Schützen (2013)
Produced by
Foreign Affairs and Sophiensæle in Berlin and Tanztage Berlin and The Berliner Festspiele
Presented by
The SummerWorks Performance Festival
Choreographer: Cecilie Ullerup Schmidt
Music: Matthias Meppelink
Venue
Pia Bouman: Scotiabank Studio Theatre
Run
August 14th, 2013 – August 17th, 2013
Synopsis
Schützen [German]
v 1. to protect 2. to defend 3. to guard
n pl 4. rifleman 5. gunmen 6. shooters
What is the identity of a nation, and at what cost should that identity be preserved?
The word “Schützen” in German has an etymological double meaning. On one hand it means someone who shoots. On the other, it means to shield, protect or prevent.
In Schützen, Danish performance artist, Cecilie Ullerup Schmidt, examines modern-day war practices based on her own physical research done with American drone pilots in Nevada, Israeli Army troops in Tel Aviv and on a shooting range in Berlin. Schützen investigates the human ability to kill and to ask others to kill, exploring how these practices affect the body, and the physical and psychological consequences. (summerworks.ca)
Cast
| Cecilie Ullerup Schmidt | Performer |
| John Maize | Performer |
| Erin Case | Performer |
| Diana Eremeeva | Performer |
| Shannon Farrell | Performer |
| Janki Lodhia | Performer |
| Julie Zenderoudi | Performer |
| Ilana Zinman | Performer |
| Cameron Richards | Performer |
| Emma Robert | Performer |
Creative Team
| Cecilie Ullerup Schmidt | Choreographer |
| Matthias Meppelink | Music |
| Matthias Meppelink | Lighting Designer |
Production
| Tanisha Taitt | Youth Coordinator |
| Magdalena Koralewska | Graphic Designer |
Staff
| Joseph Patrick | Venue Technician |
| Joseph Patrick | Festival Lighting Designer |
| Shawn Henry | Venue Technician |
| Josh Hoodless | Venue Technician |
| Rachel Steinberg | Summerworks Associate Producer |
| Magdalena Koralewska | Summerworks Production Assistant |
| Andrea Benson | Summerworks Intern |
| Sadie Epstein-Fine | Summerworks Intern |
