Plaza was created for the youth dance company at Leipziger Tanztheater and premiered at Schauspiel Leipzig in June 2024.

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UPCOMING SHOWS: Musikalische Komödie, Leipzig, June 2025

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Plaza is an imaginary public square where different groups of people gather. In various ways, encounters between the groups happen, based on disagreement, mistrust and ignorance as well as out of curiosity and care.

 

The piece looks at differences and established categorisations and seeks for ways to disrupt them. Stereotypes are exposed, deconstructed and interwoven with one another in an attempt to make nuances visible. This entanglement creates new social constellations that lead to explorations of togetherness and ultimately unity.

 

Plaza is a collage of diverse styles and realities that choreographically explores themes such as coexistence, identity and the sense of belonging.

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Idea/concept/choreography: Clara Sjölin

Performance: Juniorcompany der Älteren at Leipziger Tanztheater 
Stage design: Marilena Georgantzi
Costume: Gallanegra
Choreographic assistance: Joséphine Auffray, Anne-Hélène Kotoujansky
Sound editing: Chema Rios
Production: Leipziger Tanztheater e.V.