Pongo Land is the meeting of two very different bodies: those of Nuno Lucas and Hermann Heisig, authors and performers of this work.
On stage they explore their differences, similarities and possible or impossible relations between their bodies, causing a strong meeting between humour and monstrosity. They compare themselves, copy each other and compete incessantly, creating a state of constant transformation. Pongo Land confronts the limits of what is human normality and how we react to what is strange and different to us.
Credits
Choreography and performance
Nuno Lucas & Hermann Heisig
Production
Collective Consciousness
Co-production
Théâtre de l'Usine
Support
Tanzwerkstatt Berlin, CENTA, Forum Dança, ACCCA
Thanks to
Theo Solnik, Florent Delval, Beby Raza, André Theriault, Christabel Heisig, Johannes Heisig, Maria Lucas, João Lucas, Madeleine
Fournier, Anne Zacho Sogaard
Timeline
11 June 2017, Festival Pépete Lumière, Suin/France
25 October 2015, Festival Densit, Fresnes-en-Woëvre/France
8-9 February 2015, Archa Teather -Dance Transi, Prague/República Checa
15 February 2014, Théâtre de Vanves - Festival Artdanth, Paris/France
12 February 2014, Teatro Pradill, Madrid/Spain
4 November 2012, Culturgest - Festival Celebração, Lisbon/Portugal
10-11 February 2012, Zodiak - Side Step Festival, Helsinki/Finland
28 November 2011, Next Festival – Espace Pier Pasolini, Valencienne/France
24-25 June 2011, Studioworks, Cologne/Germany
18-19 June 2011, Dock 11, Berlin/Germany
17 February 2011, Frascati, Amsterdam/Netherlands
5-6 November 2010, Festival Euroscene-Leipzig, Leipzig/Germany
2 October 2010, Theater Magdeburg, Magdeburg/Germany
15 September 2009, Festival Incubate, Tilburg/Netherlands
23 May 2009, Fabrik Postdam, Postdam/Germany
1 May 2009, Festival da Fábrica de Movimentos, Porto/Portugal
17 January 2009, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon/Portugal
Premiere 11-16 November 2008, Théâtre de l’Usine, Geneva/Switzerland
Preview 16 August 2008, Festival Tanz im August, Berlin/Germany
