greyline

2024 | Berlin | radialsystem
costume & technical design

The concept of the "grey line" - marks the delicate, blurred and difficult to define transition from day to night. In the new performance and moving installation Greyline by Renae Shadler, the movements of five dancers intertwine with two ethereal Aerocene sculptures in Gleisdreieck Park. These 400 cubic metre sculptures, inflated with air, carried by wind and lifted by the sun, give form to the invisible materials and atmospheres that surround us. In this age of climate inequality, they invite the audience to blur the distinction between human and non-human bodies and question geopolitical boundaries.

The choreography Greyline seduces us into a poetics of movement: the dancers wander through the park and melt into the atmospheric qualities of the sun, air and wind that drive the large-scale sculptures. In this way, they subvert the boundaries of territories or states that are not recognised by these three global entities. During the performative parkours, the audience - surrounded by an airy vocal composition - accompanies the dancers.

Greyline is the second part of a trilogy that began with Under my Gaze (2022). It continues Renae Shadler's choreographic research into how to make more-than-human relationships tangible in performance art. The project combines dance, science and installation and is created in collaboration with the Aerocene Foundation. The foundation was initiated by the visual artist Tomás Saraceno and is dedicated to the testing and development of aerosolar sculptures.

Concept, Choreography, Performance: Renae Shadler | Co-creation, Performance: Katrina Bastian, Luan de Lima, Jan Lorys, Dorota Michalak | Dramaturgy: Maikon K | Voice Dramaturg, Voice Coach: Joris Camelin | Costume design: Camillle Lacadee | Production, distribution: Dörte Wolter | Production assistant: Therese Bendjus | Photos: Piotr Pietrus | Video: Camille Lacadee | Inspired by Susurrus Group, 2017-2020: Samuel Hertz, Maria Nurmela, Kalle Ropponen, Renae Shadler

Presented by Renae Shadler & Collaborators in collaboration with the Aerocene Foundation. Supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Inclusion and the Artists in Residence Program of fabrik Potsdam.