tacet_

an immersive music-dance-performance about the paradox of silence

If acceleration is the problem, then perhaps resonance is the solution.
(Hartmut Rosa)

Music and dance meet ... silence.

The new production tacet_ by choreographer Eva Baumann draws its driving force from the collective numbness that has enveloped us in the wake of current global crises. ‘Tacet’ in musical notation indicates ‘silence’ for the instrument or the singing voice, challenging the breathless pace of our accelerated society, a pace we have grown accustomed to. Four dancers and a cellist embark on a journey to search for inner calmness and interpersonal connection in a noisy, increasingly dystopian world.

But can communication succeed in silence?
Does silence have a physical resonance?

This performative utopia is given artistic expression through the dance, musical movements and gestures, and the voices of the five protagonists. With its acoustically diverse possibilities and expressive range, the cello becomes the sixth performer within the international ensemble. The immersive music-dance performance counterpoints the noise of our present with fragility and explores the nuances of silence. The performance venue acts as an acoustic amplifier, creating an atmospheric resonance space for sound and silence - movement and stillness.

The audience plays an integral part of the performance. Seated right in the middle of the action, they are surrounded, permeated, and juxtaposed by what is happening on stage. At the beginning of each performance, a gathering, a "tune-in," invites the audience to sensitize their perception to their individual and common silence. Their role is central, as it is their silence that ultimately gives space to listening.

Concept, artistic direction, choreography: Eva Baumann
Dance, performance, co-creation: Aurora Bonetti, Bar Gonen, Yen Lee, Susanna Ylikoski
Music, performance, cello, co-creation: Céline Papion
Lighting design: Nadja Weber
Assistance production: Sophie Gisbertz
Scenography, costumes: Eva Baumann
Technical realisation: Nadja Weber, Gui Votteler
Design, Layout: HuM-collective
Photography: Jan Hottmann

PREMIER

May 30th, 2025, 8 PM

Further performances
May 31st, 2025, 8 PM
June 1st, 2025, 7 PM

Projektraum Kunstverein Wagenhalle e.V.
Innerer Nordbahnhof 1
701919 Stuttgart

Tickets can be purchased as of April 14th, 2025. I will put the link here asap.
Reservations can be made to office.cie.zeitgeist@gmail.
However, as seats are very limited, we advice purchasing a ticket beforehand.
Leftover tickets might be purchased 45 minutes prior the start of the performance at the box office.

tacet_ is a production by Cie. ZEIT/GEIST - Eva Baumann. Funded within the three-year concept funding programme of the City of Stuttgart, the Stiftung Erlebnis Kunst and the Freie Tanz- und Theaterszene Stuttgart (FTTS). In cooperation with the Projektraum of Kunstverein Wagenhalle e.V. and with the kind support of Produktionszentrum Tanz + Performance Stuttgart and HuMBASEpartout Stuttgart. The conception of the ZEIT/GEIST trilogy was supported in 2021 by the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK - STEPPING OUT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of the NEUSTART KULTUR initiative. Dance aid programme. Special thanks to Künstlerhaus Lukas in Ahrenshoop, the Center for Deep Listening / Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, and BLOMST! Stuttgart.