»Spiegelneuronen« von Stefan Kaegi

Ein dokumentarischer Tanzabend mit Publikum

Sasha Waltz & Guests mit Rimini Protokoll

»Spiegelneuronen« von Stefan Kaegi

Spiegelneuronen von Stefan Kaegi, Sasha Waltz & Guests mit Rimini Protokoll ©Bernd Uhlig
Spiegelneuronen von Stefan Kaegi, Sasha Waltz & Guests mit Rimini Protokoll ©Bernd Uhlig
Spiegelneuronen von Stefan Kaegi, Sasha Waltz & Guests mit Rimini Protokoll ©Bernd Uhlig
Spiegelneuronen von Stefan Kaegi, Sasha Waltz & Guests mit Rimini Protokoll ©Bernd Uhlig
Spiegelneuronen von Stefan Kaegi, Sasha Waltz & Guests mit Rimini Protokoll ©Bernd Uhlig
Spiegelneuronen von Stefan Kaegi, Sasha Waltz & Guests mit Rimini Protokoll ©Bernd Uhlig
Spiegelneuronen von Stefan Kaegi, Sasha Waltz & Guests mit Rimini Protokoll
rehearsal picture Spiegelneuronen ©Bernd Uhlig
rehearsal picture Spiegelneuronen ©Bernd Uhlig
Spiegelneuronen by Stefan Kaegi
©Bernd Uhlig

Spiegelneuronen by Stefan Kaegi

A documentary dance evening with audience

Sasha Waltz & Guests with Rimini Protokoll


This piece is an experiment. Different in every performance. It is about the human brain and its relationship to the body. The audience is an essential part of the experiment, because it is invited not only to observe the creation of movement, but also to join in, and from its seats become an active part of a shared system, to experience itself as part of a kind of large brain.


A mirror is located where the stage normally is. It reflects not only the dancers, but also the entire audience like a gigantic selfie. The auditorium turns into the main place of action. In exchange with the dancers, the audience finds itself at the center of the movement and not only experiences itself in the »embodiment« of complex images, but also contributes to the choreography of the group. Through the mirror, the audience members observe themselves and the others while watching the experiment at the centre of which they are sitting.


Neuroscientists assume that control of our nervous system is not centralised, but that different areas of the brain communicate intensively with each other, similar to a computer network with algorithms. Even scientists can only speculate about how exactly this happens. New mechanisms are constantly being discovered. In the early 1990s, for example, mirror neurons were discovered: These supposedly cause the brain to be stimulated in a similar way, regardless of whether we do something ourselves or observe the same action in another person. Although difficult to prove in humans, mirror neurons could be a key to explaining empathy and mutual understanding.


The documentary research for this evening incorporates perspectives from brain research, biology, sociology and artificial intelligence, which the audience hears and experiences in a sound collage - perhaps even anticipates or evades. In this theatrical experiment, the relationship between the individual and the greater whole invites physical reflection on society, on a democratic version of a hyper-organism.


»Spiegelneuronen« is the first collaboration between Sasha Waltz & Guests and the documentary theatre label Rimini Protokoll. Following »remains« by Andrew Schneider in 2020, the dance company opens itself up to new styles and continues pursuing its interest in artistic research and cross-genre collaboration with international artists to expand its repertoire. Coming from very different backgrounds, both are interested in the unusual use of spaces and interdisciplinary work. Together with dancers from Sasha Waltz & Guests and the audience, Stefan Kaegi examines the relationship between the individual and society using the means of dance and a large mirror.

World Premiere

14 August 2024

Szene Salzburg

Please note that partially bright lights will be used during the performance.


»Spiegelneuronen« is a participatory theater experience. This means that there may be times when you are in close proximity to the people sitting next to you. For people who feel uncomfortable with this, we have reserved an allotment of seats at the sides.


All audience members are visible in the mirror - especially in the seats in the 1st row.

14
Dec
Spiegelneuronen by Stefan Kaegi
Saturday 14.12.2024, 20:00
Duża Scena (Teatr Łaźnia Nowa), Krakow 
15
Dec
Spiegelneuronen by Stefan Kaegi
Sunday 15.12.2024, 20:00
Duża Scena (Teatr Łaźnia Nowa), Krakow 
History
2024
Salzburg AT 14.–21. Aug
Berlin DE 29. Aug–1. Sep
Köln DE 23.–24. Nov
Hamburg DE 28. Nov–1. Dec

Current Cast

Cast History

A production by Sasha Waltz & Guests in collaboration with Rimini Protokoll.

A co-production with the Salzburg Festival, Tanz Köln and Kampnagel - Internationales Zentrum für Schönere Künste.

