THEATER an der GLOCKSEE Hannover

  guest production > dance piece by Tiago Manquinho with ensemble act:on

dance

How can care be practised in a present marked by crises, inequality and withdrawal?

Dare to Care places this question at the centre of a choreographic exploration that understands care not as weakness, but as a practice of resistance against exclusion, isolation and normative ideas of closeness, autonomy and community.

The piece negotiates care as political action: Who is seen? Who is protected? Whose needs are considered legitimate and whose are not?

Based on the perspectives of ‘disability justice’, Dare to Care focuses on bodies that are marked as ‘dependent’, ‘deviant’ or ‘invisible’ in our society. The production understands mutual dependence not as a flaw, but as a reality and as the potential for relationships based on solidarity.

Dare to Care asks: How can we take responsibility for one another without falling into power relations? What does it mean to be there for one another physically, emotionally, and socially – beyond the pressure to perform and social norms?

The piece invites us to understand care not as a private task but as a collective, intersectional practice. An invitation to develop new forms of coexistence between bodies, biographies and social realities.

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