In »Verdeckte Ermittlung« (»Covert Investigation«) Martin Nachbar applies forensic methods in order to examine the remains of dance once it has taken place: Who dances what on this stage that is always also a scene of crime?Inspired by the character Stephan Derrick of the German police series Derrick and even more so by its actor Horst Tappert consciously mystifying the relationship between him and himself, Nachbar asks Martin Nachbar what he is and whom he represents. Traces are left behind and wiped away and yet secured. Findings are made and interrogations take place. Martin Nachbar gets caught in a web of contradictions and eventually finds himself guilty.
Idee, Choreografie, Performance: Martin Nachbar | Künstlerische Mitarbeit: Joséphine Evrard (Tanz), Florian Feigl (Dramaturgie, Text) | Licht: Christof Debler | visuals: Katrin Schoof | Eine Produktion von Martin Nachbar, gefördert durch den Senat für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur und durch den Fonds Darstellende Künste e.V. Mit Dank an das Mime Centrum Berlin, die Tanzfabrik Berlin und das HAU. | Foto: Katrin Schoof