TWINS - how do I know I am me...
Theater - Dance - Music - Installation
by Angie Hiesl and Roland Kaiser
… is a performance that addresses the fascinating and mysterious phenomenon of twin appearances. Being an identical twin - who's who? - a baffling interplay of optical illusions and mirror images between the everyday and the absurd.
The selected method of staging the production vacillates between art exhibition and performance. Thus the images inspired by the performers’ personal stories challenge the assumption of individual uniqueness.
Press
"A smart performance of stunning and amusing beauty - that is also allowed to sometimes be ugly and upsetting."
nrw taz köln, Bernhard Krebs, November 29, 2001
Premiere: Cologne, 2001
Further performances in: IMPULSE Festival (GER), Liverpool (GB), excerpts in Düsseldorf & Berlin (GER)
Supported by: Cologne City Council, Ministry of Urban Development and Housing, Culture and Sports of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Fonds Darstellende Künste e.V., Stiftung Kunst und Kultur, Department of Subway and Bridge Constructions, Ravensburger AG
Emma Davies / Katy Davies
Alessandra Defazio / Viviana Defazio
Lisa Doughty / Rebecca Doughty
Julia Hamer / Valerie Hamer
Stefan Hartmann-Virnich / Thomas Hartmann-Virnich
Claudia Heinze / Monika Heinze
Ekaterina Khozieva / Valentina Khozieva
Annemarie Ludwig / Rosemarie Ess
Diana Miller / Sandra Miller
Pia Miranda / Paz Miranda
Anja Mpangara / Svenja Mpangara
Vera Simmler / Ellen Lehner
Mursa Wahabzadah / Zohal Wahabzadah
Costumes: Ilona Burgstaller / Doris Marenbach
Director’s assistant: Barbara Perau
Technical directors: Michael Reyl / Andy Semmler
Organisation: Monika Hilz
Press and public relations: Carola Lehmann
Research: Andrea Laue, Ute Laufs, Simone Kellerhoff, Nicola Unger
Graphic design: Steffen Missmahl
Dokumentation Foto: Roland Kaiser
Dokumentation Video: H. Dieter Schäfer, Roland Kaiser
Legal advice: Reinhard Bergmann