CUTTY SHELLS'
MOTHER'S SCREAM
​2nd Part of the trilogy MOTHER'S SHIP
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15.11.2024 / Schwere Reiter München
15.12.2024 / Kulturforum Fürth
Photography by Sebastian Autenrieth
(c) Gabriel de Melo Quadros, Editing K.S.
Mother's Scream - an expression of love?
The ‘unconditional love of the mother’ has many images. One of the best known is that of Mary, our mother. Pure and kind. An ideal? For MOTHER'SSCREAM, director Katharina Simons, together with the performers Elina Brams Ritzau, Friederike Heine and ZoeKnights, looks beneath the veil of this mother icon and attempts to scrutinise this representation of mothers through various forms of screaming.
Hidden situations of ‘mothering’ are brought to the surface through the body's own sounds and noises. Which cries are familiar to us and which are difficult to bear? Which sounds can only unfold in silence and which remain silent forever?
The second part of the performance and research trilogy ‘MOTHER'S SHIP - a processual opening’ is being created as part of the ‘fo(u)r exchange’ residency programme.
The trilogy deals with the topic of being a mother and consciously distances itself from the topic of motherhood.
MOTHER'S SHIP is not about the everyday life of bringing up children. MOTHER'S SHIP is not an insight into parenthood.
MOTHER'S SHIP leaves the heteronormative playing field and wants to look beneath the veil of maternal icons and
free the phenomenon of ‘mothering’ from its myth and strengthen it.
And asks: ‘Can anyone be a mother?’
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concept/direction KATHARINA SIMONS
performance ELINA BRAMS RITZAU, FRIEDERIKE HEINE, ZOE KNIGHTS
outside eyes PATI MASLOWSKA, EVA BODE
costume FLORIAN BUDER
project manager TIM STEINHEIMER
assistance TINA ABBASI
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fotos 1 & 2 KATHARINA SIMONS
foto 3 PATI MASLOWSKA
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special thanks to Tanztendenz München and the technical team of Schwere Reiter in Munich
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Die Trilogie MOTHER'S SHIP entsteht in Koproduktion mit dem Kulturforum Fürth.
MOTHER'S SCREAM wird gefördert vom Fonds Darstellende Künste aus Mitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien. Das Projekt wird ermöglicht durch den Bayerischen Landesverband für zeitgenössischen Tanz (BLZT) aus Mitteln des Bayerischen Staatsministeriums für Wissenschaft und Kunst, der Tanztendenz München und der Tanzzenatrale der Region Nürnberg e.V.
Das Projekt wurde unter anderem im Rahmen des Residenzaustauschs "fo(u)r exchange", eine Vernetzung der freien Tanzszenen zwischen Bayern und Badem-Württemberg, entwickelt.
