CDA
Automatic Dance Company
The idea for this company and its name came by the inspiration of a very close friend, Marcel Settner. The company is not a group with fixed members, but members are chosen from project to project, because some topics need different performers than other pieces.
Most members are professional dancers or actors, but in some cases also Semi-Professionals or even laymen take part.
The projects could be traditional stage pieces but also public events.
They all have in common the way of working, the idea of “danse automatique”.
Cast (selection)
Reigen: Uwe Aust, Wolfgang Gockel, Isabell Heinser, Dörthe Mueller-Schultz, Harald Schulte, Kathrin Stelzer
White light: Fa-Hsuan, Pavlina Cerna, Athina Ku, Alexey Abad, Harald Schulte, Roberto Zuniga
Tosterasta: Leandro Kees, Isabell Heinser, Florentine Schara, Harald Schulte, Eileen Bohorguez
Itai Itai: Wolfgang Gockel, Britta Quittschalle, Verena Brackonier, Harald Schulte, Gabi Bölke
Smara: Isabell Heinser, Marie-Christine Kesting, Manuel Zauner, Harald Schulte, Fritz Sdun, Kama Frankl, Mila-Christine Langbehn, Judith Pawlitta, Jan Börker, Katja Engbrecht
Sinking: Dörthe Mueller-Schultz, Harald Schulte
Sinking 1: Isabell Heinser, Harald Schulte
Sinking 2: Leandro Kees, Harald Schulte, Isabell Heinser
Iati Iati: Wolfgang Gockel, Britta Quittschalle, Gabi Bölke, Jutta El-Sharif
Skin and molting: Laura Brückner, Susanne Moers, Daphne Stahl, Harald Schulte, Annika Weitershagen
The idea
The term "danse automatique" goes back to the term "ecriture automatique" of the early Surrealists, which describes an automatic writing process that was based solely on unconscious processes.
In contrast to the "Ecriture Automatique", according to which no conscious elements can enter into or control the process, "Danse automatique" puts an idea or task first as the starting point of associative and unconscious processes.
Although this method goes back to psychoanalysis, "danse automatique" is only an artistic way of producing specific movements and has no therapeutic orientation. I am definitely not interested in the effects of this way of working on the dancer or the audience, but only on the evoked movement material.
"Danse Automatique" means the interactive exploration of dance and theme. The dance should not become a narrative illustration of the subject. Nor should the topic just be a vehicle for dance movements. Dance and theme form a unity in the process. The result does not need to be intellectual or technically understandable.
This way of working makes it possible to cover a wide range of topics, from profane events to profound contents.