Whether bringing a choreographer’s idea to life or performing her own work, Victoria brings her passion and years of experience equally to the research and creation process as to the moment of embodying ideas on stage and for the camera.
HUG (AT) is the latest duet version of Marion Plantey’s larger project which was performed on 07.12.24 at Südufer, Freiburg. The performance explores intimacy and touch through a trauma-sensitive lens in a relaxed performance setting.
HUG - duet version - was performed in Südufer Freiburg as part of the Studio Round program of TanzNetz Freiburg, TanznNetz Dresden and ID Frankfurt. It focuses on the importance of boundaries and conscious touch practices, using movement to spark conversations about connection and safety. It’s a first step toward creating safe spaces—not only in dance but in everyday life—while shedding light on a subject that impacts so many of us.
Concept - Marion Plantey
Choreography - Marion Plantey with Victoria McConnell
Performers - Victoria McConnell, Marion Plantey
Music - Alex Barth Lopez
Photo & Film - Anton Andrienko
With kind support from E-Werk Freiburg, Auf Ins Viertel Frankfurt
A moving dialogue for textiles and bodies, MaterialBody is a performance installation which invites a shift our perception of self and the material objects we encounter everyday.
Excerpted performance of MaterialBody in "Kurzestrecke - 10 Jahre Jubiläum" der TanzART Kirschau. April 27, 2024.
Amoving dialogue for textiles and bodies, MaterialBody is a performance installation which invites a shift our perception of self and the material objects we encounter everyday. Familiar and often literally hautnah (up close, near the skin), how much do we know about the textiles we use? Could the garments we wear become partners in movement? Can elements of sewing become an outline for creating dance?
This project arises from the urge to address textile waste (in relation to broader climate concerns) while working in interdisciplinary ways and the wish to investigate my own histories and responsibilities towards garments and sewing.
Concept, Choreography, Textiles, Performance - Victoria McConnell
Music - Perila
Costume - Victoria McConnell
Installation Assistance - Maciej Peplinski
Performance as dancer and actor in the reworked, new version of Rameau's lost opera Samson. Created by Claus Guth and Raphaël Pichon and performed for the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence in July 2024.
When, in 1733, Voltaire, the most brilliant mind of his day, collaborates with Rameau, its greatest composer, in undertaking an ambitious reform of operatic practice, the result is the biblical opera Samson. But the libretto is condemned and the score lost – possibly reworked here and there in later compositions. Claus Guth and Raphaël Pichon, haunted by this interesting project that had turned into one of the most intriguing failures in operatic history, have tried, not to recreate the letter, but to revive the spirit: to marry a strong, noble libretto with the most eloquent music. Samson is the chosen of God, but his extraordinary strength isolates him as much as it marks him out: a succession of failed love affairs turns him into a destructive force, making this biblical Hercules the first suicidal to be a mass murderer. Supporting Jarrett Ott, Jacquelyn Stucker and Lea Desandre in the principal roles, the Pygmalion chorus and orchestra become important actors in a fresco that is both sublime and astonishingly modern.
An exploration of social norms and connections within an exhibition space around the themes of water, memory and embodiment.
What is the significance of water in our shared human existence? How does water connect us - to the past, present, and future? What memories and experiences might be carried within the water in our bodies, and how do those reflect the cyclical nature of existence?
“Fluid Bodies, Tidal Voices” raises these questions in order to cultivate a deeper sense of unity among all living beings through our relationship with water. Approaches of performance, photography and text illustrate the timeless journey of water and our embodied relation towards it.
WeWater|SpreeVision exhibition, supported by ECOSIA
Performances: 15th and 16th of September 2023
Concept, Photography, Audio: Theresa Maria Forthaus
Creation and Performance: FREYAS connective [ Tamara Bettemir, Veronica Bracaccini, Annekatrin Kiesel, Victoria McConnell, Lucia Reussner, Katharina Scheidtmann ]
A filmic experiment attempting capture traces of my recent fabric and movement explorations.
A experimental film researching layers of recent in-studio fabric and movement explorations.
Mover & Editing - Victoria McConnell
Sound - Sewing Machine, "Let X=X" by Laurie Anderson
I do not own the rights to the music. Used for personal research only.
Unser Körper – er dehnt sich in die Welt, er reckt und streckt sich. Tanz, Film und Musik spielen mit dem Unterschied der Körper. Berührt werden und nicht berührt sein.
FREIRAUM ENSEMBLE & IRINA PAULS zeigen SINNESWÜSTEN - ein Tanzstück von Irina Pauls
Unser Körper – er dehnt sich in die Welt, er reckt und streckt sich.
Er nimmt an Gewicht zu und ab, er berührt. Er modelliert sich, und er spürt. Wieviel haben Körper miteinander zu tun? Im Büro, im Zug, im Schwimmbad, am Laptop und am Handy? Welche Zeichen, welche Signale senden sie aus? Tanz, Film und Musik spielen mit dem Unterschied der Körper. Berührt werden und nicht berührt sein.
