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Caline, Oskar, Adrian:a, Till, Stina, Lena, Zoe, Sadia, Dhzein, Amelie … queer, Chechen, Kurdish, four of them Down syndrome superstars: a collective of dancers is about to premiere its show at a theater festival. Then – who else? – a soloist sprains her foot. Everyone in the ensemble knows they’ll have to pull out all the stops. The industry is ruthlessly unforgiving, the clock is ticking, and if the work is not spot on, then bam! – you can be out of the game. A utopian dance musical, in which normalizing practices are hereby abolished and we witness the breathtaking unfolding of a heterogeneous space of alliances.
Country: Germany
Jan Eilhardt studied Film and Performance at the HFBK Hamburg (including classes with Marina Abramović) and was an assistant to Heiner Müller at the Berliner Ensemble. His films and experimental projects have screened in international film festivals, cinemas, and museums. His feature debut Scherbengericht premiered in 2013 at the Slamdance Film Festival. Fremdenverführerin (2022), a queer-activist Super 8 short film, was shown in international festivals and won many awards. It is being followed in 2025 by his autobiographically inspired feature Janine zieht aufs Land, supported by mediatalents (nordmedia) which was premiered this year at the Berlinale Forum and is distributed by Salzgeber.
An intersectional musical centering on an activist collective of disabled and non-disabled dancers, where a...
