Ben J. Riepe, the choreographer and conceptual author of the dance show, which premiered at the Tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf less than a month ago, is one of the most influential producers and dancers on the European dance scene. He is considered an uncompromising esthete who draws from the visual arts, and his dance creations are...
Ben J. Riepe, the choreographer and conceptual author of the dance show, which premiered at the Tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf less than a month ago, is one of the most influential producers and dancers on the European dance scene. He is considered an uncompromising esthete who draws from the visual arts, and his dance creations are placed between theater and installation. His latest product is a performance for seven dancers, which to a certain extent continues the themes and aesthetics of the previous production Life, Death and the Devil, but on the other hand, with a complex setting, defined by a precise choreographic consideration of space, time and movement and at the same time with an individual improvisational creativity, it increases. With its title, Hundstage refers to Seidl's 2001 film, which won seven awards at film festivals around the world. A teacher who develops a strange relationship with an immoral pimp, a hitchhiker who is down on his luck, a detective who hunts down car thieves, a couple with marital problems and an old man whose wife died in the hunt for new sexual experiences have exchanged the medium of the screen for mold podium.
