Echoic Choir

10th Sep 2021 10th Sep 2021 22:00 23:00

Stine Janvin & Ula Sickle

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    • Together with the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program, CTM presents the Berlin premiere of »Echoic Choir«, a new collaboration between vocalist and musician Stine Janvin and choreographer Ula Sickle. Given the frustrating impossibility of being active in nightlife and club culture during the pandemic, »Echoic Choir« invokes memories of the ritual of shared clubbing experiences and late-night dance floor frenzies.

    Photo: Paris Tsitsos, 2021

    »Echoic Choir« is an abstraction of the synaesthetic experiences of raves and nightclubs. The notion of the intimacy of dancing in a club has gradually become a vague memory over the past year. By revisiting this setting within new parameters, Janvin and Sickle aim to provide new perspectives on a familiar scenario. The audience is invited to participate in a collective ritual by being physically present between the performers, and by invoking their body memory, creating a feeling of togetherness while maintaining physical distance and hygiene rules.

    The starting point for »Echoic Choir« are Janvin's vocal techniques developed for her project »Fake Synthetic Music,« with which she succeeds in recreating electronic and digital sounds without any vocal processing. Together with an ensemble of performers led by Sickle, a voice and movement choreography is created, where performers physically articulate their own sensory memories of rave experiences, and activate similar memories in the audience. As a communal and immersive experience, the performance aims at a bodily resonance that echoes group communions past and now just barely again present, giving space to feel longing and desire as well as painful voids.

    »Echoic Choir« was developed during Stine Janvin’s residency at the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin program (July 2020 – July 2021).

    Event Access and Hygiene Rules

    Admission begins 30 minutes before each timeslot start time. We recommend arriving early to ensure enough time. There is strictly no late admission.

    Please be aware that performers will be moving around the venue, and between audience members during this concert. All artists and staff are PCR tested on the day of the performance. WARNING: Stroboscopic lights are used in this performance.

    Access to the performance is possible only with a valid ticket, and upon presentation of personal ID together with one of the following:

    • a certificate of full vaccination, of which the second vaccination was at least 14 days ago
    • certification of a PCR test result proving a SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection not more than six months ago, but at least 28 days old.
    • certification of a PCR test result proving SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection more than six months ago in conjunction with at least one vaccination against Covid-19 at least 14 days ago
    • a personalised negative test result from the last 24 hours. Testing is available nearby at test centres in Neukölln Arcaden, and Schillerkiez

    Event tickets are not refundable, however they are transferable: in the event that you test positive on the day of your planned visit, or you are unable to attend for another reason, you may give your ticket to another person who can fulfil the above vaccination/test requirements.

    All visitors must register their attendance with the Luca app or Corona Warn app by scanning the QR code placed at the venue entrance. 

    Visitors must wear an FFP2 mask when waiting in line outside of the venue, throughout the building and throughout the performance. The performance takes place in front of a standing audience, with viewer positions clearly marked. Please respect the standing arrangement, and general distancing rules (maintain 1.5 m distance to others).

    Venue Accessibility

    The venue is accessible for visitors arriving in wheelchairs via elevator. We offer free access for an accompanying person for holders of a »Schwerbehinderten Ausweis mit Kategorie B« card. For questions please get in touch with us in advance via email (accessibility[at]ctm-festival.de) or phone (+49 (0)30 44041852). For further information on venue accessibility please check the Festival Info section of the CTM website.

    Photography and Mobile Phones

    Please note that access with professional recording/camera equipment is not allowed. We ask that you turn off your mobile phones during the performance.

    Presented by DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program and CTM Festival

    Concept, composition: Stine Janvin
    Concept, choreography: Ula Sickle
    Performers: Michelle Cheung, Roman Ole, Rishin Singh, Annalise van Even, Stine Janvin, Ula Sickle
    Libretto, dramaturgy: Persis Bekkering
    Costume: Wang
    Lights: Marcel Weber (MFO), Ofer Smilansky
    Sound: Olivia Oyama
    Graphic design: D-E-A-L
    Co-production: Wiener Festwochen, MUNCH (Oslo), STUK House for Dance, Image and Sound (Leuven), Dampfzentrale Bern With the support of the Flemish Community, the Flemish Community Commission, DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program
    Residencies_ Kunstenwerkplaats (Brussels), DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program, Dampfzentrale Bern
    Executive production, diffusion: Caravan Production (Brussels)