BAD STORIES NEVER DIE

Can you get too old to play?
What happens if it’s no longer allowed to play the games you play?

Once upon a time in the NRW (Germany), concepts of reality and fiction crash as the good, the bad and the ugly are made possible.
This Western dance-theater performance points to the conflict between the old and new, making it a fertile ground for good stories, bad stories and ugly stories to be told. Which are outdated? What stories can be unleashed, and which have to be tamed?

‘’SO THEN I SAY: According to the new law, we are not supposed to gather.
AND THEN HE SAYS: I won’t let anyone but God decide over me.
AND THEN I SAY: But we did not gather. We just turned out to be in the right place at the right time.

Choreographer: Martijn Joling

Performers: Amy Pender, Alexey Torgunakov, Florencia Martina,
Lia Beuchat, Piotr Mateusz Wach, René Haustein,
Kai Bosch, Odgier Ongue

Costume: Momoko Baumgart
Live-music: Damian Pielka
Scenography: Jesco Mittendorf, Momoko Baumgart

Lights: Team von AE Rental
Outside-eye: Rolf Baumgart, Yoshiko Waki
Assistant: Marcus Bomski

Premiere: Konzertsaal Friedenskapelle

Münster, Germany 2021
Commissioned by: Bodytalk Tanztheater