Allee der Kosmonauten
Beethoven 7
Continu
Dido & Aeneas
EΞΟΔΟΣ I EXODOS
Gezeiten
Impromptus
In C
insideout
Ira - Zorn - Wrath
Jagden und Formen (Zustand 2008)
St. John Passion
L’Après-midi d’un faune
Kreatur
Körper
Matsukaze
Medea
Na Zemlje
noBody
Orfeo
Passion
rauschen
Roméo et Juliette
S
Sacre
Spiegelneuronen by Stefan Kaegi
SYM-PHONIE MMXX
Tannhäuser
Travelogue I – Twenty to eight
Travelogue II – Tears break fast
Travelogue III – All Ways Six Steps
Women
Zweiland
Education & Community
Kinder- und Jugendtanzcompany
Move Your Kiez - Spandau
OPEN STUDIO
Open Studio: Stage
Workshops
In C-Jam: Performing
CoinciDance - for professional dancers
ZUHÖREN
Dialoge
Dialoge ’99/I – Sophiensæle
Dialoge ’99/II – Jüdisches Museum
Dialoge 01 – 17-25/4
Dialoge 04 – Palast der Republik
Dialoge 04 – St. Elisabeth I–IV
Dialoge 06 – Bologna
Dialoge 06 – Freiburg
Dialoge 06 – Radiale Systeme
Dialoge 07 – Bangalore
Dialoge 07 – Pergamonmuseum
Dialoge 08 – Carlo Scarpa
Dialoge 09 – MAXXI
Dialoge 09 – Neues Museum
Dialoge 13 – Kolkata
Dialoge 20-13 Festival d’Avignon
Dialoge 2020 – Relevante Systeme
Dialoge Roma 2020 – Terra sacra
Dialoge 2020 – Relevante Systeme II
Dialoge 2021 – Ludwigsburg
Allee der Kosmonauten
Beethoven 7
Boléro
Check out your mate (2018)
Continu
Der kleine Mann (2009)
Dialoge ’99/I – Sophiensæle
Dialoge ’99/II – Jüdisches Museum
CoinciDance - for professional dancers
Constantly becoming (2024)
»Creative Educational Movement« with Davide Camplani
Dialoge 01 – 17-25/4
Dialoge 04 – Palast der Republik
Dialoge 04 – St. Elisabeth I–IV
Dialoge 06 – Bologna
Dialoge 06 – Freiburg
Dialoge 06 – Radiale Systeme
Dialoge 07 – Bangalore
Dialoge 07 – Pergamonmuseum
Dialoge 08 – Carlo Scarpa
Dialoge 09 – MAXXI
Dialoge 09 – Neues Museum
Dialoge 13 – Kolkata
Dialoge 20-13 Festival d’Avignon
Dialoge 2020 – Relevante Systeme
Dialoge 2020 – Relevante Systeme II
Dialoge 2021 – Ludwigsburg
Dialoge – Bombay
Dialoge – Happy Day
Dialoge – Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Showing I–IV)
Dialoge – La chapelle des Pénitents Blancs
Dialoge – Les grandes Traversées
Dialoge – Paris
Dialoge – Passages
Dialoge – Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
Dialoge – Wirbel
Dialoge Roma 2020 – Terra sacra
Dido & Aeneas
EΞΟΔΟΣ I EXODOS
Fantasie
Figure Humaine
gefaltet
Genau so, aber anders (2016)
Gezeiten
Hin und Zurück (2022)
Hindernis (2019)
Human Requiem
Impromptus
In C
In C – Marler Partitur
In C – nächste Generation (2022)
In C-Jam: Performing
insideout
Ira - Zorn - Wrath
Jagden und Formen (Zustand 2008)
Körper
Kreatur
L’Après-midi d’un faune
LINEA (2023)
Märchensonaten (2016)
Matsukaze
Medea
Monster (2010)
Métamorphoses
MusikTANZ – Carmen
Na Zemlje
NEXUS (2024)
noBody
OPEN STUDIO
Open Studio: Stage
Orfeo
Passion
rauschen
remains
Roméo et Juliette
S
Sacre
Sasha Waltz. Installations, Objects, Performances
Scène d’amour
Showing der Kinder- und Jugendtanzcompany
Solo für Malakov
Spiegelneuronen by Stefan Kaegi
St. John Passion
stimmen (2023)
SYM-PHONIE MMXX
Tannhäuser
Teqsi muyu marq’ay – Eine warme Umarmung für die Erde (2018)
TEXERE (2022/23)
The Wild Things (2013)
Training: »An Intuitive Body« with Michal Mualem
Training: »Contact Contemporary« with Nicola Mascia
Training: »Creative Educational Movement« with Davide Camplani
Training: »In Movement« with Blenard Azizaj
Training: »Inside Extremity« with Eva Georgitsopoulou
Training mit Sarah Butler
Training: »Movement Poetry« with Tamae Yoneda
Training: »The Transformative Body« with Maria Colusi
Training with Ori Flomin
Training with Renate Graziadei
Training with Satoshi Kudo
Training with Sebastian Abarbanell
Training with Shannon Leypoldt
Training: Yoga with Mata Sakka
Travelogue I – Twenty to eight
Travelogue II – Tears break fast
Travelogue III – All Ways Six Steps
Wasser Tanz (2024)
Welleneffekt (2024)
Women
Workshops
ZUHÖREN #1: Continu und Gespräche
ZUHÖREN #2: Improvisationen und Gespräche
ZUHÖREN #3: The Art of Resistance & Empowerment of Communities
ZUHÖREN #4: Climate change & democracy. From complexity to action
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Allee der Kosmonauten
Beethoven 7
Continu
Dido & Aeneas
EΞΟΔΟΣ I EXODOS
Gezeiten
Impromptus
In C
insideout
Ira - Zorn - Wrath
Jagden und Formen (Zustand 2008)
St. John Passion
L’Après-midi d’un faune
Kreatur
Körper
Matsukaze
Medea
Na Zemlje
noBody
Orfeo
Passion
rauschen
Roméo et Juliette
S
Sacre
Spiegelneuronen by Stefan Kaegi
SYM-PHONIE MMXX
Tannhäuser
Travelogue I – Twenty to eight
Travelogue II – Tears break fast
Travelogue III – All Ways Six Steps
Women
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