IN C - TBILISI

“IN C – Tbilisi” is an experimental dance performance bringing together actors with intellectual disabilities with independent dancers from Georgia and the Berlin-based dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests, performing an inclusive version of the IN C dance piece created by Sasha Waltz.

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IN C is based on the revolutionary musical piece by American composer Terry Riley by the same name, considered to be one of the pioneer compositions of minimalist music. Sasha Waltz and her dancers developed innovative, experimental choreographic material which follows a similarly variable structure of the music. This is a piece that is made in the moment, on-the-spot, and never repeated. Each member develops a unique sensitivity of how far their freedom can go while not damaging the whole.

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In C is an exercise in democracy - as Sasha Waltz describes her piece. What happens when the democracy exercise is performed on stage by dancers of different physical, mental, or cultural experiences? This question became the inspiration to create IN C - Tbilisi, the inclusive version of the original piece, where disabled and non-disabled dancers from Tbilisi and Berlin would perform together on the stage.