Coproduction: Schwankhalle