Première Winter 2027
“Practice unfolding,” a term introduced by Willie Stark, provides a window into the company’s artistic practice and repertoire while simultaneously offering a preview of the performance’s initial phase of the creative process. It traces the work’s development in the run-up to the Première.
Directed and choreographed by Willie Stark, this piece is a physical exploration of the concept of resistance against erasure, silencing and control.
Bodies reclaiming their space and their voice in a world that often denies them both. Bodies in motion yearn to be seen, heard and felt. By translating this urgency into choreography, the piece becomes an act of remembrance, a reminder that social change begins in the body, in movement, in relationships. In today’s social and political climate, this work asks how we, as individuals and communities, respond when systems fail to protect us, when the history of oppression repeats itself in new forms. The work positions dance as a mirror that reveals the ongoing necessity of solidarity, empathy and radical care.
15.05 and 16.05.2026: Le monde nous regarde Practice unfolding – Sommerblut festival and FWT Köln
05.06: Le monde nous regarde Practice unfolding – Festival Urban stage, Theater Oberhausen
19.09.2026: Le monde nous regarde Practice unfolding – NEXUS rendez-vous – Alte Feuerwache Köln (2 days festival)
Artist talk 15.05.2026 – Archive
Artistic Direction, Choreography, Dance: Willie Stark // Compagnie Stark
Choreographic Input, Dance: Laura Schönlau
Artistic Consultant: Khadidiatou Bangoura
Music Composition: Fallon Mayanja
Visual and Video Material: Paula Schür
Costumes: Kora Hamm
