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- World premiere
- Approx. 1 hour 30 minutes without a break
- Interesting for people aged 12+
Pioneers of performance art
Stage icon Tim Etchells and artist Vlatka Horvat are renowned for compelling experiments in their respective fields. Etchells is best known as the artistic director of the UK-based performance group Forced Entertainment, one of the most respected theater companies in Europe. His artistic fascination lies in the rules and systems of our culture, which he examines in playful, subversive, and captivating ways. Horvat, who recently presented her work at the Croatian Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale, investigates in her work across forms the spatial and social relationships between bodies, objects, the built environment, and landscape. In ‹Go With Your Heart›, Tim Etchells and Vlatka Horvat construct a work about the ways in which incidents, events, and movement are stored in and processed by the body. A new commission for Ballett Basel, which marks their first choreographic collaboration, the work explores the ways in which dance connects us, animating the stage as a machine for the playful and vivid transmission and reinvention of movement. ‹Go With Your Heart› is a dynamic, contemporary piece that charts a unique path through the territory between art, performance, and choreography.
Thank you!
With the kind support of the Gönnerkreis and the Basler Ballett Gilde
Moving introduction
Before the performances on April 11 and 26 and May 8 and 26, 2025, Ballett Basel is offering a guided movement session with the audience. This will allow you to experience the approach to the choreography and piece development of performance icons Tim Etchells and Vlatka Horvat for yourself and gain a new perspective on ‹Go With Your Heart›. The introduction will be led by a member of the Ballett Basel team. The regular piece introduction will take place in parallel as usual.
- April 11/26 at 7:00 p.m.
- May 8/26 at 7:00 p.m.
- Duration approx. 20 minutes
- Meeting point: small dance floor at entrances A-C
- free of charge, with registration
- In English and German
- No special clothing required
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Digital book table
Together with the dramaturgy department, the Basel Kulturhaus Bider & Tanner has been curating the book table for our plays for many years. Now this selection of books, CDs, DVDs, catalogues and sheet music is available at any time in the online shop. It's worth browsing regularly.
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[...] the ensemble of Ballett Basel performs something truly fabulous.
16 dancers from Ballett Basel encounter themselves and their bodies in a breathless performance.
Dancers are not always given agency in choreographed pieces, and so a production like this not only functions as a welcoming force amidst the often rigid structures in which dancers frequently operate, but an opportunity to find new pathways, new frames, and new edges in their skilled practice.