«Glistening (Remembering the Unknown)»
DIVAS

«Glistening (Remembering the Unknown)» is an invitation to a journey into somatic* fiction – a dance performance that opens pathways to experience connection. Glistening (literally: wet shining) evokes a new or long-forgotten sense, a form of embodied attentiveness, technology rooted in touch, fluidity, and change across time and space. When glistening, the whole body listens and communicates: giving and receiving, changing and being changed. The movements of the performers emerge from intimate gestures, shared storytelling and physical vocabularies rooted in the DIVAS multiverse.** 

As the performers move, they are glistening - in constant exchange with other beings and  the environment created on stage with water, light, sound, video and fog. The audience is invited to glisten-with, to pass several portals without leaving their seat, to descend inside their own body as a site of knowledge, connection and transformation.

Glossary

*In somatics, the "soma" is the living body as experienced from within. “Soma” encompasses the mind, body, and spirit as an integrated, self- and co-regulating system in exchange with its surroundings. 

**DIVAS multiverse: DIVAS embrace connections and multiple perspectives, moving and transforming together, always in plural. DIVAS stand for a queer urge to nourish and share the strength that comes from both difference and interdependence between us.

Information on accessibility and language

• Stepless access

• 70-minute performance without a break or late admission

• Language: English spoken language without translation.

• Audio description: The audio description is in simple English spoken language. The headphones can be collected from the Access Info Point before the performance.

• Access tour: Every evening before the performance, an accessibility tour takes place at 7.30 pm in English spoken language. The tour lasts approximately 20 minutes. The meeting point is at the Access Info Point in Stall6. Sensory stimuli are presented, and the stage design and costumes can be touched. If required, a seat can be reserved after the tour and participants can remain in the room until the start of the show.

• Pick-up service: If you would like to be picked up from Zurich main station for the event, please register by 14 December here.

• Lighting: During the entrance, there is dim lighting in the stage area, while the audience area is well lit and clearly visible. The performance makes intensive use of lighting. There are fast and slow lighting changes, light pulses such as flashes and moving lights. Towards the end of the piece, there is a complete blackout that lasts for approximately 3 minutes.

• Video: There are two projection surfaces: projection onto a water wall (6m x 3.6m) and projection onto the wall behind it (14.5m x 6m). The projections move sometimes fast, sometimes slow, with many changes. Among other things, the videos show glitch-like elements that can cause physical reactions. There is a slight strobe effect in the video. During the performance, a projector is directed towards the audience, which may cause glare. During the Access Tour, it is possible to reserve a seat that is not affected by this.

• Sound: The piece makes intensive use of sound. The sound is sometimes loud and the bass can be felt in the body. The sound uses effects on the voices. There are sound effects reminiscent of storms.
  A fog machine is positioned on stage, which may be audible.

• Other sensory stimuli: There is fog, but it is contained within a glass frame and does not reach the audience. From the middle of the piece onwards, there is haze on stage, which may also reach the audience. Due to the spray rain on the stage, it is slightly colder in the front rows. You're welcome to wear your jacket.

• Content notes: Part of the video projection is an approximately four-minute scroll through a social media feed. The image content is distorted by an effect, but acoustically understandable.

• Audience and interaction: The audience sits on chairs on the tribune. For people with accessibility needs, there are 5 beanbags and 3 wheelchair places available in row 0. There is no direct interaction with the audience. In some scenes, the performers move towards the audience and make eye contact. The performers wear masks at times and play with water on stage. Light splashes may reach the first rows.

• As the production is still being rehearsed, details in the accessibility information may change before the premiere date.