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vice versa or the other way round
Playing with changed perspectives and tilted worlds, (8+); 50 min.

Preview: Stadttheater Wels, June 22nd , 2002 
Première:  June 25th, schäxpirfestival Linz
Performances: June 26th, 2002 Linz
October 15th/16th, 2002 Imagetanzfestival, dietheater,    
 Künstlerhaus Vienna
 January 2003 Internationales sbwTanzfestival, Vienna
 May 19th – 23rd 2003 Studio Molière, Vienna

Concept  				                   Christophe Dumalin
Choreography/Dance/Acting; Text:        Giordana Pascucci, Aurelia Staub, 
							Alessandra Tirendi, Christophe
							Dumalin
                                                                       		
Director:	                    Miguel Angel Gaspar
Composition, Music: 			           João de Bruçó
Stage/Projection			                     Veronika Dirnhofer
Costumes: 				                     Elke Tscheließnig
Lighting Design: 				           Edgar Aichinger

Sometimes it is beneficial to stand things on their head, to shift them in order to see them more clearly, understand them better or simply to laugh at them.
In vice versa or the other way round four performers test a tilted look at the world. Logical sequences of events and situations are twisted around and take unexpected turns. The shift in perspectives irritates and thus stimulates looking beyond the first impression.

I open the window and look out. The window opens me and looks in. We are both surprised.

Together with João de Bruçó, musician and Veronika Dirnhofer, visual artist, the performers create images and spaces and play with conventional logic: an ordinary visit turns into an absurd situation and everyday objects are taken out of their logical context. Distortions happen unexpectedly and often unnoticed. An inflatable object by the visual artist Veronika Dirnhofer offers a sculptural space for transformation. 
The starting point for this concept was Martin Auer’s story “The colourful sky – The twisted world.”:

When Alexandra found the book of magic, she read a spell for twisting the world.
Alexandra said the spell and the world twisted around.
Humans walked on their hands,
dogs waged their muzzle,
the apple tree grew pears,
fish flew through the sky,
birds swam through the water,
and the hens lay square eggs.
When Alexandra had finished laughing, she looked for a spell to change the world back.
But there was none.