Tanzpakt Dresden

Sailor on Aisle 5

Caroline Beach

Group of performers lying on the floor
Group of performers lying on surface with projection
Performer lying on the floor, smiling into the camera while another performer holds a microphone for them
Group of performers dancing in a projection
One performer screaming and reaching out his arms while more performers are facing away from him
Group of performers lying on the floor
Group of performers lying on surface with projection

"Sailor on Aisle 5" follows five performers on an identity parkour through the precarious waters of late capitalism.

A sailor* can be one or many and is an interweaving of ideas, objects, sound and personality traits. Moving in and out of being, these Sailors contemplate various aspects of our daily existence and the ways in which we ourselves become commodities.

Set in the abstraction of a supermarket, the performance moves through the layers of simulation in which we find ourselves, suggesting a world of endless aisles and infinite choice.

Sailor* questions how desire, caring, and empathy intersect with consumer culture and how they might exist outside of it. The performers move through the personal to the mythological, using dance, humor, and pop music to explore alternative futures that we might actively construct in the present.

Choreography & Sound: Caroline Beach
Stage & Costume Design: Amelie Sabbagh & Lise Rüger
Video, Graphics & Art: Lucie Freynhagen
In collaboration with the performers: Jossia Clement, Valerie Ebuwa, Joseph Hernandez, Laura Morales Davila, Steph Quinci


Supported by the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony and the Office for Culture and Monument Protection of the State Capital Dresden.