The Visitors, Constanza Macras / Dorky Park
The Visitors, Constanza Macras / Dorky Park | © Ursula Kaufmann / Ruhrtriennale 2023

In »The Visitors« 15 dancers express images of horror films to powerful musical beats.

About the production

With THE VISITORS Constanza Macras continues a collaboration between Dorkypark and many of the young South African cast members of her successful show Hillbrowfication. The global tour of this high-energy performance reached one of its highpoints in 2022 at the Gebläsehalle in Duisburg as part of the Ruhrtriennale. For this reason, it only seems right that in THE VISITORS the Argentinian choreographer should pick up where she left off together with her South African team. Their new production dives into the strange world of Slasher movies, a sub-genre of horror cinema with its own set of narrative codes and aesthetic style. Through non-linear narratives and humorous associations, the 15 protagonists will struggle to get out of the grip of old monsters. They will attempt to move away from the relentless return of the past into a more »entangled« time made out of other pasts, presents and futures, where it is possible to churn up spaces for thinking and hoping.

A production by Constanza Macras | Dorkypark, in coproduction with Ruhrtriennale, Kampnagel und The Windybrow Arts Centre und Market Theatre.

With the support of the International Coproduction Fund of the Goethe Institut and the NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ International Guest Performance Fund for Dance, which is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

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Making Of: THE VISITORS
The Visitors, Constanza Macras / Dorky Park
The Visitors, Constanza Macras / Dorky Park | © Ursula Kaufmann / Ruhrtriennale 2023
The Visitors, Constanza Macras / Dorky Park
The Visitors, Constanza Macras / Dorky Park | © Ursula Kaufmann / Ruhrtriennale 2023
The Visitors, Constanza Macras / Dorky Park
The Visitors, Constanza Macras / Dorky Park | © Ursula Kaufmann / Ruhrtriennale 2023
The Visitors, Constanza Macras / Dorky Park
The Visitors, Constanza Macras / Dorky Park | © Ursula Kaufmann / Ruhrtriennale 2023
The Visitors, Constanza Macras / Dorky Park
The Visitors, Constanza Macras / Dorky Park | © Ursula Kaufmann / Ruhrtriennale 2023
The Visitors, Constanza Macras / Dorky Park
The Visitors, Constanza Macras / Dorky Park | © Ursula Kaufmann / Ruhrtriennale 2023

Audioeinführung: THE VISITORS

With »THE VISITORS«, Constanza Macras continues the collaboration between DorkyPark and many of the young South African performers from her successful show »Hillbrowfication«. Together they dive into the strange world of slasher films and try to free themselves from the grip of the monsters through non-linear narratives and humorous associations.

Ruhrtriennale dramaturge Aljoscha Begrich places the idea of the play in the social context of South Africa and explains who the monsters from times past are, who determine the reality of people's lives as a matter of course.

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