Nachtschicht, May 28, 2010, 21:30 h, Schauspielhaus/Foyer
Dance/Performance
»Pickled ginger tastes light green and has little sparkles inside that make the tongue go violet. Sweet ginger is different: yellow with small crowns on top.«
In their performance: »I could never be in love with someone whose name looks orange« the two dancers Asher O’Gorman (IRE) and Malika Fankha (CH) dig deeper into perception. Perception is receiving and processing information with our senses. Everybody perceives themselves and their world in a unique way and has their own definition of reality.
The piece is an exploration into the subject of a phenomenon called »synesthesia«, this is a perceptional condition in which the five senses become mixed up. Synesthetes may hear colours, see sounds or taste a touch.
»I could never be in love with someone whose name looks orange« is about the way the two performers experience daily life. They share stories from their childhood both inspiring and frustrating and take the audience on a sensory journey into a world where music is colourful and letters taste like fruit salad.