Konzept, Inszenierung, Choreographie: Irina Pauls, Künstlerische Leitung: FREIRAUM ENSEMBLE - Arthur Schopa, Tanz: Unita Gay Galiluyo, Victoria McConnell, Arthur Schopa, Film: Gonzalo H. Rodriguez, Musik: Philipp Lack, Bühnenbild/ Kostüm: Julia Stefanovici, Produktionsleitung Köln: Arthur Schopa, Produktionsassistenz: Anna Schopa, Produktionsleitung Leipzig: Theresa Jacobs
Gefördert durch:
NRW LANDESBÜRO FREIE DARSTELLENDE KÜNSTE
Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
KULTURSTIFTUNG DES FREISTAATS SACHSEN
Kulturamt Stadt Köln
Kulturamt Stadt Leipzig
NEUSTART KULTUR
Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien
npn – national performance netz
FREIRAUM ENSEMBLE
LOFFT Das Theater
Ev. Kirchengemeinde Köln Niehl Riehl
Ehrenfeldstudios e.V.
Was kann die Maschine? Was kann der Mensch? Uraufführung am 25 Sept 2021 in Hellerau Europäisches Zentrum der Künste im Rahmen des Festivals "Dancing About"/TANZPAKT Dresden.
Was kann die Maschine? Was kann der Mensch? An verschiedene Orte im Raum setzen wir Versuchsanordnungen. Wir befragen, wie die Interaktion zwischen Mensch und Maschine funktioniert. Die Maschine kann grundsätzlich nur einen Ausschnitt der menschlichen Bewegungsmöglichkeiten abbilden. Der Mensch, in ständiger Neuorganisation seines Körpers, erfindet individuelle Übergänge und überraschende Lösungen.
Um das sichtbar zu machen, nutzen wir möglichst unverarbeitete Daten: Welche Informationen können wir erkennen? Welche Daten können verarbeitet werden? Wie nehmen wir sie auf? Was lässt sich übersetzen? Wie funktioniert die Rückkopplung auf Tänzer:innenkörper?
Fünf zeitgenössische Tänzer:innen lassen sich spielerisch auf die verschiedenen Experimente ein und setzen sich dem Feedback der Maschine aus. Sie erproben, was aus diesem Datenaustausch für den zeitgenössischen Tanz produktiv gemacht werden kann. Zur praktischen Anwendung kommen live- und computerverarbeitete Videobilder in Verbindung mit musikalischen Parametern.
Wie in einem Laboratorium durchlaufen die Zuschauenden die einzelnen Stationen und können sich vom Ergebnis überraschen lassen. Das tänzerische Material aus den Anordnungen wird schließlich verdichtet und für die Zuschauenden zu einer künstlerischen Entdeckung.
Uraufführung am 25.09.2021 im Festspielhaus Hellerau im Rahmen des TANZPAKT Dresden Festivals „Dancing About“.
Weitere Aufführungen am 26.09.2021 und am 1.-3.10.2021 im LOFFT-Das Theater in Leipzig.
Team
Inszenierung/Choreografie: Irina Pauls
Rauminstallation/Technisches Bild/Kostüme: Matthias Zielfeld
Musik/Sound: Eric Busch
Zeitgenössische Tänzer:innen: Victoria McConnell, Alina Feske, Marlen Schumann, Eva Thielken, Rodolfo Piazza Pfitscher da Silva
Produktion/Dramaturgie: Theresa Jacobs
Assistenz: Lilian Mosquero
Endings, expectation, time. Passing, standing still or just arrived?
"Playing Dead & Doing Time" weaves and untangles questions of ends and decay, while considering human and non-human viewpoints in the interconnected space between death and time.
A teaser for Victoria’s Contemporary Training. Thanks to all who made this possible.
Thanks to all the participants who joined the class.
For teaching enquiries, contact me through my website or email.
Huge thanks to Giacomo Corvaia for filming and editing and to Thallus for allowing us to use their music.
Giacomo Corvaia - facebook.com/FilmovinG
Thallus - thallus.bandcamp.com
HUG pilot performance focuses on the importance of boundaries and conscious touch practices, using movement to spark conversations about connection and safety. It’s a first step toward creating safe spaces—not only in dance but in everyday life—while shedding light on a subject that impacts many of us.
HUG (wt) by Marion Plantey. Performed as part of TNDD Studio Round on Dec 6th, 2024 in Südufer in Freiburg, DE. HUG (wt) pilot performance focuses on the importance of boundaries and conscious touch practices, using movement to spark conversations about connection and safety. It’s a first step toward creating safe spaces—not only in dance but in everyday life—while shedding light on a subject that impacts many of us. Performance: Victoria McConnell & Marion Plantey Choreography & concept: Marion Plantey Music composition: Alex Barth Lopez Thanks to ID-Tanzhaus Frankfurt, E-Werk Freiburg, Tanznetz Freiburg, and Tanznetz Dresden for their invitation and support in developing this project, as well as Auf ins Viertel for shaping the project's visual identity. Thank you to Victoria McConnell and Alex Barth Lopez for their devotion and involvement in the project. Join the Conversation: Stay connected with us for updates on upcoming performances, workshops, and the full "HUG" project documentary. Let's continue the dialogue on intimacy, consent, and trauma-informed practices in the arts. You can follow the development of this project at: https://www.marionplantey.com/ Insta: @4arion @wammadc