The Theater am Gleis in Winterthur is perhaps the smallest four-discipline theatre in Switzerland and has been offering exciting, current and lively cultural productions beyond the mainstream in the areas of theatre, dance, music and ...
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Turn on
In "Turn on", Soraya Leila Emery explores female desire from a feminist perspective. By mixing dance and grappling techniques, she rethinks narratives around female sexuality, body autonomy and empowerment. The three performers move through the space both alone and together, creating captivating tableaux vivants with their movements and gazes: intertwined and gliding over each other, their bodies resist and soften in an obsessive search for endless repetition, leading to exhaustion and vibrating stillness. A game of constantly changing, ambivalent power relations. An act of reappropriation of their bodies. A fight for their rights to pleasure.
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Concept, artistic direction, choreography: Soraya Leila Emery, co-choreography, dance: Donya Speaks, Lena Sophia Bagutti Khennouff, Soraya Leila Emery, sound design: Sinan Moses, costume and set design: Moni Wespi, lighting design: Patrik Rimann, dramaturgy: Lyn Bentschik, mentoring: Ulduz Ahmadzadeh, diffusion: Simon Fleury
Theater am Gleis
Untere Vogelsangstr. 3
8400 Winterthur
+41 52 212 79 55
info@theater-am-gleis.ch
Accessibility:
Infos Zugänglichkeit:
Please contact the theatre office directly on 052 212 79 55 or info@theater-am-gleis.ch and let us know if we can reserve a wheelchair space for you, if you need a seat in the front row or if you have any questions about accessibility.
Of course, you are also welcome without advance notice and we will find a suitable seat for you at the box office.
Assistance persons receive free admission. We have space for assistance dogs and guide dogs.
