Company MEK

FATHER POLITICS is a co-production of Company MEK with Kaserne Basel and COLOURS Festival in Stuttgart under the direction of Swiss choreographer Muhammed Kaltuk. The first sketches were created in 2020 as part of the PREMIO Nachwuchspreis Tanz. FATHER POLITICS unmasks the emotionalization of politics, the opinion-making and polarization of political advertising campaigns, the influence and deliberate manipulation through differently interpreted, rewritten, twisted and altered truths. The young, multinational and diverse ensemble tells from a very personal perspective about powerlessness in the face of politics, about being paralyzed when you can't connect, when you don't feel represented. It is about taking a stand. It's about the energies that arise when you politicize yourself and get something moving. Fridays for Future shows that young people are absolutely political. FATHER POLITICS shows the dancing individualities of the ensemble and bundles the energy and strength of the common appearance in powerful common choreographies. With high professionalism and engagingly authentic MEK represents the new powerful, young, thriving generation CHANGE on stage. www.companymek.com Choreography / Muhammed Kaltuk In close cooperation with the dancers / Malin Schuler, Annakatharina Chiedza Spörri, Manuel Janick von Arx, Egon Gerber, Giulia Esposito, Sarafina Beck, Moa Bomolo, Witthawat Tonja Music by Tobias Herzog (Clockworked) Stage Design / Kevin Peterhans Dramaturgie / Cindy Jänicke Light Design / Daniel Tschanz Production management & Touring / Cindy Jänicke Technik-Partner / nuance Veranstaltungsechnik GmbH Spokenword / Anna Chiedza Spörri #companymek #dancecompany #fatherpolitics

A little impression of the short piece "FivE" Winner of the International Choreography prize 2020 The denial, the anger, the negotiation, the depression, the acceptance - Inspired by these five phases of mourning, according to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, I developed this piece with dancer Roki. During my initial training as a health professional, I was often confronted with grief and inevitably dealt with the subject of grief. All these experiences formed the piece.  I think that these 5 emotional phases have already accompanied and occupied us all in different situations. During the development of the movements, my focus was primarily on the authentic presentation of these phases. The whole process was an emotional journey that confronted us with personal stories. This experience formed this piece. Company MEK Choreography by Muhammed Kaltuk Danced by Tanaka Lionel Roki Video by Pascal Isenschmid Performance at the Gessneralle Zürich, Switzerland

This is Company MEK with „A Residence at the Dampfzentrale Bern“ Choreography by Muhammed Kaltuk Danced by Moa Bomolo, Dalvin Sollberger and Egon Gerber Videography by Roberto Ecclesia Location Dampfzentrale Music by Leonard Cohen - the Goal #CompanyMEK #dampfzentrale #breakdance

This An ode to Swan Lake was created by a collaboration with Rena Brandenberger and Muhammed Kaltuk. This piece took place in the fountain of the famous Rosengarten in Bern, which gave us the opportunity use the element of water. This is how we told the story of Rothbart, Odette, Prince Siegfried and the forest creatures. www.muhammedkaltuk.ch www.renabrandenberger.ch #CompanyMEK #Swanlake #RosengartenBern

"Father Politics" By Muhammed Kaltuk Here is a little look in to a piece we are working on. Choreography my Muhammed Kaltuk Danced by Tanaka Lionel Roki, Egon Gerber and Luca Häseli www.muhammedkaltuk.ch #CompanyMEK #Fatherpolitics #Stromae

Company MEK “drzwüsche” im Theater Basel  Von Muhammed Kaltuk und Anna Chiedza Spörri Das Stück “drzwüsche” beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema der Dualität einer Identität.In der Schweiz aufgewachsen, aber doch noch mit einer zweiten Heimat verbunden, das ist die Thematik mit der sich die Choreographen auseinandersetzten. Die Schweiz ist der gemeinsame Nenner der TänzerInnen. Die verschiedenen Erlebnisse in dieser Heimat und der unterschiedliche Bezug, ist der Ausgangspunkt. Die Verbundenheit zu einer zweiten Heimat oder einem anderen Land, drückt sich bei jedem sehr unterschiedlich aus und nimmt verschiedene Formen an, je nach dem in welchem Kontext sich die Person befindet. Unser Interesse für dieses Stück konzentriert sich auf den alltäglichen Umgang mit kulturell unterschiedlichen Identitäten. Spezifisch beschäftigen wir uns mit der Thematik Heimat und Herkunft. Die Verbundenheit zu einem Land, in dem man nicht lebt, zu welchem man aber einen Bezug hat und wie dies die eigene Identität beeinflusst. Choreographie: Muhammed Kaltuk und Anna Chiedza Spörri Tänzer: Lorena Phan, Malin Schuler, Sophie Chioma, Nina Ritter, Giulia Esposito, Sarafina Beck, Anna Chiedza Spörri, Davide Pillera, Brian Witsch  www.muhammedkaltuk.ch #Companymek #Theaterbasel #drzwüsche