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A production of Modjgan Hashemian in cooperation with Kultursprünge im Ballhaus Naunynstraße gemeinnützige GmbH. First production sponsored by the individual project funding of the state of Berlin.
Performance in English with translation into German and Romanian.
Set & costume design: Shira WachsmannLighting: Asier SolanaMusic: Oliver Doerell, Nuri Dehdashti, Nur Ben ShalomDramaturgy: Anke SauerteigProduction Manager: Sylvia Erse KellerDancers: Shiran Eliaserov, Kaveh Ghaemi, Michael Shapira, Maryam ZareeInspite of the enemy stereotype publicised everywhere in Iran and in Israel, Iranians and Israelis are trying to connect via social networks. In groups called "Israel loves Iran" and "Iran loves Israel" they reveal their love and share their fears in a seemingly naïve way. What is it that moves us in the conflict of these two countries? Have the enemy stereotypes put into people's minds since childhood been internalised? What do I actually know about the others and what do they know about me? In "I love I" the perspectives of the German-Iranian-Israeli ensemble inform each other. Having been caught in their own prejudices, they reduce the clichés to absurdity and explore the political enmeshments behind the conflict. They turn out to be captives in a net which there is apparently no escaping from.After her dance performances "Move in patterns", "Don't move" and "In motion", in "I love I", Modjgan Hashemian addresses issues that are beyond the scope of her identity as a German with Iranian roots and the events in Iran."A clever and humorous metaphor for all the pointless political speeches full of empty words!The dancers confront themselves and the audience with images of the enemy, stereotypes and attributions which are to some extent very deep-seated and hard to overcome. For Hashemian dance is an expression of emotions such as fear and pain – but in her choreographies there is always space for acts of liberation and bridges."(Anouk Meyer)
