RUHRPOTT FESTIVAL:
Ludica. & SVEN KUNTU (Düsseldorf-Tallinn)
’The Corner’ /PREMIERE/

Anyone who has been sent, driven or put itself into the corner (depending on the age and character) know one thing for sure about it – you MUST change yourself or your behaviour in case you do not want to end up there any more. And usually you do not want to end up there any more since it is instructive, uncomfortable and absurd to be in the corner. Therefore getting or stepping into the corner is dependent on an individual’s adaptability and sometimes also on one’s sense of humour.
90 % of the thinking/behaviour of contemporary people is based on conditioned reflexes (within the circumstances of an open market). Apparently the remaining 10% can occasionally lead us into the corner.

Installation/performance The Corner was launched within the project Colina 2005 that took place in Düsseldorf. Colina was introduced to bring together people form the different fields of art and to encourage them to collaborate.
Due to the first prompt but passionate exchange of thoughts the decision was made to put the ideas that emerged into practice. This was followed by residencies at Montemor-o-Novo (in Portugal) and in Tallinn (Estonia), where The Corner will also be premiered in April 2007.

Naoko Tanaka has studied at the Tokyo Fine Art University (Master of the Art) and at the Academy of Fine Art, in Düsseldorf, Germany (Scholarship of the Union Foundation, Japan). In 2000 she foundeded the company “Ludica” with Morgan Nardi. Currently lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Morgan Nardi completed his dance-education in classical and modern dance in Florenz, Milan and Cannes and then danced in various theatres and companies. He has been living in Germany since 1995 and worked as a member of the company NEUER TANZ with VA Wölfl in Düsseldorf until 1998. In 2000 he founded the company “Ludica” with Naoko Tanaka. Currently lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Sven Kuntu has studied at Tallinn University (theatre directing class) and at Estonian Academy of Music (classical singing class). 1991 -1996 he was an actor at Von Krahl Theatre. In 1991 he founded Especially Sad Music Orchestra and until today he is a songwriter, composer, singer and performer. Lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia.

This presentation is part of the North Rhine-Westphalia festival in Estonia - RUHRPOTT. Performance is organized in cooperation with Tanzhaus NRW (Düsseldorf) and supported by Goethe Institute Tallinn, federal state North Rhine-Westphalia, Estonian Ministry of Culture; Cultural Endowment of Estonia; Tallinn City Government Cultural Heritage Department.

idea and performance: Naoko Tanaka, Morgan Nardi, Sven Kuntu
co-producers: Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Tanzhaus NRW, Centro Coreográfico de Montemor-o-Novo (Portugal)
supported by: Cultural Endowment of Estonia
duration: 50’
ticket: 70/120
more information: www.ruhrpott.ee / www.ludica.de