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«spooning&entre.les.montagnes»
Sami Lea Samira Bernath

Dance

Along the repetitive rhythm of the ‘Löffelä’, a humorous queer search for the (im)possibility of openness in Swiss traditions unfolds.

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  • Fri 13/0318:00–00:00

    Previously: «SCHÄLLEWIIBER»

    Nordflügel

    Free admission

Sami Lea Samira Bernath removes the accompanying instrument ‘Löffelä’ from its traditional context and re-explores it from a queer perspective. Copyright: Thalles Piaget

‘spooning&entre.les.montagnes’ is a piece about forgetting, suppression and the possibilities of remembering. Sami Lea Samira Bernath takes the ‘Löffelä’ (spoon) – a percussive accompanying instrument in traditional Swiss music today – out of its context and embarks on a search for permeability and openness from a queer perspective. In an attempt to deconstruct Swiss traditions, they explore ways in which intergenerational knowledge can nourish society and reinterpretation can break through exclusivity. In a minimal setting, a play of traces, vibrations and dissonances permeates bodies and space to create a rhythm for as many people as possible in the interplay between performer and ‘Löffelä’.

Doppelvorstellung

‘spooning & entre les montagnes’ will be shown immediately after the Pop-Up Mountain Company's performance of ‘SCHÄLLEWIIBER’.

Information on accessibility and language 

  • Stepless access

  • Non-language-based

  • Repetitive rhythm

  • Dance and Choreografie:
    Sami Lea Samira Bernath
    Costume:
    Lynn Balli
    Music:
    Lied aus dem 18. Jahrhundert aus der Umgebung von Bern «Guggisbärglied»
    Artistic support:
    Baptiste Cazaux & Anna Marija Adomaityte, evo mine lambillon, Emma Saba, Sylvie Robinson, Maira Nett, Nina Richard, Joana Hermes
    Collaboration & outside perspective in the long-term process:
    Jeanne Rosset, Léa Aimée Birrer, Nils Amadeus Lange, Jessica Huber, Vanessa Sindihebura, Laura Pregger, Lu Läderach
    Produced for:
    Les Quarts d’heures des Théâtre Sévelin 36, Lausanne

  • City of Bern, Canton of Bern, Burgergemeinde Bern, Gesellschaft zu Schuhmachern

  • Sami (1999, Bern) is a dancer, DJ and works with the music label Forcefield Records. They studied Contemporary Dance at the Manufacture. In their work, Sami uses their physical knowledge, theirhistorical interest and their fascination for rhythm. Their practice explores the permeability and therefore the relevance of empirical knowledge passed down through generations, specifically questioning Swiss folklore. 

    In 2023, their presented their solo ‘zwüschä dä hüglä &between the hills’ at the Dampfzentrale Bern, 2024 she created ‘spooning&entre.les.montagnes’ for Les Quarts d’heures de Sévelin 36. Sami is part of the hearhere collective, with whom they created their first piece at the TANZhAUS in Bern in summer 2025.

Copyright: Anouk Maupu

Copyright: Julie Folly

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