Installation by Rimini Protokoll (Daniel Wetzel)

Who composes? Who plays? And on what? At Radialsystem, the theatre label Rimini Protokoll reimagines these questions with SWEAT. A Musclical—in a playful and thought-provoking way. Their proposal: fitness machines—borrowed from the world of physical self-optimization—become musical instruments on stage. The concert evening SWEAT. Songs of Push and Pull features pieces composed by multidisciplinary artists Güner Künier, Brigitta Muntendorf, Schneider TM, Sophia Wind, and Wooly Aziz for this new group of instruments. The works are physically performed by the specially formed SWEAT Ensemble. In the interactive installation SWEAT MACHINES. An Acoustic Playground, the audience is invited to activate the machine orchestra themselves—and raise their own heart rates.

Duration: approx. 75 minutes
Language: In German and English
Notes: The performance contains loud moments and strobe lighting. It includes depictions of physical and mental illness. Recommended for ages 14 and up.

Composition: Güner Künier, Brigitta Muntendorf, Schneider TM, Sophia Wind, Wooly Aziz
Fitness trainers and performers: Shar Adams, Lisa Wadle
Digital conductor, sound design & programming: Fabian Tombers
Interactive art installation & instruments: Alfredo Bautista, Benjamin Maus, Klaudiusz Schimanowski
Concept, text & direction: Daniel Wetzel
Dramaturgy, research & text: Arved Schultze, Erik Veenstra
Scenography: Lena Loy
Video design: Juan Pablo Gaviria Bedoya
Graphic design: Marie Faass
Artistic collaboration: Yiannis Panagopoulos
Technical direction: Patrick Tucholski
Press & communications Rimini Protokoll: Lisa Homburger
Production management: Monica Ferrari, Ksenia Lukina

SWEAT. A Musclical is a production by Rimini Apparat in co-production with Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Pina Bausch Zentrum "under construction", and E-WERK Luckenwalde, in cooperation with Radialsystem. Funded by the Capital Cultural Fund.

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