69 positions
Excess, nudity, orgy eroticism, ritualistic pleasure, audience participation and political engagement, all expressions of the sexual utopia particular to the counterculture and experimental performances of the 60’s. This guided tour through an archive of sexual performances, serves as a filter for Mette Ingvartsen to explore unresolved issues about sexuality in contemporary practices today. In doing so, her body turns into a field of physical experimentation and uncanny sexual practices emerge in relation to the environment that surrounds her.
69 positions leads visitors through a space with performances, books, films, texts and images brought alive through movement and speech in order to experience the connection between the intimate sphere and public space.
Premiere in 2014 at PACT Zollverein, Essen
The Red Pieces
69 positions is part of The Red Pieces, an ongoing series of performances in which Mette Ingvartsen explores relationships between sexuality and the public sphere. In it she investigates naked and sexualized bodies and their influence on societal structures. The series momentarily also comprises 7 Pleasures and the performative conference The Permeable Stage in which a number of artists and theorist were invited to reflect upon, perform and discuss the politics of sexuality in relation to public and private realms.
Concept, Choreography, Performance: Mette Ingvartsen
Lighting design: Nadja Räikkä
Set design: Virginie Mira
Sound Design: Peter Lenaerts, with music by Will Guthrie (Breaking Bones)
Dramaturgy: Bojana Cvejic
Technical director: Nadja Räikkä & Joachim Hupfer
Sound technician: Adrien Gentizon
Company Management: Kerstin Schroth
A production of Mette Ingvartsen / Great Investment
Co-production: apap / szene (Salzburg), Musée de la Danse/Centre Chorégraphique National de Rennes et de Bretagne, Kaaitheater (Brussels), PACT Zollverein (Essen), Les Spectacles vivants – Centre Pompidou (Paris), Kunstencentrum BUDA (Kortrijk), BIT Teatergarasjen (Bergen)
Funded by: The Flemish Authorities & The Danish Arts Council
With the support of Théâtre National de Bretagne (Rennes), Festival d’Automne à Paris, DOCH – University of dance and circus (Stockholm)
This work has been funded with support from the European Commission
Texts & interviews
69 positions – Interview with Mette Ingvartsen69 Positions – Entretien avec Mette Ingvartsen (français)
69 positions – Soft Choreography
Feb
5,
2021 9:12 AM
2021 |
February 5 - 6 | CNDC, Angers (postponed) |
Aug
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2020 9:12 AM
2020 |
August 22 - 31 | Melbourne Festival (postponed) |
Oct
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2019 |
October 19 - 20 | SIDance, Seoul | |
| Jul 16, 2019 9:12 AM | July 16 - 17 | Impulstanz, Vienna | |
| Jul 13, 2019 9:12 AM | July 13 - 14 | Impulstanz, Vienna | |
| Feb 4, 2019 9:12 AM | February 4 - 6 | Side Step Festival, Helsinki |
May
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2018 |
May 31 - June 1 | Rotterdamse Schouwburg | |
| May 10, 2018 9:12 AM | May 10 - 12 | Volksbühne, Berlin | |
| Feb 28, 2018 9:12 AM | February 28 - March 3 | Dansehallerne, Copenhagen |
Jul
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2017 |
July 1 - 3 | Athens & Epidaurus Festival, Athens | |
| May 31, 2017 9:12 AM | May 31 - June 2 | ADC, Genève | |
| May 16, 2017 9:12 AM | May 16 - 17 | AUAWIRLEBEN Theaterfestival, Bern | |
| Mar 18, 2017 9:12 AM | March 18 - 19 | Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht |
Dec
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2016 9:12 AM
2016 |
December 8 | KU.BE, Copenhagen | |
| Oct 22, 2016 9:12 AM | October 22 | MDT, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Oct 18, 2016 9:12 AM | October 18 - 19 | MDT, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Oct 4, 2016 9:12 AM | October 4 - 5 | Kaaistudios, Brussels, Belgium | |
| Sep 29, 2016 9:12 AM | September 29 - October 1 | Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Swiss | |
| Jul 2, 2016 9:12 AM | July 2 - 3 | Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, NL | |
| Apr 5, 2016 9:12 AM | April 5 - 7 | TAP Théatre Auditorium de Poitiers, France | |
| Mar 8, 2016 9:12 AM | March 8 - 9 | Black Box Theater, Oslo, Norway | |
| Jan 15, 2016 9:12 AM | January 15 - 17 | MoMA PS1, New York City |
Dec
3,
2015 9:12 AM
2015 |
December 3 - 5 | le lieu unique, Scène Nationale de Nantes France | |
| Oct 28, 2015 9:12 AM | October 28 - 29 | Tanzquartier, Vienna, Austria | |
| Oct 21, 2015 9:12 AM | October 21 - 22 | STUK, Leuven, Belgium | |
| Aug 1, 2015 9:12 AM | August 1 - 2 | München, Germany | |
| Jul 18, 2015 9:12 AM | July 18 - 19 | Santarcangelo, Italy | |
| Jun 25, 2015 9:12 AM | June 25 - 27 | ARGEkultur, Salzburg, Austria | |
| Jun 6, 2015 9:12 AM | June 6 - 7 | Teatro Maria Matos, Lisbon, Portugal | |
| May 28, 2015 9:12 AM | May 28 - 31 | MDT, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Apr 28, 2015 9:12 AM | April 28 - 29 | MDT, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Feb 18, 2015 9:12 AM | February 18 - 21 | Dansehallerne, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Feb 14, 2015 9:12 AM | February 14 | Inkonst, Malmö, Sweden | |
| Jan 22, 2015 9:12 AM | January 22 - 23 | Vooruit, Gent, Belgium | |
| Jan 6, 2015 9:12 AM | January 6 - 8 | CNN Montpellier, France |
Dec
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2014 |
December 15 - 17 | Centre Pompidou, Paris, France | |
| Nov 18, 2014 9:12 AM | November 18 - 20 | TNB, Rennes, France | |
| Oct 22, 2014 9:12 AM | October 22 - 23 | Rokeriet, Bergen, Norway | |
| Oct 9, 2014 9:12 AM | October 9 - 11 | Kaaitheater, Brussels, Belgium | |
| Oct 2, 2014 9:12 AM | October 2 - 3 | PACT Zollverein, Essen, Germany |
