State of Euphoria

Choreography by Charlotte Triebus

Directed by Gordon Kämmerer

Choreography for the theatre · 2023

The party starts outside. A truck pulls up at the Theater an der Ruhr and the first revellers spill out. By the end of the evening, the audience is dancing onstage with the cast.

Three performers throw their heads and arms back in crossing beams of green and white light.

Charlotte Triebus choreographed State of Euphoria for Gordon Kämmerer’s production at the Theater an der Ruhr. Taking their cue from Rainald Goetz’s Rave, the performers move through the foyer and onto the stage, where DJ Hundefriedhof plays from a booth built like a temple.

Guests pass the bouncers and enter the club. On the way from one scene to the next, they can change clothes, talk to the performers or join the dance. The beat continues after the performance with a set by DJ Hundefriedhof.

Performers in white climb down from the back of a brightly lit truck outside the theatre.

Steffen Reuber holds a microphone in front of the lit columns of DJ Hundefriedhof’s booth.

Trailer

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Premiere

3 November 2023, Theater an der Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr. Presented during Rausch 2. Running time approximately 90 minutes.

Support

Supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia through NEUE WEGE in collaboration with the NRW KULTURsekretariat.

Marie Schulte-Werning grins at the camera as other guests dance in the foyer.

A yellow shape glows above the decks while beams of light reach across the dark room.

A line of dancers in masks and denim stands beneath a wash of blue light.

Fabio Menéndez leaps into a shaft of blue light while the surrounding cast sits on the floor.

Credits

Choreography: Charlotte Triebus
Direction and costumes: Gordon Kämmerer
Set: Louisa Robin
Music and DJ: DJ Hundefriedhof
Assistant director and DJ: Toby Stöttner
Cast: Albert Bork, Dagmar Geppert, Klaus Herzog, Fabio Menéndez, Steffen Reuber, Marie Schulte-Werning, Gabriella Weber, Joshua Zilinske
Additional performers: Jaimy-Fleur Bartholomeus, Nils Julian Fock, Sara Gohr, Melanie Henrichs, Josephine Jäckel, Melike Kalelioğlu, Zelal Kisin, Hannah Köhler, Christina Lange, Julia Meschede, Jeanette Reckmann, Tabea Zoí Sander, Merle Spangenberg, Valeriya Steinfort
Dramaturgy: Constanze Fröhlich, Alexander Weinstock
Costume supervisor: Katharina Lautsch
Lighting design: Jochen Jahncke
Sound: Uwe Muschinski
Props: Felix Harthan
Production interns: Frantje Gigo, Sihang Zhang
Foyer video: Joshua Zilinske
Stage video: MIREVI Lab Düsseldorf